Baby Boomers - Missing Sentence Parts
Gap-fill exercise
Complete the text with the missing sentence parts.
After World War II Americans and Europeans were busy
being brought back home
do something meaningful
have influenced politics
need to generate
of that time
rebuilding their countries and economies
retirement age
than their parents were
went up quickly
were dominated
who laid the foundation
who want to start
. It was a time in which soldiers came home from war camps and went back to their normal lives. In the years that followed many babies were born and the birth rates
being brought back home
do something meaningful
have influenced politics
need to generate
of that time
rebuilding their countries and economies
retirement age
than their parents were
went up quickly
were dominated
who laid the foundation
who want to start
. This generation of people became known as the Baby Boomers. They were born between 1946 and 1964. After that the birth rate started to go down again.
When they were in their teens they experienced the Roaring Sixties, a decade of war, free sex, protests and drugs. The most important events
being brought back home
do something meaningful
have influenced politics
need to generate
of that time
rebuilding their countries and economies
retirement age
than their parents were
went up quickly
were dominated
who laid the foundation
who want to start
were the assassination of JFK and Martin Luther King, the Vietnam War and the first American on the moon. In the 80s they became the Yuppies
being brought back home
do something meaningful
have influenced politics
need to generate
of that time
rebuilding their countries and economies
retirement age
than their parents were
went up quickly
were dominated
who laid the foundation
who want to start
of our business world.
They were also the Rock and Roll generation. From Elvis Presley to the Who and from Buddy Holly to the Rolling Stones, the 50s and 60s
being brought back home
do something meaningful
have influenced politics
need to generate
of that time
rebuilding their countries and economies
retirement age
than their parents were
went up quickly
were dominated
who laid the foundation
who want to start
by this new form of music. Woodstock was a music event that up to this day has not been matched.
The baby boomers were the first generation brought up in front of the TV set. They watched the Nixon-Kennedy debate, dead American soldiers
being brought back home
do something meaningful
have influenced politics
need to generate
of that time
rebuilding their countries and economies
retirement age
than their parents were
went up quickly
were dominated
who laid the foundation
who want to start
from Vietnam and Neil Armstrong’s walk on the moon.
The baby boomers
being brought back home
do something meaningful
have influenced politics
need to generate
of that time
rebuilding their countries and economies
retirement age
than their parents were
went up quickly
were dominated
who laid the foundation
who want to start
and economy like no other generation before them. They fought for civil rights and were at the top of the feminist movement. In 1992 Bill Clinton became the first Baby Boomer president.
Baby boomers have not only rebuilt the economies in the industrialized countries they also were big consumers throughout the decades. In the 50s and 60s they bought hula hoops and frisbees, in the 70s and 80s they built houses and today they buy netbooks, iPhones and other gadgets. They have been the driving force behind the economy for the past 50 years. Now they are reaching
being brought back home
do something meaningful
have influenced politics
need to generate
of that time
rebuilding their countries and economies
retirement age
than their parents were
went up quickly
were dominated
who laid the foundation
who want to start
and the golden years are slowing down.
There are also problems that the boomers are leaving behind. As they are nearing their 60s and 70s the younger generation will have the task of taking care of the golden generation and
being brought back home
do something meaningful
have influenced politics
need to generate
of that time
rebuilding their countries and economies
retirement age
than their parents were
went up quickly
were dominated
who laid the foundation
who want to start
enough money for their pensions. Baby boomers are healthier and better educated
being brought back home
do something meaningful
have influenced politics
need to generate
of that time
rebuilding their countries and economies
retirement age
than their parents were
went up quickly
were dominated
who laid the foundation
who want to start
. And their life expectancy is higher.
Researchers have found out that not all baby boomers want to retire and spend their lives travelling to other destinations. Many want to stay active and
being brought back home
do something meaningful
have influenced politics
need to generate
of that time
rebuilding their countries and economies
retirement age
than their parents were
went up quickly
were dominated
who laid the foundation
who want to start
in the last years of their lives. Others simply can’t retire because they haven’t saved enough money to take it easy. There are even those
being brought back home
do something meaningful
have influenced politics
need to generate
of that time
rebuilding their countries and economies
retirement age
than their parents were
went up quickly
were dominated
who laid the foundation
who want to start
their own company. In any case, the baby boomers will still be around for some time to come.
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