Foscari - Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Informatica e Statistica

7 Life expectancy in the USA will be ______________________ in the year 2070 than it is now.
8 People today live ______________________ than they did 100 years ago.
5. Discussion
In future people will live longer and longer lives. Perhaps they will live for 150 or even 200 years.
What problems will this cause? What are the advantages and disadvantages of living for 200 years?
Health crisis looms as life expectancy soars
KEY
1 Pre-reading
1 d 2 a 3 f 4 b 5 c 6 e
2 Choose the correct answer
1 b 2 a 3 b 4 a 5 a 6 c 7 b
3 Vocabulary work
1 longer 2 published 3 forecast 4 higher 5 highest 6 lived 7 limit 8 longer 9 expensive 10 retirement
4 Grammar focus
1 higher 2 lower 3 the highest 4 lower 5 higher 6 more expensive 7 higher 8 longer
Accidents
The issue
Accidents are responsible for 10,000 deaths a year in England and are the leading cause of
death among
children and young people. Major causes include:
Road traffic accidents: every year 2,500 adults die in road traffic accidents. Each year there
are 215
deaths among children who are passengers and 180 deaths among children who are
pedestrians or
cyclists. Rural areas are more severely affected.
Accidents in the home: About half of all deaths among children under 5 happen within the
home.
Fires, burns, drowning, choking, poisoning and cuts are all major causes of injury. Older
people
are also particularly at risk. More than 3,000 people over 65 are killed each year in falls.
Osteoporosis, particularly affecting older women may mean that the consequence of falls is
more
severe.
Accidents at work: These can be linked to the nature of the work, the work environment or
failure to manage risk effectively.
Questions:
1. Where are the three major categories of accidents?
2. There are 10,000 accidents in England every year. T/F?
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