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A long and healthy life?
How long will a baby born today live? A hundred years? A hundred and twenty years?
Scientists are studying genes that could mean long life for us all. There are already many,
many people who live to more than a hundred. In fact, there are now so many healthy elderly
people that there's a name for them: the wellderly. These are people over the age of eighty
who have no major illnesses, such as high blood pressure, heart disease or diabetes.
There are many scientific studies of communities where a healthy old age is typical. These
include places like Calabria in southern Italy and the island of Okinawa in Japan. In Calabria,
the small village of Molochio has a population of about 2,000. And of these 2,000 people, there
are at least eight people over a hundred years old. Researchers ask people like this the secret
of their long life. The answer is almost always about food and is almost always the same: 'I eat
a lot of fruit and vegetables'; 'I eat a little bit of everything'; 'I never smoke, I don't drink'.
So, in the past, scientists looked at things such as diet and lifestyle for an explanation of long
life. But these days they are also looking at genetic factors. Researcher Eric Topol says that
there are probably genes that protect people from the effects of the ageing process. The new
research into long life investigates groups of people who have a genetic connection. One
interesting group lives in Ecuador. In one area of the country there are a number of people with
the same genetic condition. It's called Laron syndrome. These people don't grow very tall – just
over one metre. But Laron syndrome also gives them protection against cancer and diabetes.
As a result, they live longer than other people in their families. On the other side of the world,
on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, there's another group of long-lived men. They are Japanese-
Americans but they have a similar gene to the Laron syndrome group.
In Calabria, researchers constructed the family trees of the 100-year-old people. They looked
at family information from the 19th century to today. They think that there are genetic factors
that give health benefits to the men. This is interesting because generally, in Europe, women
live longer than men.
So what really makes people live longer? Probably, it's a combination of genes, the
environment and one more thing – luck.
Reading comprehension:
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1 What do scientists investigate to try to understand long life?

people's lifestyles and where they live
genetic factors and environmental factors
people’s diet and what kind of activities they do
2 What do diabetes, heart problems and high blood pressure have in common?
They are common illnesses in old age.
Scientists can learn a lot about age when they study these illnesses.
People in Ecuador don’t suffer from these illnesses.
3 What do some people from Ecuador and Okinawa have in common?
They have diabetes.
They have a genetic syndrome.
They live long, healthy lives.
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4 According to the article ...

scientists are investigating people who are 120 years old.
scientific advances mean we will all live to at least 100 years.
scientists have found genes that might influence how long we live.
5 The 'wellderly' are ...
over 100 years old.
over 80 years old.
elderly people with health problems.
6 According to the article ...
some places have an unusual number of very old people.
Italy and Japan are very healthy places to live.
people who live in small villages live longer.
7 The typical reason people give for their long life is:
A. diet.
B. a secret.
C. there are many different reasons.
8 Laron syndrome ...
is a problem for people with diabetes.
is only found in Ecuador and Hawaii.
is the result of a genetic condition.
9 Laron syndrome shows scientists that ...
some people don't grow tall.
there is a genetic reason for old age.
some conditions only affect men.
10 Scientists think that ... a healthy old age.
different factors lead to
more European men than women live to
in the past, more people lived to
Escoja la opción correcta – Marque con una X
1. 1. If __________ a man on the moon, why can't they sort out paper-jams?!?!
we are landing they were able to land we had landed they had landed
2. 2. It'll be fine __________ you do it the way I told you.
as like as could so as as long as
3. 3. Sarah would have made sure John was here __________ were coming too.
when she had known I if he has known you if she had known you if she knew
4. 4. You're not that good at singing - __________ yourself!
get rid of get over get out get lost

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5. 5. __________ different food from all over the world in London.
There are a lot of There's loads of There's many There is a lots of
6. 6. How many times __________ not to do that?
haven't I told you have I told I told you have I told you
7. 7. "What's up with him?" "Oh, __________ mood about something."
he's in angry he's in a bad he had a bad he has a angry
8. 8. "Paul's loving his new job in the States." "What? I didn't __________ abroad!"
even know he was living even knew he is living know he has lived know he
does live
9. 9. Remind me again - what __________ tea tonight?
do you like for do you want you want to have for did you want for
10. 10. "James said that __________ word with me." "Yeah, come in and have a seat."
you can have a you wanted to have a you will want to have a you had a

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Lean el siguiente texto y contesten las preguntas.

1 What do scientists investigate to try to understand long life?

4 According to the article ...

Escoja la opción correcta – Marque con una X

2. 2. It'll be fine __________ you do it the way I told you.

as like as could so as as long as

4. 4. You're not that good at singing - __________ yourself!

get rid of get over get out get lost

5. 5. __________ different food from all over the world in London.

There are a lot of There's loads of There's many There is a lots of

6. 6. How many times __________ not to do that?

7. 7. "What's up with him?" "Oh, __________ mood about something."

he's in angry he's in a bad he had a bad he has a angry

9. 9. Remind me again - what __________ tea tonight?

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