VOCABULARY Check the meaning of the life events below. At what age are they most likely to happen, do you think? Put them in groups A – E. Compare your answers with your partner’s. Do you agree?
Life events
be born | be brought up (by) | become a grandparent | buy a house or flat | emigrate |
get divorced | get engaged | get married | get your first job | go to university |
have a change of career | inherit (money, a house, etc.) | learn to drive | leave home | leave school |
pass away | retire | settle down | split up | start a business |
start school | fall in love | grow up | move (house) | start a family |
A. Before you are 20______________________________________________
B. From 20 to 40_________________________________________________
C. From 40 to 60_________________________________________________
D. Over 60______________________________________________________
E. At any age____________________________________________________
A. Before you are 20: be born, be brought up (by), grow up, go to university, start a school.
(Trước khi bạn 20 tuổi: được sinh ra, lớn lên (bởi), lớn lên, đi học đại học, bắt đầu đi học.)
B. From 20 to 40: buy a house or a flat, fall in love, get married, get engaged, get your first job, learn to drive, leave school, leave home, start a family, go to university.
(Từ 20 đến 40: mua nhà hoặc căn hộ, yêu, kết hôn, đính hôn, có công việc đầu tiên, học lái xe, nghỉ học, rời khỏi nhà, lập gia đình, vào đại học.)
C. From 40 to 60: get divorced, split up, have a change of career, start a business
(Từ 40 đến 60 tuổi: ly hôn, chia tay, thay đổi nghề nghiệp, lập nghiệp)
D. Over 60: retire, pass away, settle down, become a grandparent.
(Trên 60 tuổi: nghỉ hưu, qua đời, an cư lạc nghiệp, lên chức ông bà.)
E. At any age: move house, inherit (money, a house, etc.), emigrate.
(Ở mọi lứa tuổi: chuyển nhà, thừa kế (tiền, nhà, v.v.), di cư.)
