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medium level6 Minute English / Ways to live for 100 years
Episode 231026/ 26 Oct 2023
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Neil
Hello. This is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I m Neil.
Beth
And I m Beth.
Neil
How old are you, Beth?
Beth
That s a very personal question, Neil!
Neil
Sorry, I didn't mean to be rude. Anyway, at least you re not a centenarian, someone who s lived to be a hundred years old.
Beth
Are you saying I look a hundred? That s even ruder!
Neil
Sorry, Beth, no! It s just that with advances in modern medicine people are living longer and longer. There was a time when living to a hundred seemed impossible, but in 2021 the United Nations Population Division estimated there to be over half a million centenarians worldwide, and that number is set to rise.
Beth
So how do you live to a hundred? And what could life be like in your twilight years, a phrase meaning your old age, or the last years of your life. That s what we ll be discussing in this programme, and of course, we ll be learning some useful new vocabulary too.
Neil
But first I have a question for you, Beth. In 2022, the world s oldest certified person died aged 119. But which country was she from? Was it:
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