Time flies

Tom Hussey, Mirror

🤔What could this photo be about?

How old is the person in the photo?

What might she be thinking?

Who asks each question?

1. What is the worst thing about being young?
2. What is the worst thing about being old?
3. Do you wish you were old?
4. Do you wish you were young?
5. Will you fall in love?
6. Who do you love now?
7. Did you fall in love?
8. And did you get married?

What questions would you ask somebody much younger/ older than you?

✍What collocations do you know about time? 

Where does the word time go in these sentences?

1. If you want to save, this machine will provide the answer.
2. We played cards to kill until the bus came.
3. There’s no rush – take your.
4. I’ll have to work hard now to make up for lost.
5. His injuries will take a long to heal.
6. They really gave me a hard at the interview.
7. She devotes all her free to gardening.
8. I spend watching TV.
9. I waste listening to music every day.
10. Today I’m busy, but I’ll make for you.
11. The trains are rarely on.
12. It’s about you cleaned your room!
13. I must take off and go on holiday.
14. Can you tell me the?
15. When was the last you went on holiday?

Now go back to the table and try to add more words.

Answer key

What was the average life expectancy in 1800?

in 1950?

in 2012?

Why did people live shorter lives in the past?

Think of at least 3 reasons.

How does life expectancy differ nowadays according to the countries?

Why don't people have the same life expectancy everywhere nowadays?

🔎 Read and answer the questions

In the UK, like in many countries around the globe, life expectancy is increasing and more and more people reach their 100th birthday. When you are 100 in Britain the Queen sends you a birthday telegram. In 1952 just 225 people became 100, however nowadays more than 3500 people reach their 100th birthday every year. By 2025 over a third of the population of the UK will be over 55 years old.

The Heightened Hearts Foundation in the USA offers sponsorship opportunities for the aging – opportunities that come in the form of the “Adopt-A-Grandparent” program. Volunteers who take part in this program support one or more elder citizens from another country, citizens who would otherwise have nobody else to care for them.

1. How long do you think people will be able to live by 2050?
2. With improving healthcare will it make sense to congratulate 100-year-olds in the 22nd century?
3. Do you think ‘adopting’ a Granny or Grandad is a good idea?
4. How do you think a family could benefit by adopting a Granny?
5. How do you think an old person could benefit by being ‘adopted’ by a family?
6. What's your ideal grandma or grandpa like?

👂👀 Watch and say what these numbers from the video mean:

10 50 100 1,000 16 million 1200

1) What part of his body did the NHS cure?

his arm his knee his hip

2) Did Moore expect to raise that much money?

Yes. No.

3) What's captain's favourite saying?

Let the sunshine in, face it with a grin.

Fortune favours the brave.

Tomorrow is a new day.

4) Why did the campaign turn out to be so popular?

It was the first time somebody raised money for the NHS.

It was the first time somebody that old raised money.

It was due to the support for Britain's health workers.

Answer key

👅Is there any other way to help people except raising money?