Aging population

Ageing Populations

Is a phenomenon that occurs when the median age of a country or region rises due to rising life expectancy and declining birth rates. There has been, initially in the more economically developed countries (MEDC) but also more recently in LEDCs (less economically developed countries), an increase in the life expectancy which causes ageing population. The world has never seen as aged a population as currently exists globally. The UN predicts the rate of population ageing in the 21st century will exceed that of the previous century.












Pension : (noun) a sum of money paid regularly by the government or a private company to a person who does not work any more because they are too old or they have become ill.
Pensioner : a pensioner is a person who receives a pension, especially the government pension given to old people.
To retire : to leave your job or stop working because of old age or ill health.
Retired (adj) : if someone is retired, they have stopped working.
Retiree (n) : A retiree is a person who has stopped working.

Some of the major concerns (principal worries) of older people is coping with loneliness.
Elderly people often don`t know how to make ends meet. (often have financial problems).

Expressions :
To be as old as the hills
To be with one foot in the grave

Here are some of the implications of ageing populations.
Tick off those which are positive with a √, those which are negative with a x
Larger number of voluntary workers.
Certain businesses flourish.
burden on the young to care for the older generation.
Pressure on government resources.
Increased job opportunities in care professions.
Retired can help younger working relatives with child care.
Pressure on government resources.
Rising taxes.
Adapted transport systems.
Pressure on health care
Elderly people prefer to live in certain areas. Why do you think ? What are their criteria ?

Now do a listening exercise on the topic :

First listen and fill in the gaps.
Then, unjumble the chart below .











http://www.elllo.org/english/0351/370-Vivian-Ageing.htm

Vivian talks to her granddaughter about what it is like to get old

Adrienne: Now, Vivian, do you mind me asking …………... old you are?
Vivian: I was 80 …………... old on November 3rd, 2004.
Adrienne: Wow! 80! What does it …………... like to be 80?
Vivian: It`s a little inconvenient because my …………... didn`t turn 80 but my body did and I find it sometimes my mind follows my body too! And it`s hard to be as quick as I …………... to be and I always want to do more, now than I able to do. I can`t do what I …………... to do when I was younger.
Adrienne: Oh, that`s disappointing and …………... a little frustrating.
Vivian: Very frustrating! Very frustrating! Especially when you have been …………... all of your life and all of a sudden things are just, have slowed …………... to where you can`t do all those running around, flying around tasks that you used to be …………... to do in the morning. Sometimes it takes me two days to get …………... accomplished. Well those are definite disadvantages to getting older. Are there any …………...? Can you give us some hope? Yes! Yes! There is hope. You have reached an age where you …………... where you have been. I`m very fortunate that I lived in the 1900`s. I was born in 1924. I saw the airplane …………... . I saw the beginning of penicillin. I saw the …………... for polio which stopped it in its track. I saw so many things. World War II. I was married in World War II and my …………... went overseas for two years during that time, and my first two years of …………... was by letters, so it was, it`s a good time, 80, you look back on all those things and you`re …………... to be part of it. You begin to understand the changes that are taking …………... just as they took place when you were young, but you don`t come to that realization until you …………... old. You don`t become wiser. You just become …………... knowledgeable.
Adrienne: Well, that doesn`t …………... so bad.



Teacher`s notes
turn 80 When I turn 80 I want to be living in a nice retirement village.
Frustrating She finds it very frustrating and disappointing that she cannot drive because it means that she cannot see her friends.
Accomplish I want to accomplish so much in my life, I have a lot of ambitions.
to be part of it She asked me to join in the choir and be part of it.
Knowledgeable The more knowledgeable I am about English, the better I will be able to speak it.


Transcript
Adrienne: Now, Vivian