題目：

In?general?,people?are?living?longer?now.Discuss?the?causes?of?this?phenomenon.?Usespecific?reasons?and?details?to?develop?your?essay.

范文：

Today?people?are?living?to?be?much?older?thanever?before.?Some?of?the?main?reasons?for?this?arethe?improved?health?care?and?better?nutritionavailable?to?everyone.

Medical?care?is?more?available?to?people.Although?not?everyone?can?get?the?best?heath?care,everyone?can?get?basic?heath?care?and?advice.?When?people?are?seriously?ill,?they?can?go?to?apublic?hospital?and?be?taken?care?of.?Years?ago,?health?care?wasn't?available?to?everyone.?Somepeople?didn't?live?near?a?doctor?or?a?hospital,?and?others?couldn't?pay?for?the?care?they?needed.They?made?do?with?herbal?medicines?or?folk?remedies.?Of?course,?some?of?these?worked,?but?notfor?the?more?serious?diseases.

The?quality?of?medical?care?has?improved.?That’s?also?a?factor?in?longevity.?Doctors?knowmore?now?about?what?causes?disease?and?how?to?care?it?,Years?ago,?doctors?only?knew?aboutthe?most?basic?diseases?and?cures.?Medicine?was?not?very?advanced.?You?could?die?fromsomething?as?simple?as?an?infection?from?a?cut.?Now?we?have?antibiotics?and?other?medicinesto?help?cure?infections.

People?are?also?living?longer?now?because?of?better?nutrition.?We?'re?eating?better?and?morehealthfully?than?we?used?to?.That's?reduced?the?number?of?people?with?heart?disease?andcancer.?We?try?to?eat?low-fat?foods?and?eat?more?vegetable?and?fruits?,which?are?now?availableyear-round.

Improved?medical?care?and?healthy?eating?habits?has?greatly?expanded?our?life?spans.?Whatwe?need?to?do?now?is?make?sure?that?everyone?in?the?world?has?these?benefits.