NL Anewstart Int Ws 457728
NL Anewstart Int Ws 457728
NL Anewstart Int Ws 457728
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Warmer
3. Has an older person ever given you great advice? What was it?
4. Do you think most older people know the secrets of a well-lived life?
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Key words
a. Fill the gaps in the sentences using these key words from the text.
12. is advice about what you should do or how you should behave.
b. Complete the sentences with words from the previous activity. You might have to change the
form of the word.
8. Some employers complain that young graduates are not used to receiving
feedback.
12. The whole family when Danny was released from hospital.
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9 So she bought a licence plate for her car that holistic: based on the idea that you should take
read “BE GLAD” to remind her that there was a
care of your whole body and mind rather than
lot in her marriage that she really treasured.
just treating a part of the body that is ill
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Comprehension check
a. Are these statements True (T) or False (F) according to the article? Correct any that are false.
1. Gladys McGarey wanted a divorce after being married for over forty years.
2. McGarey and Bill ran a medical clinic together until they divorced.
3. After the divorce, their daughter Helene took over the clinic where both her parents had worked.
6. It took her more than twenty years for her to completely accept the separation.
10. She believes that within each person, there is an ability to heal themselves.
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Key language
a. Refer back to the text and find the phrasal verbs that match the definitions below.
Paragraph numbers are given to help you.
3. : start to feel happy or well again after something bad has happened
to you (paragraph 5)
(paragraph 12)
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3. What advice do you have for people who are just trying to , one day
at a time?
4. Do you want to have a partner who will you in your old age?
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Discussion
a. Look at some of the things that McGarey said. Do you agree with each statement?
• “It’s not a matter of getting over stuff; it’s a matter of living through it.”
• “If you can live through the issues that you have faced, they become your teachers.”
• “BE GLAD”
• “I have a colleague within each patient who does the healing, as I do the other part of it. This is
what I know and understand in the field of medicine”.
a. Imagine you are 102. What life advice would you give your current self? Write a letter from your
future self. You can write about the topics below or your own ideas.