Could we live to 140? BBC News Review

Humans alive today could live to 140. That's according to a new study into life expectancy by the University of Georgia. The researchers say people are living longer because of modern medicine, better public health and a safer world. But many are concerned about the effects of an ageing population. (Cover image: Getty)

👉Key words and phrases
🔎50/50
50% chance
-There's a 50/50 chance I'll be at the party. I want to come, but I still have a headache.
-I think I have a 50/50 chance of passing the exam. It was difficult, but I studied hard.

🔎golden oldies
old and respected
-I haven't heard this song in years. It's such a golden oldie.
-My grandpa is a golden oldie. He still plays football at 85.

🔎groans
makes an unhappy sound
-The dining table groaned with the amount of food we put on it.
-I groan every time my alarm goes off. I hate waking up early!

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[ahmadullomuhammadjonov]

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[VietAnhNguyen-qyei]

Wao, he is Phil, the first time I saw, I hear your voice from I learning 6 Minute English everyday before I sleep. Hope you can live until 140 for producing the voice so well

[BriantheBrick]

The fans of the golden oldie film Star Wars have a 50/50 chance of groaning when a beloved character might die.

[Brian-foew]

There is a 50/50 chance that golden oldies might not groan because they are so healthy.

[tammytsang]

Aging is hard and I never want to be a golden oldie. Anyway, I am grateful for this new video.

[benjaminestrada]

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[manuelgordillo]

So, Beatle's song has a 50/50 to be right. When I am hundred ten, would be the remake. It is overpopulation on Earth, the worst problem in 2040 with 10 billion people until now. It has broken into little bits and pieces.

[bahamansour]

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Thank you very much.
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[manuelgordillo]

Who wants to live forever when forever is the here and now. ?

[emrahiris.]

Please post longer videos. And long podcast, thank you🎉

[aureliaandres]

Considering the conditions of quality of life and also the risks of getting so advanced in years, honestly what's the real advantage on this?? Thanks to share!

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[yakamoz]

Good morning, thank you for providing latest news. Using these vocabulary, I tried to make some example sentences.
1) It's optimistic of you to be able to get through all the troubles, It's a fifty fifty chance.
2) Even if our parents became dementia, we would look after them taking turn. This's because they were born before us and golden oldies.
3) The employees in the Fukushima nuclear power plant have groaned day after day, which's because all electrisity was down in the plant and unebale to take reaction against it. The critical fact have yet continued as of March 11, 2011.
Bye.

[roniya]

After the words, 'People can live for 140 years because of a safe world, ' my heart aches, and I feel an overwhelming urge to cry. It deeply saddens me that we still experience wars in our time. The russian invasion of Ukraine stands as a grim testament to this harsh reality, claiming the lives of more than 23, 000 civilians, including 484 innocent children. These individuals have been stripped of their fundamental right to life, as our world remains unsafe as long as such acts of aggression, like the one perpetrated by russia, persist

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[sueliishiyama]

I guess a nice way of setting off a Golden Oldies feat you have to keep doom and gloom at bay, and then you might have 50/50 chance of getting there. :-))

[MyLuca]

rather than thinking of living up to 140 years, one would do well to think WHERE one will go after death, whether "above" or "below"