Starost in življenska obdobja = Age and Life Stages
1. ELEMENTARY LEVEL
1.1. Vocabulary = Besedišče
- old = star
- older, oldest = starejši, najstarejši
- young = mlad
- younger, youngest = mlajši, najmlajši
- elderly* = starejši
* Rabljeno v povezavi s starejšim prebivalstvom kot vljudnejši, bolj spoštljiv izraz za »old«.
1.2. Phrases = Fraze
- Tony is 5 (years old). = Tony je star 5 let.
- Kate is very young, but Jenny is (even) younger. = Kate je zelo mlada, toda Jenny je (še) mlajša.
- John is older than me. = John je starejši od mene.
- My grandfather is the oldest person I know. = Moj stari oče je najstarejši človek, kar jih poznam.
- You should be kind to elderly people. = Do starejših ljudi moraš biti prijazen.
2. PRE-INTERMEDIATE and INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
2.1. Vocabulary = Besedišče
- a baby = dojenček
- a toddler = otrok, ki je komaj shodil
- a child, children = otrok, otroci
- childhood = otroštvo
- a teenager = najstnik
- teens = najstniška leta
- adolescence = adolescenca (med okvirno 13. in 17. letom starosti)
- puberty = puberteta
- an adult = a grown-up = odrasla oseba (po približno 18. letu starosti)
- early twenties, early thirties, ... = zgodnja dvajseta, zgodnja trideseta, ...
- mid-twenties, mid-thirties, ... = srednja dvajseta, srednja trideseta, ...
- late twenties, late thirties, ... = pozna dvajseta, pozna trideseta, ...
- middle-aged = srednjih let (med okvirno 40. in 60. letom starosti)
- old age = visoka starost (po približno 75. letu starosti)
- retirement = pokoj
- retired = upokojen
- to grow up = odraščati (He grew up in a small town. = Odraščal je v malem mestu.)
- to grow old = ostareti / starati se (My father is growing old. = Moj oče se stara.)
2.2. Phrases = Fraze
- She is very smart for her age. = Za svojo starost je zelo pametna.
- Luke is my age. = Luke je moje starosti.
- Harry and Sally are both five-year-olds, but they have a four-year-old sister. = Harry in Sally sta petletnika, imata pa štiriletno sestro.
- He could quote Shakespeare even before he reached puberty/adolescence. = Shakespeara je citiral, še preden je prišel v puberteto/adolescenco.
- Jerry is in his fifties and his wife is in her late thirties. = Jerry je v petdesetih in njegova žena je v poznih tridesetih.
- Samantha is in her teens. = Samatha je v najstniških letih.
- Lily spent her childhood with her aunt. = Lily je preživela otroštvo s svojo teto.
