The Best Time to Have Babies

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The Best Time to Have Babies

• 35 and under, please!

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Reading

• A top expert on fertility has said women should
  have babies before they are 35 years old.
  Professor Mary Herbert from the UK's University
  of Newcastle said the age of 35 is like when the
  "clock strikes 12". She said that after that age,
  it is riskier for a woman to become pregnant. She
  added that it was difficult for fertility
  treatment to work as women got older. Professor
  Herbert gave doctors and nurses a message in a
  speech at the British Science Festival. She said
  "Perhaps the most important message to give is
  that the best cure of all is to have your babies
  before this clock strikes 12." She added "I
  would be getting worried about my daughter if she
  hadn't had a child by 35."http//www.breakingnew
  senglish.com/1309/130913-fertility.html

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Career before children

• Many women these days are choosing to put off
  having a baby until they are older. One of the
  biggest reasons for this is that women do not
  want to interrupt their career. Women are also
  marrying or settling down at a later age.
  Professor Herbert said society needed to think
  about how to help women have babies at a younger
  age. She said "We need to understand what the
  barriers are to women having their children
  early." Childcare expert Belinda Phipps agreed
  with Professor Herbert. She said "You can't
  always have babies to order. If you want to have
  a partner and a secure place to live, you don't
  necessarily get that all done by the time you are
  32. The right man doesn't always just come
  along."http//www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1309/1
  30913-fertility.html

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Comprehension check

• 1. Who said women should have babies before the
  age of 35?
• 2. To what did the professor liken the age of 35?
• 3. What is it riskier for an older women to do?
• 4. Who did the professor talk to at a festival?
• 5. Whom might the professor worry about?
• 6. What don't women want to interrupt?
• 7. When are women settling down?
• 8. What does society need to understand?
• 9. What is Belinda Phipps' job?
• 10. Who doesn't always come along?
• http//www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1309/130913-f
  ertility.html

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What is the best age?
Activity Best Age Reason
Own a mobile phone
Get married
Have children
Retire
Start learning English
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MY BUCKET LIST

• Climb Mount Everest
• Get married
• Achieve your ambition
• Learn computer skills
• Travel
• Start earning money
• Ride an elephant
• Fly in a hot air balloon

• What is a bucket list ?
• A list of things that one has not done before but
  wants to do before dying.
• Another way to describe a bucket list would be to
  say a list of ____________________________.
• What would you add to this list?
• Would you want to start a bucket list for your
  family?

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Fill in the blank

• A top (1) ____________ on fertility has said
  women should have babies before they are 35 years
  old. Professor Mary Herbert from the UK's
  University of Newcastle said the (2) ____________
  of 35 is like when the "clock (3) ____________
  12". She said that after that age, it is riskier
  for a woman to become (4) ____________. She added
  that it was difficult for fertility treatment
  to (5) ____________ as women got older. Professor
  Herbert gave doctors and nurses a message in a
  (6) ____________ at the British Science Festival.
  She said "Perhaps the most important message to
  give is that the best (7) ____________ of all is
  to have your babies before this clock strikes
  12." She added "I would be getting (8)
  ____________ about my daughter if she hadn't had
  a child by 35."
• http//www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1309/130913-fer
  tility.html

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  rk

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Fill in the blanks

• Many women these days are choosing to put (9)
  ____________ having a baby until they are older.
  One of the biggest reasons for this is that women
  do not want to (10) ____________ their career.
  Women are also marrying or settling (11)
  ____________ at a later age. Professor Herbert
  said society needed to think about how to help
  women have babies at a younger age. She said "We
  need to understand what the (12) ____________ are
  to women having their children early." Childcare
  expert Belinda Phipps (13) ____________ with
  Professor Herbert. She said "You can't always
  have babies to (14) ____________. If you want to
  have a partner and a (15) ____________ place to
  live, you don't necessarily get that all done by
  the time you are 32. The (16) ____________ man
  doesn't always just come along."
• http//www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1309/130913-fer
  tility.html

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Put in order please!

• "clock    when   35    The    strikes   the    
  is    age     12"    like    of .
• a     become     It     for     to    
  riskier     woman     pregnant     is.   
• worried     I     about     would     my    
  be     daughter     getting.    
• career     want     to     Women   
   interrupt     do     their     not.    

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Advice to women

• What advice do you have for women concerning the
  child bearing years?
• How many children do you think women should have?
• Did you know that one woman had 53 children? How
  would that be possible?