Task 13. Answer the questions to the text above.
1. How many people are over 60 nowadays?
2. What do “OAP” and “Senior Citizen” stand for?
3. What worries and problems do an increasing number of ageing people cause with economists and politicians?
4. Do people save money today?
5. Are people scared about getting old and not having enough money to live on? Why/why not?
6. How do people plan to survive financially when they retire?
7. In some countries the age of retirement is going up, isn’t it? Provide figures and statistics.
8. Why does Rosamund Irwin think that the baby boomers are guilty of great generational injustice? Do you agree with her?
9. Do you agree that young generation should be grateful that they have every prospect of living longer? Will they have to pay for this “luxury”?
Task 14. Hold a conference with your groupmates on environmental issues. Each of you represents a country. Discuss environmental problems you face in your country and ways of addressing them.
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