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The Best Time to Have Babies
35 and under, please!
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• 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."
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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."
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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?
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What is the best age?
Activity
Own a mobile phone
Get married
Have children
Retire
Start learning English
Best Age
Reason
MY BUCKET LIST
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?
Climb Mount Everest
Get married
Achieve your ambition
Learn computer skills
Travel
Start earning money
Ride an elephant
Fly in a hot air balloon
•
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."
•
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Fill in the blank
speech
pregnant
worried
age
cure
expert
strikes
work
•
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."
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Fill in the blanks
order
barriers
right
interrupt
secure
down
off
agreed
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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?