Why do women live longer than men?

 

Women generally live about six years longer than men. Evidence suggests that boys are the weaker sex at birth, which means that more die in infancy. Men also have a greater risk of heart disease than women, and they have heart attacks earlier in life. Men smoke and drink more than women, and their behavior is generally more aggressive, particularly when driving, so they are more likely to die in accidents.

Also, men are more often in dangerous occupations, such as construction works.

Historically, women died in childbirth and men in wars. So nuns and philosophers often lived to great ages. Now childbearing is less risky and there are fewer wars. The country with the highest life expectancy is Japan-84 years for women and 77 for men.

Exercise 6. Answer the questions

1 Why do women live longer than men?

2 Do men drink and smoke more than women?

3 Why are men more likely to have accidents?

 

Exercise 7. Unscramble the words:

Everyone wants a good lifestyle. I do too. I want a good job that is eutiq near my house – I don’t want to dpesn a long time on trains and bsuse. I also want a nice house where I can relax. I like decorating and shopping for furniture. I also want lots of friends so I can do ftufs with them. My idea of a good lifestyle is being payph at work, going to the gym or going out for a meal after work, and spending the deseewkn with friends doing things or going places. Of ocseru I have to have a holiday every year in another country. I haven’t got that lifestyle yet because I haven’t got oenghu money. I’m a little jealous of my friend’s lifestyle. She has everything and is a wysla going out and viangh fun.

Exercise 8. Fill each gap with appropriate preposition.

1.Do you keep ____touch___old school friends?

2.My son is ____university.

3.We don’t have very much _____common.

4.They often argue _____politics.

5. They live ____the suburbs.

Check yourself

1. Choose the right variant.The town only has ….cinemas.   a) very little b) a few c) little d) very a few 2. Choose the right variant.There aren’t … cafes near here. a) much b) many c) a lot d) plenty

3. Choose the right variant.She has ….friends. a) little b) lots of c) a lot d) much 4. Choose the right variant. Do you want some ice cream? a) just a few. b) just lots of. c) just many. d) just a little.

Glossary

English	Russian	Kazakh
to deceive [di'si:v]	обмануть, вводить в заблуждение	алдау
consequence ['kɔn(t)sikwən(t)s]	последствие	салдар
utter ['ʌtə]	чрезвычайный	шектен тыс
conscience['kɔn(t)ʃ(ə)n(t)s]	совесть, сознание	ар-намыс
profit ['prɔfit]	прибыль	пайда
welfare ['welfeə]	благосостояние	хал-ахуал
to ban [bæn]	запрещать	тыйым салу
infancy [ˈɪnfənsɪ]	младенчество	нәрестелік кез
nun [nʌn]	монахиня	монах әйел
suburb [ˈsʌbəːb]	пригород	қала айналасы, қаланың шеті

Will’s experience at the airport:

After his return from Rome, Will couldn’t find his luggage in the airport baggage area. He went to the lost luggage office and told the woman there that his bags hadn’t shown up on the carousel.

 

She smiled and told him not to worry because they were trained professionals and he was in good hands.

Then she asked Will, “Has your plane arrived yet?”

LIW № 20		Learn by heart the poem “Growing Up With Grandma” by Candy Canan (p.166)
LIW № 21		Make a video presentation “Practice makes perfect”

References

Main:

1.Clive Oxenden and Christina Latham-Koenig “New English File”. Intermediate Student’s Book. Oxford 2010.

2.Clive Oxenden and Christina Latham-Koenig “New English File”. Intermediate Workbook. Oxford 2010.

Additional:

3. New English File Teacher’s Book. Intermediate 2008.

4. Headway Intermediate Student’s Book. Liz and John Soros. Oxford University Press.2003.

 

 

HAND OUT №15 (75)
Discipline: English as a foreign language	Credits -2
Intermediatelevel	Practical lesson
Lexical theme: A man thing or a woman thing
Grammar: Articles
Teacher: assistant professor Karybayeva Adina Seilgazievna

Exercise 1. Look at pictures and answer the following questions.

1. What kinds of topics do men and women like talking about?

2. Who do you think tend to do the following things? Men or woman? What is common for men and women?

· Reading novels	· Going shopping, doing housework
· Going to saunas and steam rooms	· Going to sports events, to bars and pubs
· Playing games (cards and chess)	· Going to the gym, health spas
· Learning languages	· Going to the cinema

Exercise 2. Do you agree or disagree with the statements which are below:

Men’s opinion about….

1 Women understand colour. They think what to wear all the time.

2 Men have no tastes about sofas and curtains.

3 Women enjoy planning a wedding, holidays.

4 A man can choose and buy a pair of shoes in 90 seconds, women- 2hours.

Women’s opinion about…

1 On being told that someone has bought a new car, women usually ask what colour it is – men ask what make it is.

2 Women notice when the washing powders is going to run out and buy some more, men just say ‘Oh, we’ve run out of washing powder.’

3 Women know instinctively what is dangerous or not recommended for babies in their care. Men, generally speaking, do not.

4 Women remember birthdays, anniversaries, and appointments effortlessly.

5 Men can put an infinite amount of rubbish in the bin without noticing it is full.

 

Useful phrases
Generally speaking/In general, I think women go to spas more than men….	I think it’s more common for men to watch football….
I think women tend to read novels more than men

Exercise 3. Listen and circle the correct answer according to the listened text.

 

1 Women are becoming_______.

a) more masculine

b) divine

c) incredibly handsome

2 Compared to Eastern society where usually women are considered as__________.

a) robots

b) housewives

c) machines

3 Women make more _________ than men do.

a) food

b) money

c) aggressive

4 You can go to work when your child is like___________.

a) one years old

b) two years old

c) half-a-year-old

 

Exercise 4. Answer the following questions.

1 Do you agree with Kadi that women are becoming masculine?

2 If so, do you think this is a good or bad thing?

3 What is your opinion about having a nanny to raise a child from a young age?

4 What do you think about men who stay home to look after the children while the woman goes to work?

5 What things can men or women do that the other cannot do and why?

GRAMMAR COMMENT

Articles

Use a/an with singular countable nouns.
-the first time you mention a thing /person;	I saw an old man with a dog.
-when you say what something is;	It`s a nice house.
-when you say what somebody does it;	She`s a lawyer.
-in exclamation with What…?	What a sunny day!
-in expressions like…	a week
Use the
-when we talk about something we`ve already mentioned;	I saw an old man with a dog, andthe dogwas barking.
-when there`s only one of something;	The moongoes round the sun.
-when it`s clear what you`re referring to;	He opened the door.
-with places in a town, e.g. cinema and theatre;	I`m going to the cinema.
-with superlatives	It`s the best restaurant in town.

Complete with a/an, the, or (=no article). E.g. Can you give me a lift to the station. I want to catch the 6.00 train.

1. Do you like ____sport? I hate _____football. I think footballers earn too much money.

2. He always wears ______expensive clothes and drives expensive car.

3. Jake’s _____musician and artist.

4. They have changed ____date of meeting. It is ____next Tuesday now.

5. We walked to _____city center but we got _____taxi back to hotel.

 

Exercise 5. Read the text.