B4

People have always dreamed of staying young and living a long, long life. But can it become a reality?

ALWAYS/

DREAM

B5

Experts believe it is possible that people will live long enough to have great-great-great-great-grandchildren.

CHILD

B6

This belief is based on research and on the fact that more and more people are living to be over 100 years old.

BASE

B7

A British scientist Aubrey de Grey thinks hat we can stop people getting old.

THINK

B8

In his opinion, getting old is like a disease. If we can cure this disease, we can stop the ageing process.

HE

B9

The scientist is sure that we will have all the methods

HAVE

B10

needed to stop ageing in less than 20 years.

LITTLE

B11

Many scientists who study ageing do not take de Grey’s ideas seriously.

NOT TAKE

B12

However, they admit that they haven’t been proved wrong yet. Would you like to live for 1,000 years? Won’t life get boring if you live such a long life?

NOT PROVE