Topical News Lessons

4.
Grammar focus – comparatives and superlatives
Fill the gaps using a comparative or superlative form (eg higher or the highest)
1 Life expectancy in Japan is ______________________ than in Britain.
2 Life expectancy in Britain is ______________________ than in Japan.
3 Life expectancy in Japan and France is ______________________ in the world.
4 Life expectancy in 1901 was much ______________________ than it is now.
5 Life expectancy now is much ______________________ than it was in 1901.
6 Pensions will be much ______________________ in the future.
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
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1 Pre-reading discussion
Make a list of 5 different jobs that you do in the home.
Which of the jobs are "men’s jobs" and which are "women’s jobs"? Which of the jobs are usually done
by both men and women?
MEN
WOMEN
1. ________________________________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________________________________
3. ________________________________________________________________________
4. ________________________________________________________________________
5. ________________________________________________________________________
2 Pre-reading questions
You are going to read a text about men helping with jobs in the home.
Are these sentences true or false?
TRUE
FALSE
a. Many Spanish men think that jobs in the home are women’s work.
b. Spanish men enjoy cooking.
c. Women do not need to work at home in the evening.
d. Spanish men usually do the shopping in the market.
e. On the Day of the Book you give all your friends a book as a present.
Now read the text to check your answers.