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Britain could expect its cold winter for at least a decade, the British Met Office warned in October 2006. This meant bad news for estimated three million pension and poorer families already facing a difficult choose between heating their homes and putting food on the table.
Most charity feared a sharp rise in the number of older people die from the cold. An estimate 32,000 die every winter through lack of adequate heating - a figure which rises by 8,000 for every degree the temperature falls below the average. And the warn from the Met Office of the harsh 2006/07 winter could mean even more deaths. In the last 5 years, more than 150,000 people over 65 die as a result of the winter months in Britain. Despite the fact that the excess mortality rate has been down since the 1999/2000 winter, "the elderly experience the greatest increase in deaths each winter. In the winter of 2005/06 there were 20,200 more deaths among those aged 75 and over compare to levels in the non-winter period. In contrast, there were 5,500 more deaths among those under the age of 75" informs www.statistics.gov.uk.
Even if the 2006/07 winter forecast proved wrong, the long term statistics are shocking. Britain has one of the high rates of winter deaths in Europe and older people in Britain are at great risk of cold-related illnesses than those in colder countries such as Finland, Sweden or Austria.
Rise fuel prices, the high cost of heating, the poor standard of Britain’s housing, low incomes and the attitude and behaviour of older people all play their part in contributing to the number of the aged who die each year. The older people live alone and the elderly living in rural and deprived areas are among the hardest hit.
It is essential that older people keep warm during the winter but many of them live in homes that are too cold. Some keep worry about the cost and do not heat their homes proper; but millions of them live in such misery that they really cannot afford to keep their homes warm in winter months. Too many of their homes are damp, draught and hard to heat. Many of them fail to meet the Government's minimum standards for a warm, quality home. 1.5 million households with older people living in them do not have proper insulation or heating.
Many of winter deaths are avoid. Charity organizations are call on the Government to ensure that the existing help is better target and to increase both the financial and material support which would enable older people to survive the severe winter months. It is also vital to increase the basic state pension so that all pensioners will have enough money to heat their homes and to buy warm clothes and proper food. Good meals will equip them with enough physical energy as well as with resist to influenza and other winter-related diseases which can often be fatal to this age group.
experience – tu: zaznamenávať, prove – tu: ukázať sa ako, deprived – sociálne slabý, draught – prievan, vital – životne dôležitý
KEY
coldest, pensioners, choice, charities, dying, estimated, warning, have died, compared, highest, greater, rising, living, worrying, properly, draughty, avoidable, calling, targeted, resistance
NOUNS
Ktorá z vyznačených možností je správna?
1. I want to move to the suburbs. The/a noise of the aircraft here is really unbearable.
2. Suddenly she heard the/a noise outside.
3. Extensive exposure to --/the/a noise can damage human health.
4. He works for --/a regional paper .
5. If you want, you can put a few ideas down on --/a paper before you answer the questions.
6. Can I have one/a piece of/a paper? I need to take some notes.
7. He´s giving --/a paper at the conference on the results of his research.
8. Have you heard --/a news of James?
9. The/A/-- news are/ is really shocking.
10. Be careful! --/A strong light can hurt your eyes.
11. Far below us you can see the light/lights of the city.
12. Why don´t you have your hair/hairs cut? It is/They are too long.
13. Take a/--/the coffee back. There´s --/a hair in it.
14. There´s no time for --/a breakfast. It´s too late. We must be off.
15. Begin your day with a/--/the light breakfast.
16. A/-- weather in Britain is very changeable.
17. I wish you --/a good luck for the exam on Monday.
KEY
1 the, 2 a, 3 –, 4 a, 5 –, 6 a piece of , 7 a, 8 -, 9 this news is, 10 -, 11 lights, 12 hair, it is, 13 the, a, 14 -, 15 a, 16 -, 17 -
FALSE FRIENDS ALEBO SLOVÁ, KTORÉ ZVYKNEME ZLE PREKLADAŤ
konkurent = competitor
concurrent = "existujúci v rovnakom čase" concurrent events
konkurovať = compete
concur = " existovať súčasne, mať rovnaký názor" concur on sth ""
konkurz = competition
concourse je o. i. "hala (staničná, na letisku a pod.), verejné priestranstvo"
koncept t. j. nečistopis, náčrt = draft, rough draft etc.
concept znamená "pojem, koncepcia, predstava, idea, návrh" the concept of freedom, from concept to production
Telephone Language
Leaving a message on an answering machine - Part II /Zanechanie správy na odkazovači - Časť II
Leaving a message is simple. You only need to state the most important information: your name, the time, the reason for calling, your phone number for further contact:
Telephone: Hello, this is Tom. I'm afraid I'm not in at the moment. Please leave a message after the beep.
Ken: Hello Tom, this is Ken. It's about noon and I'm calling to see if you would like to come over on Friday. Could you call me back? You can reach me at 3678925 until five this afternoon. I'll talk to you later, bye.
Listening actively/Aktívne počúvanie
Say something while you're listening so that the person knows you ARE listening e.g.:
Yes….I see.…OK….Oh really?….Right.…Great! … etc.