Ways to live for 100 years ⏲️ 6 Minute English

More and more people are living to 100, but what is the secret of a long life? Beth and Neil discuss this and teach you some useful English vocabulary. 👇👇👇

❓❓❓ This week's question: In 2022, the world’s oldest certified person died aged 119. But which country was she from?

a) Switzerland
b) Italy
c) Japan

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Vocabulary:
✔️centenarian - someone who is a hundred years old, or older
✔️twilight years - old age; the last years of your life
✔️one-size-fits-all - suitable for everyone or every purpose
✔️lifespan - the length of time someone is normally expected to live
✔️Fountain of Youth - a legendary source of magical water that keeps anyone who drinks it young and healthy forever
✔️Peter Pan syndrome - immature person who has reached adulthood but refuses to take on adult responsibilities

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[BrianBrian-qnsc]

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[trangdieu.c]

VOCABULARY FORM VIDEO Ways to live for 100 years ⏲ 6 Minute English
1. Psychiatrist:a doctor who treats mental or emotional disorders :a doctor of psychiatry
2. Defying: to refuse to obey a person, decision, law, situation, etc
3. Radical: believing or expressing the belief that there should be great or extreme social or political change
4. Legendary for = well known: very famous and admired or spoken about
5. Immature: not behaving in a way that is as calm and wise as people expect from someone of your age
6. Centenarian : someone who is a hundred years old, or older
7. Twilight years : old age; the last years of your life
8. One-size-fits-all : suitable for everyone or every purpose
9. Lifespan : the length of time someone is normally expected to live
10. Fountain of Youth : a legendary source of magical water that keeps anyone who drinks it young and healthy forever
11. Peter Pan syndrome : immature person who has reached adulthood but refuses to take on adult responsibilities.

VIETNAM 10/29/2023
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[BriantheBrick]

When you are a centenarian, you might be reaching your twilight years. However, if you have healthy relationships, your lifespan could increase. One-size-doesn't-fit-all regarding how many relationships you need to have a healthy life. There are some treatments for erasing aging. One of them is called the Fountain of Youth. It works by taking senior citizens and making them young. However, this is very difficult to achieve.

[weeedabdu]

Excellent presentation.useful vocabs
Thank you so much bbc team

[yakamoz]

Okay, it's a interesting story. Actually my dad passed away last February, and his age was 114. He volunteered the WW2 and soon after retirement of his soldires life, he went into Catholic world. And 15 later I was born. He's had sent tremendous, enormous and hornorble experiences, I think.

[victorhernandezbonilla]

As always, wonderful program. Thanks a lot! I hope to live a lot of years and stuying English as much as I can. Greetings!!

[tammytsang]

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[athayayo]

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[benjaminestrada]

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[plo_yb]

This clip is very good for learning English language.

[thanhbinh]

Hello, I'm from Vietnam. I found your channel can hear English more clearly than other channels. 😊
And I like channels which post news every day like this.
(I'm not good at English. Exuse me, if I use grammar wrongly)😅

[ntmdnpk]

Many people want to be centenarians, but not many know the way. In their twilight years, the health conditions significantly reduce and there was a time it was impossible for humans to live up to 100. There are over millions of centenarians worldwide, and each person has different advice to become one. Hence, it's hard to find a "one size fits all" method to answer this question. However, the most recommended solution revolves around some factors such as diet, exercising, and relationships. Furthermore, there are three scenarios suggested by psychiatrists for the attempt to "defy death". The first scenario is called Dorian Gray which is about a person who does not age at all, while the second one is known as "wolverine" or "fountain of youth", whose method is gathering the old and making them young. The most possible one is the third, which is "Peter Pan" after the name of a fictional character who keeps his youth by moving to an imaginative fairy place. This scenario extends lifespan by taking the young around 20-30 and giving some treatment to them every few months. Besides, another concept known as "Peter Pan Syndrome" has a completely different meaning from the previous one. It's used to imply those who refuse to take responsibility as a grown-up.

[saikatchakraborty]

Although i don not want to live longer, i want to learn English because i love English a lot

[n.hemavathi]

Thanks for your podcast. It was interesting and crucial topic for everyone. I don't wish I will live for hundred years. I want to be healthy. How many years can l live?
I try it every single day.

[vicha]

I knew that chocolate will make me immortal 🍫😁

[learnindonesiantoday]

To whoever reads this comment, may we live longer healthier happier! 🎉🥰