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Lesson 12

I’m Not Getting Younger!

There are stages of life: youth, middle age and old age. Old age occurs

the moment you realize there isn’t something beautiful about to happen around

the corner. In some people this occurs very soon, in others not at all, because

age is just a matter of the mind; if you don’t mind it, it doesn’t really matter. What

is really important are the life lessons we have learned as we grow older.

Comprehension

1. What is really important as we grow older?
2. According to the article, age is what?

Questions

1. What can you say to people who always mind their age?

2. What are your goals for the future?

3. Tell me a story about your grandparents?
4. Ten years from now, What do you want to achieve?

Vocabulary & Expressions

occurs: to take place.
moment: short period of time.
corner: an end; margin; edge.
matter: a situation, state, affair, or business.
young at heart: a person who thinks and has an
energy like youth.

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