How long will you live?

How long will you live?

I. Lead-in. Answer the questions.

a)    Who is the oldest person you know? How old is this person?

b)    How old is the oldest person in your country (share your ideas)?

c)    How old in the oldest person on the world? Where does this person live?

d)    Why do you think that person managed to live that long? What factors helped him or her live such a log life (for example: food they eat, climate, sports, etc.)?

e)    In what countries do people live the longest? Why do you think they have such long lives?

II  Match the words with their meanings.

life expectancy; average; centenarian; improvement; gap; dramatic; combat; leapfrog; substantially; shrink; double; wealthy; surge; GDP

1.    very sudden or noticeable

2.    a situation when something gets better 

3.    the average period that a person may expect to live

4.    become two times as much

5.    having a great deal of money or resources

6.    to a large degree

7.    a sudden and great rise

8.    to try to stop something unpleasant or harmful from happening

9.    typical and usual

10.a difference between two things

11.to become smaller

12.Gross Domestic Product: the total value of goods and services produced by a country in a year

13.to improve your position by going past other people quickly

14.someone who is a 100 years old or more

III Follow the links. Focus on the words and expressions (study definitions), match the terms to their definitions, solve the crossword puzzle, complete the quiz, chase down the correct answer to earn, unscramble words and phrases (correct order of letters), type in words to fill in the blanks, test your knowledge of  vocabulary.

  

IV Match the numbers in the list to make facts about life expectancy in the world.

153; 70,000; 23; 90; 6; 20; 2050; 2030; 2018; 84

a)    The number of years by which the lifespan in the world will rise in future =

b)    The year by which the global lifespan will rise =

c)    The age people in Japan will live beyond (they will live longer than that age) =

d)    The number of people who were 100 years old in Japan in the past =

e)    The year in which Japan had many more people who were 100 years old =

f)     The number of people who were 100 years old in Japan in the recent past =

g)    The number of years people in South Korea lived a century ago =

h)    The age people in South Korea will live beyond (they will live longer than that age) in 2030 =

i)      The number of times South Korea's annual GDP has grown since 1960 =

j)     The year by which people in South Korea will live longer than any other nation in the world =

V Watch the video and check your answers to Task IV.

VI. Watch the video above and fill in the gaps with the words from the list. There are some words you don’t need to use.

health; alive; Africa; improvements; records; countries; world; fish; arise;

Personal; century; life; average; top; rich; surge; birthday; inequality; predicts; person; bottom; hop; counties; century; rise; African

 Dramatic 1)_______ in life expectancy have occurred over the past 2)_______. Globally it has more than doubled and is expected to 3)_______ by another six years by 2050. Wealthy 4)_______ have the highest life expectancies. People in Japan can now expect to live beyond 84 years. When 5)_______ began, it had 153 centenarians. In 2018, it had nearly 70,000. The people of Okinawa live longer than anywhere else in the 6)_______. Their secret to long 7)_______ could in part be due to a low fat, low salt, mainly 8)_______ and vegetable diet. The five countries that have the shortest life expectancy are all in 9)_______. Lesotho is at the 10)_______ of the ranking. But life expectancy across Africa has actually risen substantially since 1925. And it has experienced the biggest 11)_______ in recent years. Improvements in child survival and progress in combating infectious diseases such as HIV have contributed to the increased 12)_______ lifespan. Across the world, the 13)_______ gap in life expectancy between rich and poor countries is shrinking. A 14)_______ ago, South Koreans life expectancy was as low as 23 years. But a study of the 35 richest countries 15)_______ a girl born in South Korea in 2030 is likely to live past her 90th 16)_______. South Korea's annual GDP per 17)_______ is more than 20 times the level in 1960. And these economic gains have improved the nation's health. South Korea is predicted to leapfrog 18 other 18)_______ countries by 2030 to take Japan's 19)_______ spot. And as countries become richer, more people should have access to better 20)_______ care pushing global life expectancy higher still.

VII Match the words from two columns to make collocations used in the text. Use four collocations in your sentences.

1.	dramatic	a)	bottom of the ranking
2.	life	b)	the past century
3.	over	c)	lifespan
4.	wealthy	d)	to
5.	secret	e)	expectancy
6.	at the	f)	gains
7.	child	g)	GDP
8.	combat infectious	h)	care
9.	contribute	i)	access to
10.	average	j)	to long life
11.	inequality	k)	life expectancy
12.	annual	l)	survival
13.	per	m)	person
14.	economic	n)	improvement
15.	top	o)	spot
16.	have	p)	country
17.	health	q)	gap
18.	global	r)	diseases

VIII Answer the questions.

1)    In what countries do people have the highest life expectancy?

2)    What are the reasons for such high life expectancy?

3)    In what countries is life expectancy the shortest?

4)    What reasons helped global life expectancy rise especially across Africa?

5)    What life expectancy is expected by 2030?

6)    In what country is life expectancy will be the highest?

7)    What can help to push global life expectancy higher?

IX OVER TO YOU. Find the information about life expectancy in your country. What can people do to live longer? Give at least 4 recommendations.