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III. Choose the best variant to express the main idea of the article.

  1. The existence of animals with no fixed lifespan gives us the possibility to live longer in the future.

  2. Scientists have discovered the age gene which will stop ageing.

  3. Due to the new developments in anti-ageing research people may

have power of life over death in the future.

IV. How many parts does the text contain? What is each part about?

V. Discuss.

Would you like to live forever? Why/why not?

Text 2

I. Read the article. Find the Conditional sentences and translate them

into Russian. Pay attention to the forms of the verbs.

II. Decide which statements are true for the writer.

  1. I wish I’d never met him.

  2. I wish I would have been honest about my age.

  3. If I’d told him my age at the beginning, he might have left me.

  4. If I was a man, the age difference wouldn’t be a problem.

  5. It’s all his fault: if I hadn’t met him, I wouldn’t have turned into an

ageist and a liar.

Ageism Turned Her into a Liar

For most of my life, age has seemed unimportant. My friends of both sexes have been younger, older or at the same age. When I was in my early thirties I had a very enjoyable relationship with a man of 23. One of the most attractive men I know is in his mid-fifties.

The first time I experienced a problem with age was on my fortieth birthday. To my surprise, it was a very traumatic event. 40 seemed to be so much older than 39. I liked when people told me I looked young for my age. Then I realized they were telling me how old I was. I slowly got over the shock and tried to convince myself that life begins at 40…

I met him playing badminton. He was impressed with my exciting lifestyle – lots of travelling and some writing. I found him amusing and very attractive. He is 31. He has no idea how old I am.

All my life I’ve been honest. Early in our relationship I told him the truth about my disastrous existence – my divorce, my financial difficulties, the relationship that destroyed my faith in men. I even admitted that I dye my hair. He didn’t run screaming from the house. I told him I am older than he is, but something stopped me from coming clean about my actual age.

And now I’m in serious trouble. Silence has made the problem greater. If I had told him before, it wouldn’t have become such a big issue. If I had been brave to admit that I was 11 years older than him, I wouldn’t be in this crazy situation now. The other day, I hid my passport under a pile of papers. I’m worried about organizing a get-together with my friends in case one of them says something like, “Doesn’t she look good for her age?”

The longer I remain silent, the more likely he is to find out and I’m frightened. For once in a very long time I’ve found someone who makes me happy.

I know that if I was a man, I would never have got into this mess. Eleven years’ difference is nothing for a man. But the world judges older women harshly, and I’m afraid he would do the same.

I have become an ageist and a liar and I have no one to blame but myself.