LEF07 - Note 1.3 - SGD

1.) Answer the following questions on the text.
1. When was Bertrand Russell born?
2. What important inventions were made when Russell was still a child or a young man?
3. In what way was public life in Britain at the beginning of the twentieth century very
different from what it is now?
4. Why is it difficult for an old man to feel at home in the modern world?
5. Why is the experience of our elders less respected today than in the past?
6. What makes a number of people feel ill at ease in our changing world?

2. Essay
What changes have taken place in your home, in the town where you live and in your mode
of life in the last ten years? Do you think those changes have been for the better or for the
worse?
Write about 400 words. Don’t forget to arrange your arguments well.