The Reading / Listening - Younger Looking Skin - Level 0

People spend billions of dollars on creams and pills trying to look younger. Scientists tried for many years to slow down the ageing process. Now, they have found a new technique to turn back the ageing clock in cells by 30 years. Their work is still at an early stage. It could help people look younger in the future.

The new technique could change medicine. A researcher was excited because it could help to treat skin problems, like burns and acne. It could also heal cuts more quickly. It could be quicker to heal wounds. The scientists' work might help to reverse the ageing process. This could make us look younger.

Try the same news story at these levels:

    Younger Looking Skin - Level 1 Younger Looking Skin - Level 2   or  Younger Looking Skin - Level 3

Sources
  • https://www.newscientist.com/article/2315485-anti-ageing-technique-makes-skin-cells-act-30-years-younger/
  • https://www.genengnews.com/topics/omics/old-fibroblasts-cellular-age-and-function-rejuvenated-by-30-years/
  • https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-rewind-the-age-of-human-skin-cells-back-30-years


Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice activities, drag and drop activities, sentence jumbles, which word activities, text reconstructions, spelling, gap fills and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

Phrase Matching

Paragraph 1

  1. creams and
  2. Scientists tried for many
  3. slow down the ageing
  4. they have found a new
  5. turn back the ageing clock in
  6. Their work is still at an
  7. It could help
  8. look younger
  1. early stage
  2. process
  3. in the future
  4. years
  5. people
  6. pills
  7. cells by 30 years
  8. technique

Paragraph 2

  1. The new technique could change
  2. it could help to
  3. burns and
  4. It could also heal cuts
  5. It could be quicker
  6. The scientists' work might
  7. reverse the ageing
  8. This could make us look
  1. acne
  2. process
  3. more quickly
  4. treat skin problems
  5. younger
  6. medicine
  7. help
  8. to heal wounds

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

People (1) ___________________ dollars on creams and pills trying (2) ___________________. Scientists tried for many years (3) ___________________ the ageing process. Now, they have found (4) ___________________ to turn back the ageing clock in cells by 30 years. Their (5) ___________________ at an early stage. It could help people look younger (6) _________________.

(7) ___________________ could change medicine. A researcher (8) ___________________ it could help to treat skin problems, like (9) ___________________. It could also heal cuts more quickly. It (10) ___________________ to heal wounds. The scientists' (11) ___________________ to reverse the ageing process. This could (12) ___________________ younger.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

Peoplespendbillionsofdollarsoncreamsandpillstryingtolookyounger.
Scientiststriedformanyyearstoslowdowntheageingprocess.Now,the
yhavefoundanewtechniquetoturnbacktheageingclockincellsby30ye
ars.Theirworkisstillatanearlystage.Itcouldhelppeoplelookyoungerin
thefuture.Thenewtechniquecouldchangemedicine.Aresearcherwas
excitedbecauseitcouldhelptotreatskinproblems,likeburnsandacne.I
tcouldalsohealcutsmorequickly.Itcouldbequickertohealwounds.T
hescientists'workmighthelptoreversetheageingprocess.Thiscouldm
akeuslookyounger.

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

(Please look at page 12 of the PDF to see a photocopiable example of this activity.)

Discussion — Write your own questions

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Free writing

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Answers

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