Упр.1 Юнит 5 Урок 3 ГДЗ English Кузовлев 10-11 класс
How do elderly people live? Is it a private matter or a public matter, in which the elderly themselves should take an active part?
- What are the good and bad points about being old? What do you think? (anticipating)
- Read some opinions given in the article “The World Needs the Elderly” (“Arguments and Facts”). Compare your opinions with the author’s. (reading for detail)
- Bad points
- Elderly people become ill and disabled.
- Elderly people become a burden to children.
- Elderly people suffer the fear of death.
- Elderly people have financial problems.
- Elderly people become incapable of living independently, need regular care and nursing.
- Elderly people lose friends and spouses.
- Elderly people live a boring life.
- Good points
- The elderly do not have to go to work.
- The elderly have adult children, who are not a burden any more.
- The elderly have a lot of time to meet with friends, read, travel, go in for sports, work in their garden.
- The elderly get wiser, have more experience and the ability to help with advice.
- Bad points
- While some elderly people see only bad points in being old, others do not feel any disadvantages. Compare different people’s life circumstances. (interpreting facts)
1. Some elderly people see only bad points in being old, whereas some other people do not feel any disadvantages.
2. Some elderly people become ill and disabled, become a burden to their children, suffer from the fear of death, have financial problems, need regular care and nursing, lose friends and spouses, and live a boring life. On the other hand, the elderly do not have to go to work, have adult children who are not a burden any more, have a lot of time for friends, reading, travelling, sports and gardening, and they get wiser and can help others with advice.
3. While some elderly people see only bad points in being old, some other people do not feel any disadvantages.
