UNIT 5: Longevity

Essay: What challenges do you think elderly people might face in the future?

    Over the years, the challenges that elderly people face have been changing from generation to another. Some time ago, the problematic was the health and the non-advanced technology. Nowadays, there’re economic problems. 

    The challenges that old people will face, might be the same as todays but much worst. In the future there won’t be a balance between young and old generation. So less people working and producing, it means a big economic problem. The government won’t have enough income to pay all of the pensions that should be, but probably everything is going to be much expensive. Unfortunately, elderly people that should be resting, will have to work to pay the bills, as well as their necessities. 

    Also, technology and medicine are going to improve, it means that people might live longer than in the present. We’ll need more to people care of us. On the other hand, environmental problems might affect us.

    We will be the next generation, the one that these problems might affect. It’s interesting that we have the guilt of these, and we don’t do anything to help. People keep decreasing the number of the family, without thinking they’re the ones that are going to take care of them.

Grammar: Tag Questions

We'll find two types. 1. Question type: Use it rising intonation or to confirm information. 2. Comment type: Makes a comment.

Tag questions have two partes: A statement and the tag, an added question. For example:

             David will play a videogame, won't you?

             The doctor was going to Italy, wasn't he?

             You want to marry me, don't you?

             Sara is crying, isn't she?

Vocabulary + Definition + Example

• Bold: Brave. I've always admired my mom, she's so bold.
• Gorgeous: Attractive. My boyfriend has gorgeous eyes.
• Go in for: Want to. I wanted to do bungee jumping, so I go in for.
• Flamboyant: Colorful. I love runways, the models use flamboyant dresses.
• Self- Improvement: Working hard to become better.
• Assited living facility: A place where seniors sometimes live, similar to a nursing home. I won't leave my mom at an assited living facility.
• Bitterness: Anger
• Solidarity:  Support
• Ensemble: Outfit
• Chapter: Local group of an organization
• Brag: Boast
• Nurturing: Offering kind