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What would make you happiest?
The trend in life satisfaction is similar for men and women.
60%
1-towever. 1 it differs slight ly during the teenage years.
when men's score is 5.5, while women's is 5 . .3. So between
50%
the ages of 15 and 20, women are less satisfied with 2 their
40% lives. After 3 this period. scores fall gradually to q their
lowest point of 5 .0 for everyone aged 41- 50. 5 They then
30%
rise significantly to a peak of around s.o for those in the
20% 101-70 age group.

10%
0 Read the paragraph in Exercise 4 again and say
0% what each of the underlined words (1-5) refers
( 15-24 ) ( 25- 34 ) ( 35-44 ) ( 45 - 54 ) ( 55- 64 ) ( 65- 74 ) ~
back to.
age
0 page 106 Reference devices
~ health money Source: British
~~~~~~=J~~~~~~) Household Panel Survey
0 page 76 Key grammar: Zero, first and second conditionals
€) Read these three introductory paragraphs and
0 Complete the third and final paragraphs below
answer the questions below.
with the words in the box. You will need to use
a ~ _gra.ph a.nd. cho..rt proVici.e ,nformo..tion a.bou.t some of them more than once. Then say what
_genera.! feeliY!9S of ho..pp·,n€ss in life. The _gra.ph each pronoun refers back to.
compa.res people's levels of life sa.tisfa.dion a.t
it one their them these they this
different a._ges. ~ cho..rt looks a.t fa.ctors tho..t
people t hink m!ght mo..ke them ho..ppy a.nd. compa.res
t hese a.cross a._ge _grou.ps.
Although 55% of t he youngest age group say t hat money
would make I ... . .th.~~- ... happiest. 2 ... . .. . . ...... . . figure falls
b lhel"e c:we t·vvo gl"cphs abo ut people 's
as people get older. and by the age of 75 . 3 .. . ..... ...... is
cVel"cge \.-9e satis-9cc tion and \what rY~ight
relatively low. On the other hand, only 12% of the 15-24 age
rY~cke therY~ happiest. lhey c\eal"\y s h o \tJ
group worry about q . .. health. but it becomes a
that rY~en and \WOrY~en al"e the ScrY~e.
1-\o \tJeVel", di-9-9el"ent things rY~cke therY~ key concern as 5 get older. S o t he trends for
6 .......... two features cross in middle age and
h appy.
7 . . . . . is t he opposite of the other.
c The graph is about satisfaction wit h life. It shows
Overall. it seems t hat people are most satisfied at the start
t he data across different age groups. The chart
and end of 8 ................ lives. for young people, happiness
is about people and happiness. It shows t he data
comes from money. while for older people q . .. lS
in percent ages.
linked to health.
Which introduction (s):
1 begin with a general introductory statement?
2 provide a brief description of the content of each Exam advice Chart/graph summary
chart/graph? If you have more than one chart or graph, look
3 are written as far as possible in the student's at the similarities and differences between them
own words? and pick out the key features.
Introduce both charts/graphs, then compare the
0 Work in pairs. Read the second paragraph of a
information within them.
student's answer to the task in Exercise 2 (ignore
the underlined words for now). Is the student Use some referencing to avoid repetition.
summarising the chart or graph? Circle the parts
of the cha~t/graph which the sentences describe.

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