Задание

Read the text and fill in the gaps with the right phrases. There are TWO EXTRA phrases you don’t need to use.

Would you want to live …….. FOREVER?

For thousands of years human beings have dreamt of cheating death and the aging process. In their fantasy world, and beautiful in old age. Well, it may sound incredible, but there are some scientists the technology to make this dream come true! Sounds like science fiction? Maybe. But remember that technology gives us the ability to do things today that people living only a few decades ago would have considered magic. Therefore, there is no reason will make all this possible.

Some scientists believe that medical technology is moving so fast that by the end of this century, advanced anti-aging technologies will be available, or maybe even thousands of years if they want to. Of course, few people would want to live to 1000 if they had to spend hundreds of years looking and feeling like a 90-year-old. But some researchers think medicine will be able to keep people looking and feeling as beautiful and fit at 500 years old !

Naturally, the possibility of living so long raises many problems. If people don’t die, how will the Earth cope when it gets so overcrowded? Many people believe that scientists should not develop anti-aging technology, and that , as it has been doing for millions of years.

Of course, most scientists believe that humans will never possess such technology. But if living to 1000 becomes possible, do you think it would be a dream… or a nightmare? And, if you had the choice, would you choose to live forever?