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It was frst usedr, UNIT 8 EAREADING a CP In the future, how likely do you think itis that medical science will keep people alive for much longer than today? Why do you think so? bb Read the interview with a scientist, Aubrey de Grey. How does he answer the question in 2a? © Read the interview again. Summarise the main points ‘made about these topics in paragraphs 2-7 Paragraph 4 Ql Would you like to live for 1,000 years? Why / Why not? WE DON’T HAVE TO AS WE GE& A Cee ears eet ay eee ee "What's so wrong with getting old? IRis simply that people get sick when they get ‘alder. | don't often meet people who want to suffer cardiovascular disease or whatever, and we get those things as a result ofthe lifelong accumulation Cf various types of molecular and cellular damage. _ This is harmless at iow levels but eventually it causes the diseases and disabilities of old age ~ which most ‘people don'tthink are any fun. "Why does the world not recognise the problem ctageng? People have been trying to claim that we can defeat ageing since the dawn of time, and they haven't been terribly successful; there is a tendency to think there is ‘some sort of inevitability about ageing — it somehow ‘transcends our technological abilities in principle, which is complete nonsense. EIGRAMMAR Conditionals a Read the web comments about longevity. Which ones reflect your opinion? 7) | would be a bit more relaved about my life goals iit were actualy posible to live fora thousand years! if medical science had been more advanced a hundred years ago, the word population would be out of contol today ‘Assuming what Aubrey de Grey says is conec, we probably on’ ned ta wory so much about exercise and cet. ‘Supposing that we all were able to lve fora very long time, Dele woul just tp having chien Had | been bom 200 years ag, | would have been astounded ~ to e told about fe expectancies in he year 2000. ‘won't care about living to a ripe old age as long as Yea ve had an intresting ie. ven if ony ved to a hundred that bean amaving achievement. e bb Which sentences in 3a refer to... ? b an imaginary or unreal sua ne past and the present Underline the word or phrase in each example in 3a that introduces the condition. dB Now go to Grammar Focus 8B on p.153 @ Cb Use the phrases in the box to talk about you Say one thing that isn’t true or you don’t really believe. Can you guess your partners lie? ‘Assuming that supp ittonly n't. AS ong as “Js it that our bodies just stop being so proactive about living? Basically, the body does have a vast amount of inbuilt ant-ageing machinery; i's just not 100% comprehensive, soit allows a small number of different types of molecular and cellular damage to ‘and accumulate. The body does try as hard a itcan to fight these things butit is a losing | "You say you want to enrich people's lives? Why is that? ‘The fact is, people don't want to get sick. | don't work ‘on longevity, | work on keeping people healthy. The ‘only difference between my work and the work ofthe ‘whole medical profession is that I think we're wthin striking Gistance of keeping people so healthy that ‘at 90 they'l carry on waking up in the same physical state as they were at the age of 30. eal| EALISTENING Why do people follow special diets? Talk about different reasons. Have you (or has someone you know) ever had to follow a diet? How was it? °D Read about a CR diet. What kind of food do you | think you can eat on this diet? SIE Listen to Peter Bowes talk to Martin Knight, who follows a CR diet, Answer the questions. 1 inat does Martin do with the fos inthe phos below? 2. What does Marts daly routine invohe? SHU Listen again, Make notes on these topics ating out cscussed the lok ad tase of Marte’ breast Marin’ teste in genera Marin’ reacos for folowing a CR det row Martin ee {@ CW Can you imagine following @ OR diet? Why 1 Why no? Ifyou dd, whet would the biggest sacrifice or Challenge bein relation to your current fesye? EEN Pronunciation Listen to this extract. 1 Is the pitch lower or higher in the phrases in bold? Then | have sprouted cats, 18 grams, so that’s 70. Then this tomato paste here, 33 grams of that, and almost done ‘row. There we go. And then finaly, | add some olve ol that’s 9.2 2 Does this happen because the speaker repeats information or adds extra information? ¢ CB Describe the process of preparing 2 typical breakfast, lunch or dinner to @ partner. Use a lower pitch to add extra information. Can you guess which meal your pariner's describing? "You've said you think the first person to live to 1,000 may already be alive. Could that person be you? Its conceivable that people in my age bracket, their 40s, are young enough to benefit from these therapies. I'd give it a 30% or 409% ‘chance. But that is not why I do this~I do this ‘because I'm interested in saving 100,000 lives. a day. *can the planet cope with people living ‘so long? ‘That's to do withthe balance of bith and death rates, It didn't take us too long to lower the birt rate after we more or less eliminated infant ‘mortality 100 or 150 years ago. | don’t see that It's sensible to regard the risk of a population ‘spike as a reason not to give people the best hnealthcare that we can. unit 8° only help you to lose increase your lfe expectancy by Up to ten years? Research has shown that o CR diet reduces many of the health risks associated with ageing All you need to dos eat less ‘and eat smarter. Not oniy could you lve longer but you might feel years, younger! GASPEAKING a Ch When have you / has someone you know been told you were too young or too old to do something? Explain what happened. | b Cl Work in small groups. What are your opinions of these statements? Talk about your own experiences. (ol ey) ¢ CW Choose one person for each statement to present your ideas and experiences to the class. Take a Class vote on who agrees and disagrees with each statement.