1. Social Networking

2. Social networking
 Do you think it is worth having such
kind of debates?
 It is a highly controversial issue.
 It causes a lot of controversies.

3. Social networking
 Which motion was proposed?
 Society benefits when we share
personal information online.
 Which was opposing motion?
 Social networking has more negative
consequences for people.

4. Arguments for social networking
 enables people to share information
 enables collaboration
 helps (to) build a better, more open
world
 improves the way we work and live
 provides publicness
 builds trust

5. Arguments against
 dividing, diminishing and disorienting effect
 opportunity to withdraw from society
 personal lives available publicly
 herd mentality
 a gentle push is enough to invoke a mob for
any action
 only mirrors society that is intolerant and
imperfect

6. Living to 100
 Which trend is discussed in the article?
 A rise in life expectancy
 What time period has been studied by
scientists?
 From early 1950s to these days
 Which was life expectancy rate in the early
1950s
 Life expectancy rate was 46.4

7. Living to 100
 Were there any changes during/over
the period 1950 to 1998?
 By 1998, world life expectancy had
increased to 75 years in developed
countries and 62 in less developed
countries
 How big was the increase in life
expectancy?
 35 percent

8. Living to 100
 What life expectancy rate was
estimated for American and Japanese
babies born in 2000?
 They were estimated to live to an age of
90
 What age could we live to by 2030?
 Living to 100 could be common in 2030

9. Living to 100
 What are the reasons for such a sharp
rise?
 -decline in infant mortality
 -improved healthcare
 -better food production
 What are predictions of many scientists on
this trend development?
 Many scientists believe that this trend is likely
to continue

10. Living to 100
 What are the reasons for such a
forecast?
 Medical advances/new drugs that will
enable people to live 20 years longer

11. Living to 100
 How will this trend affect people and
government?
 Which effects will this trend have on
people and governments?
 Which consequences will it have for
people and government?

12. Living to 100
 -the rise in medical care cost/the cost of
medical care will rise
 -need for new state pension schemes/raised
pension funds
 -changes in the retirement age/variations in
the retirement age
 -more opportunities for companies in the
leisure and entertainment industries
 -opening up new segments of the market
 -slow decline in Europe’s population
 -marked rise in Asian population

13. Living to 100
 Grammar from the article
 Europe’s population has been in decline for
several years
 The population will not decline as fast once
anti-aging drugs will be available
 We could expect to see the world’s population
top out at about 11 to 12 billion
 It is believed that the populations in China
and India could soar by 500 million

14. Verb Patterns
 Verbs followed by (object +) infinitive with to
 Want
 Cause
 Promise
 Manage
 Expect
 Allow
 Teach
 Hope
 Decide
 Advise
 Would love to

15. Verb patterns
 Verbs followed by- ing
 Enjoy
 Suggest
 Recommend
 Prefer
 Practise

16. Verb patterns
 Verbs followed by both forms
 Start
 Like
 Begin
 Continue
 Love
 Hate
 Advise

17. Verb patterns
 Verbs after prepositions are always in the
-ing form
 Keep on
 Carry on
 Succeed in
 To be aimed at
 To be good at
 To result in
 Give up

18. Expressions of quantity
 Countable nouns
 A couple of
 A lot of
 A few
 None of
 Plenty of
 Some (of)
 Many
 Enough
 No

19. Expressions of quantity
 Uncountable nouns
 A lot of
 Plenty of
 A little
 No
 Some
 Much
 Enough

20. Expressions of quantity
 Most people
 Most of you/your friends
 Some people
 Some of you/your friends
 Many people
 Many of us/my friends
 Much time
 Much of my time