A Conversation about Life

B2 – Upper Intermediate

As one saying goes, “Being young is beautiful, but being old is comfortable”… Or, is it?

Watch the video below of a very young boy and an old man, who are 57 years apart as they talk about life and their experiences.

Discussion Questions:

1. What’s the worst thing about being young? What do you fear about being old?

2. Do you wish you were young/er, or old/er? Why?

3. How do you view falling in love at your age now?

4. What advice would you give your younger self? What would you ask your older self?

5. What is the most important thing in your life now?

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2 replies on “A Conversation about Life”

Answer 1: In my opinion the worst thing about being young is the inexperience and impatience to try to be older without the concience of tries to take every opportunity that life gives you. My main fear about being old is the lack of time and get a disease.
Answer 2: I know I am not old but I would like to be young (in my first thirties . I feel that my life is going very fast and I think my age isn’t at the same level that my lifestyle!
Answer 3: Fortunately I fall in love with my husband! It has been a beatiful journey together because we met when we were in our first twenties and we have grown up together. So I think if I had to fall in love now with other person the experience would be totally diferent. Not bad but different. Perhaps my feelings wont’t be as when you fall in love with your first love but on the other hand the experience and age will give me other behaviour and let me to enjoy in other sense.
Answer 4: what I tell to my younger self would be: enjoy every moment, try to live your life with perpective. Love, enjoy, feel and try to worry as less as possible because things usually be better than you imagine when you are worried. And always try to be the most person that you can be. What I would ask my older self is how I have to manage to continue enjoying life as when you are young.
Answer 5: the most important thing in my life now is me. Because to be happy, to make happy others and enjoy life it is absolutely to be good with yourself. You can be rich, have a incredible family and friends, a sucessful job but if you are not in peace with yourself everything else will not matter.

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because things usually be better than you imagine when you are worried.
because things are usually better than you imagine when you are worried.

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