B1 – Intermediate
Standard of living demonstrates a person’s quality of life. It is the level of their material wealth and income. It dictates the kinds of things they will be able to buy and experience in their lives.
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Vocabulary Questions:
- What is “standard of living”? “I don’t think you need a lot of money to have a good standard of living.” Use this phrase in your own sentence.
- What does “overseas” mean? “I’m not rich, I don’t have expensive furniture (in fact I have cheap used furniture) and I don’t have luxury holidays overseas.” Give 2 synonyms and use “overseas” in your own sentence.
- Explain what “do one’s best” mean. “We all do our best for most of our lives to improve it.” Use this expression in your own sentence.
Discussion Questions:
- Why is a good standard of living important?
- In your personal opinion, what is a good standard of living?
- How can a person improve their standard of living?
- What do you think of the current standard of living of most people in your country?
- Agree or disagree: “I don’t think you need a lot of money to have a good standard of living.” Explain your position.
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Why is a good standard of living important? I think that is important because we need a house for living, food, water, education or healt ,…
If you don’t have all of this or you don’t have peace in your country, you will have to emigrate with the hope of a better live.
In your personal opinion, what is a good standard of living?
I describe what I consider a good satandar of living.
How can a person improve their standard of living?
I think that education is very important for have a good job with enough incomes. There are people who have a rich family and they can to help them.
What do you think of the current standard of living of most people in your country? I think that in the last years people are more poor because have a house is very expensive and the food and elemental thing too.
In my country we are lucky because education and health are free at least.
Agree or disagree: “I don’t think you need a lot of money to have a good standard of living.” Explain your position.
I agree because you don’t need a rich house or an expensive vacation but you need to have a few money at least. All is relative!!!
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1. Why is a good standard of living important?
Because standard of living is the measure of how are you in economic, health, education, and the things you need to have life to be in society and be happy
2. In your personal opinion, what is a good standard of living?
A good standard of livings is this in you have guaranteed a minimum things to life, like home, mental and physical health, education and have economic access for food and spend time with family and friends
3. How can a person improve their standard of living?
For example, When you have a poor situation, or from a country in war, you need to emigrate to anotheer country
4. What do you think of the current standard of living of most people in your country?
In my country, Spain we have a good standard of life, because have very good public health system, and education, but in the last years is going down because different goverment try to privatize, and the access to housing is worst, because the prices are very high and a lot of people can’t buy or rent a home.
5. Agree or disagree: “I don’t think you need a lot of money to have a good standard of living.” Explain your position.
I am agree with this afirmation. When you have health, housing, education, equality, minimum salary, you can win more things, but it’s enough to have a decent life in society, with family and friends
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Vocabulary Questions:
1. What is “standard of living”? “I don’t think you need a lot of money to have a good standard of living.” Use this phrase in your own sentence.
It means the degree of wealth and material comfort available to a person or community. “North countries usually have a better standard of living than those on the south”.
2. What does “overseas” mean? “I’m not rich, I don’t have expensive furniture (in fact I have cheap used furniture) and I don’t have luxury holidays overseas.” Give 2 synonyms and use “overseas” in your own sentence.
It means in or to a foreign country, especially one across the sea. “He spent quite a lot of time working overseas”
3. Explain what “do one’s best” mean. “We all do our best for most of our lives to improve it.” Use this expression in your own sentence.
It means use all of our effort to achieve something. “Do one’s best solves the main problem of existence.”
Discussion Questions:
1. Why is a good standard of living important?
A good standard of living is important to be able to access minimum levels of basic services such as water, food, education, health, stable work, etc.
2. In your personal opinion, what is a good standard of living?
In my opinion, a good standard of living is a minimum degree of wealth and material comfort available to a person so that to achieve those basics mentioned above.
3. How can a person improve their standard of living?
A person can make an effort in his/her studies, manage his/her income and expenses properly, do not buy beyond his/her means…
4. What do you think of the current standard of living of most people in your country?
In general, most people of my country have a good standard of living. They have access to education, generally they decide to study a degree or a technical degree. Their education level let them to get a job that is well remunerated and then they can rent or buy a house, by food and clothes and have some trips during their holidays.
5. Agree or disagree: “I don’t think you need a lot of money to have a good standard of living.” Explain your position.
I agree with the sentence. The important thing is not having a lot of money but using it in a smart way. It is not just looking for cheaper things, but to learn how to safe money, how to invest it, and how to keep it until you can buy whatever you need like a car or a house.
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1. Why is a good standard of living important?
Because standard of living is the indicator of your lifestyle. Have a hight standard of living could be means that you have a relaxing live in economics terms .
2. In your personal opinion, what is a good standard of living?
In my opinion, isn`t important be rich, but i think it is necesary that yours incomes can permit buy innecesary things, sometimes. Also, for me is important do 2 or 3 littles travelings for year.How can a person improve their standard of living?
3. How can a person improve their standard of living?
I will said that a person can be improve their standard of living working, but i think it is not true in all cases. Is important work for have a good standard of living but sometimes, not is enough. A lot of people who is rich, is because their familys was rich yet.
4. What do you think of the current standard of living of most people in your country?
In Spain the most people have a medium lifestyle. Can have very poor or rich person, but isn´t the normal.
We have a good public system support with our taxes. In my opinion could be better, but if comparate this with another countries, is one of better
5. Agree or disagree: “I don’t think you need a lot of money to have a good standard of living.” Explain your position.
Yes, I am agree with this afirmation. The most important is the attitude.
I value a lot have money for waste, but if you know administration the money and differentiate the important, do not need a lot of money for living good
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