Oldest Men in Britain – level 2

12-04-2018 07:00

In Britain, two men recently turned 110 years old. They share the record for the oldest living men in Britain. One man lives in Scotland, and the other lives in southern England, so they called one another to celebrate.

The man in Scotland was a farmer and he talked about the changes that he saw in farming during his long life. He even shared his secret to his long life: eating porridge every day!

The man in Hampshire said that it was not his ambition to live this long, but his life was always interesting and the years just went by.

Difficult words: porridge (a thick cereal similar to oatmeal that people usually eat for breakfast), ambition (a goal that you want to finish), go by (pass, happen).

You can watch the original video in the Level 3 section.

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