Ways to live for 100 years

6 Minute English

BBC

Language Learning, Education

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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More and more people are living to 100, but what is the secret of a long life?

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0:00.0	6-Meet English from BBCLearningEnglish.com
0:08.0	Hello, this is 6-minute English from BBCLearningEnglish. I'm Neil.
0:12.2	And I'm Beth.
0:13.3	How old are you, Beth?
0:14.8	That's a very personal question, Neil.
0:16.8	Sorry, I didn't mean to be rude.
0:19.2	Anyway, at least you're not a centenarian.
0:22.1	Someone who's lived to be a hundred years old.
0:24.8	Are you saying I look a hundred?
0:26.8	That's even rude.
0:28.2	Sorry, Beth, no.
0:29.7	It's just that with advances in modern medicine,
0:32.7	people are living longer and longer.
0:35.7	There was a time when living to a hundred seemed impossible.
0:39.3	But in 2021, the United Nations Population Division
0:43.5	estimated there to be over half a million centenarians worldwide.
0:48.4	And that number is set to rise.
0:50.9	So how do you live to a hundred?
0:53.8	And what could life be like in your twilight years?
0:57.4	A phrase meaning your old age, or the last years of your life?
1:02.1	That's what we'll be discussing in this programme.
1:04.4	And of course, we'll be learning some useful new vocabulary too.
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