Lesson 4

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What springs to mind when

you hear the word aging?

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Aging means:
is the process of becoming older
Ageing (British English)

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Do you agree or disagree? Why?

1. You should enjoy life and not worry about growing older.
2. Although everyone grows old, I'd prefer to grow old
gracefully.
3. I want to look and feel young for as long as possible.
4. Someday humans will likely live for hundreds of years.
5. My generation will likely live for hundreds of years.

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Picture Description
Matching Exercise

How are these pictures related to aging?

A. Anxiety
B. Forgetfulness
C. Money
D. Dementia
1 2 E. Retirement Homes

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Vocabulary Exercise
Matching Type

1. Lifestyle A. an earnest and sincere feeling

2. Wrinkles B. similar in every detail; exactly alike.
3. Suntan C. not seen or noticed.
4. Seriousness D. a browning of skin caused by exposure to the sun.
5. Unseen E. of or situated on the inside; inner parts or features.
6. Identical F. estimate, measure, or note the similarity or dissimilarity
7. Compare between.
8. Outward G. at the present time.
9. Internal H. A line that appears on your skin when you get older, or
10. Currently when your skin has been damaged by the sun
11. Siblings I. obvious or easy to see
12. Extend J. Requiring or carried out with careful thought or concern
K. the way in which a person or group lives.
L. each of two or more children or offspring having one or
both parents in common; a brother or sister.

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Reading
Lifestyle choices affect aging. People who smoke usually have dry,
rough skin. They have wrinkles around their lips too. Or people who suntan
have skin like leather, as well as deep wrinkles around the eyes. People who
have too much stress get dark circles under their eyes. However, smoking,
sun, and stress affect the inside of people too. And until now, no one knew
the seriousness of these unseen effects.
Scientists are closely examining the lifestyles of identical twins.
Because twins begin life as exact copies of one another, different behavior
will affect each sibling's body. Scientists can then compare these differences.
Photos show how lifestyle choices affect the outward appearance of the
body, and there are internal differences too. The study is currently examining
186 pairs of adult twins.
Scientists are looking at positive lifestyle choices of
the siblings too. Healthy diets of fruits and vegetables, exercise, and reducing
the amount of stress in the lives of the twins all add years to a their lives.
The goal is to one day extend the lives of humans to 200 or 300 years.
Twins may hold an important piece of the puzzle.

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Comprehension

TRUE or FALSE

1. According to the article, smoking causes leathery skin.

2. The study will compare lifestyles of all twins.
3. Scientists will mostly look at the negative lifestyle choices.
4. A positive or negative outlook affects aging.
5. The goal is for humans to be able to live for hundreds of years.

Post Comprehension
1. How concerned are you with aging? Please explain.
2. Do you think people in general are too worried about aging? Why/not?
3. What lifestyle choices have you made that have had negative effects?
4. What lifestyle choices have you made that have had positive effects?
5. If humans could double their lifespan, would it be a good idea? Why/not?

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Useful Expressions
Sometimes we think that something bad is going to happen in the
future or we think something bad has already happened. Here are
ten ways to say you're worried in English.

 I'm (so) worried about..

 I'm afraid...
 I can't help thinking...
 I can't stop thinking about it.
 I've been worried sick about...
 It's been keeping me awake at night.
 I'm scared stiff / to death that...
 I'm really nervous.
 I've got butterflies in my stomach.
 I'm absolutely dreading..

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Speaking Activity
Do you worry about getting old?
Rate these and share your ratings with your partner:
0 = this is a huge worry; 1 = I’m not at all worried about this.

1. graying hair / going bald

2. loss of physical strength
3. memory loss
4. money
5. loneliness
6. boredom
7. looking old
8. personal safety
Use the expressions from the previous page

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Idioms and Collocations

Common Idioms and collocations relating to age.

Matching Exercise
1. Disaffected youth A. Another way of saying that someone is old
B. A very old age.
2. A ripe old age
C. The young age of …
3. Juvenile delinquent D. a criminal who is still legally a minor.
4. Midlife Crisis E. going through a period of difficult
5. Tender age of behavior.
6. Act your age F. young people who do not accept society’s
7. Going through a phase values
8. Feel their age G. period of dissatisfaction in the middle of
9. Over the hill one’s life.
H. when someone feels as old as they are
I. Behave more maturely (when someone is
acting like a child).
Discuss the Idioms and Collocations

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Vocabulary related to age

Fill in the blanks with the correct word in the box.

Ageing Ageless Aged toddler adolescent adult

underage for ages old-maid elderly overage teenager

1. She is beautiful, and at 43, somehow …………

2. She had to leave the youth team when the coaches discovered she was ……….…
3. They’ve got one daughter, Isabel ………… three.
4. The magazines are aimed at ………….. and adults.
5. I don’t want to die an ………… if I can help it.
6. I have been waiting for my one true love …………...
7. There are laws against ………….. drinking.
8. Please give up your seat to an ………….. or disabled person if they require it.
9. ………….. are fussy about food.
10. I can see some external signs of …………
11. She doesn’t understand the emotional problems of …………….
12. ……….. pay admission charge but children get it free.

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Speaking Activity

1. Are you afraid of becoming old?

2. What is the best age to be and why?
3. Would you like to be immortal?
4. Why do some people age before others??
5. Would you like to go back to when you were a child?
6. What are the good and bad things about today’s aging?
7. Do today’s youth respect authority?
8. What can old people teach to young people?
9. Do you think that older people make better leaders?
10. Should the elderly pay for residential care out of their own savings
or should it be provided by the tax payer?
11. What is your ideal old age to live to?
12. Some people say that youth is a state of mind, do you agree?

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Pronunciation
Common Mispronounced Words
1. Develop: The correct pronunciation is D+vay+lupp, and not as Day+vay+lupp.
2. Pizza: The correct pronunciation is peet-zuh, (peet pronounced as in wheat). And
not Pi-za.
3. Monk: It should be pronounced as muhngk as in drunk. It is often mispronounced as
mawnk (mon as in Montreal).
4. Genre: The correct pronunciation is Zhon-ruh, (Zh is a sound as in vision, and ruh
as in umbrella). It is often mispronounced as Jen-ner.
5. Quote: The correct pronunciation is kwo-te. It is often pronounced as coat which is
wrong.
6. Sour: The correct pronunciation is sower (as in power). It is often pronounced as
saar which is wrong.
7. Quinoa: The correct pronunciation is keen-wah. It is often pronounced as keenoah
which is incorrect.
8. Ethyl, methyl: The correct pronunciation is A-thil, mey-thil. (thil as in hill) But these
words are often pronounced as eethail, meethail (aail as in ice).
9. Porsche: The correct pronunciation is Por-shuh. It is often mispronounced as porsh.
10. Salon: It should be pronounced as sa-lon, (sa as in Apple, lon as in John) It is often
pronounced as suh-loon which is incorrect.
11. Police: The correct pronunciation is Puh-leece. It is often mispronounced as Poo-
leece.
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