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Nobody can predict how long we will be able to live in the 21th century.. Today, providing we look after ourselves, eat more healthily, cut down things like butter, alcohol and cigarett

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L I F E

L A u G H

H E A L T H Y

C E N T U R Y

D R I N K

E X P E N S I V E

1 Noun of “ to live” …

2 When people are happy, they…

3 To be…….people often do morning exercise regularly.

4 One hundred year is called a ……

5 Let’s go to the canteen for a…

Period: 46

Listening

I Before you listen:

Which of the following factors do you think might help people have a long and healthy life?

+ laughing a lot

+ drinking a lot

+ doing exercise

+ going to bed early

+ eating a lot of meat

Listen and repeat:

+ incredible [in'kredəbl] (a)

+ fatal ['feitl] (a)

+ centenarian[,senti'neəriən] (a)

+ eradicated [i'rổdikeitd] (a)

+ life expectancy ( n):

+ eternal life (n) :

= Không thể tin được = Tai hại, làm chết

= Người sống đến trăm tuổi

= Bị tiêu huỷ, thủ tiêu

= Tuổi thọ mong muốn

= Cuộc sống vĩnh cửu

II While you listen:

Task 1: Decide whether the following statements are true (T)

or false (F).

1 Nobody can predict how long we will be able to live in the 21th

century.

2 People’s general health will improve because they eat

a lot of mushroom.

3 Nowadays, if people look after themselves, they can live

to be 90.

4 Within 30 years, 80 % of cancers will be curable.

5 Eternal life isn’t impossible.

I guess In fact

F F

T

T

F

Task 2: a Listen again and fill in the blanks with missing words.

Interviewer: Many scientists predict that in the 21th century

people will be living into the….(1)…age of 130 What do you

think about this?

Dr Davis: Well, I quite agree with them They have (2)… to be confident about that?

Interviewer: What are the reasons?

Dr Davis: In fact, their prediction is based on research and on the fact that the (3)… population is mushroom as our general

health improves

Interviewer: Can you explain this further?

Dr Davis: A century ago average life (4)….in Europe was 45

Today, providing we look after ourselves, eat more healthily,

cut down things like butter, alcohol and cigarettes, we can add nearly (5)….years to that figure

1 incredible

2 reasons

4 expectancy

5 thirty- five

3 centenarian

b Listen again & choose the correct answers (A, B, or C)

1 What are the factors that help people have long longer life expectancy according to Dr Davis?

A Eating more healthily, cutting down on things like butter, alcohol, and cigarettes

B Eating more healthily, cutting down on things like

sugar, alcohol, and cigarettes

C Eating more healthily, cutting down on things like

butter, alcohol, and coffee

A

2 Which factor is the most importance one? Why?

A The development in population Because nobody dies from old age, just from diseases that affects people when they get older

B The development in medical science Because nobody dies from old age, just from diseases that affects people when they get older

C The development in medicine science Because a lot of

people die from old age, just from diseases that affects people when they get older

B

3.What will we have been able to do about AIDS in ten year’s time?

A In ten year’s time AIDS will not also be brought under

control

B We’ll have been able to bring AIDS under control

C We’ll have been able to bring AIDS over control

B

III After you listen: Discuss the advantages & disadvantages of having a very long life.

Advantages Disadvantages

+ do many things they want

to do/ enjoy life more

+ see their children &

grandchildren grow up

+ help their children &

grandchildren

+ children & grandchildren

are happy with them

+ too weak to do things and often ill

+ feel lonely when grandchildren have grown up and busy with their own lives, and

friends are dead

Homework: prepare part D – Writing.