Unit 8: Future life

•Booth n /bu:ð/ a small temporary tent used for selling goods•Aim n/v /eim/ a purpose or intention → Aimless adj Vocabulary mục đích, mục tiêu phòng điện thoại công cộng quán, rạp, lều

Unit 8 :

•Booth  (n) /bu:ð/ a small temporary tent used for selling goods

•Aim (n/v) /eim/ a purpose or intention

→ Aimless (adj)

Vocabulary

mục đích, mục tiêu

phòng điện thoại công cộng (quán, rạp, lều)

•Cohabit (v) /kəʊ’habɪt/ live together and without being

married

sống chung như vợ chồng

→ Cohabitant (n) người ăn ở chung

→ Cohabitation (n)

•Complexion (n) /kəm’plɛkʃ(ə)n/ the colour’s skin nước da

→ Complex (Adj) : phức tạp, rắc rối

→ Complexity (n) : sự phức tạp, rắc rối

không có mục đích

•Pursue (v) /pə’sju/ follow or chase (sb or sth)

→ Pursuer (Noun) : người theo đuổi

•Crisis  (n) /’krʌɪsɪ s/ (Plural) a time of intense difficulty or danger :

•Interact (v)  /ɪntər’ akt/ act in such a way as to have an effect on each other:

→ Interaction (n) : sự tác động qua lại, ảnh hưởng lẫn nhau

→ Interactional (Adj) : chịu tác động của nhau

→ Interactive (Adj)

•Embryo (n)  /`ɛmbrɪəʊ/ (Plural) an unborn or unhatched offspring in the process of development :

→ Embryonal (Adj) : thuộc phôi

cuộc khủng hoảng

tác động qua lại, ảnh hưởng lẫn nhau

phôi tiếp tục, theo đuổi

•Kneel (v)  /ni:l/ be in or assume a position in which the body is supported by a knee or the knees:

quỳ gối, quỳ xuống

→ Kneel - knelt - knelt

•Tuition (n)  /tju:`ɪʃ(ə)n/ teaching or instruction

sự giảng dạy, hướng dẫn

→ Tuitional (Adj)

• Propose (v)  /prə`pəʊz /

+ make an offer of marriage to someone : cầu hôn

→ Proposal (n) : lời cầu hôn

+ intend : đề nghị, dự định

→ Proposition (n) : sự đề nghị, sự xác nhận

→ Propositional (Adj) : có tính chất đề nghị, đề xuất

•Strike (v)  /strʌɪk/ indicate the time by sounding a chime

(đồng hồ) đổ, điểm

→ Striking (Adj) : nổi bật, gây ấn tượng sâu sắc

→ Strikingness (n) : có tính chất nổi bật, có khả năng gây

ấn tượng,…

•Stable (Adj)  /`steɪb (ə)l/ not fluctuating or changing

ổn định

→ Unstable (Adj) : không ổn định

1. Match the paragraphs (A,B,C or D) with the headings.One heading will not be used.

a) Energy Crisis

b) An Ecological School

c) A Modern School

d) Advances in Medicine

e) Lifestyle

EXCERCISE

Paragraph A

Paragraph B

Paragraph C

Paragraph D

2 Find the words in the text having the following meanings.

a. Live together without being married

b. Known all over the world

c. Try to chieve something over a period of time

d. Living things that are not fully developed yet

e. Not harming the environment

f. Pretty and attractive

g. Profession or occupation

h. In spite of

cohabit world-famous

pursue

environment-friendly

embruos

cute

career despite

3 Answer the questions.

1. Why did Phil and Carol decide to cohabit ? When did that happen ?

2. How old were they when they started cohabiting ? How old are they now ?

3. What do they decide now ?

4. Where will they have to go to if they want to have a child ?

5. Who is Chris ?

6. Describe the school Chris will attend (its working hours, facilities, teachers, tuition fees, …)

7. Why is life in 2050 not easier then it was 50 years

ago ?

4 Work in groups Discuss whether you like

to study in the modern, environment-friendly

school mentioned in the clip

SPEAKING

Interrupting Politely and

Returning to the Topic

Work in pairs Practice the following dialogue (page 102)

Work in pairs Play the roles of a futurologist and a student.

Futurologist

Prepare a two-minute talk on one of the suggested

topics Get ready to present it to the audience.

- Our modern house in the future

- Advantages and disadvantages of e-books

- Young people’s fashion in the future

Explain or clarify unclear information when being

asked.

Student

-The futurologist is going to talk about our life in the future -Listen and

politely stop him / her to ask for clarification or explanation when appropriate

Interrupting Politely

•Sorry to interrupt, but …

•Excuse me for interrupting, but …

•Can I say something here?

•Can I add something?

•Can I ask a question?

•May I ask something?

Returning to the topic

•Anyway, …

•Let’s get back to what we are saying …

•Where was I? Well, …

The following useful expressions may help you:

c) Choose a topic of your interest and prepare a two-minute talk Then work in groups to present your talk Other students will make polite interruptions to ask for clarification or explanation.

Langu ague

Focus

As you can see, the hyphen (or lack of it) makes a big difference in the meaning of the sentence.

Noun + Adjective

*We put a hyphen between the two words to make

it a compound adjective

Ex: She is a world-famous 

singer

This is a smoke-free 

restaurant

-A compound adjective is an adj that contains two

or more words

-To act as a single idea (adj) that describes sth

I saw a man-eating alligator.

 Describing the alligator that eats men (or people)

I saw a man eating alligator. 

 This sentence without the hyphen sounds like a man is eating an alligator. 

Compound Adjective

1.Make up compound adjectives by matching the words in column A with those in column B

Excercise

Home -

Cholesterol -

Steel -

Ecology -

Knee -

free

deep

sick

gray

friendly

2 Complete these sentences with the

compound adjectives you have found in a).

a) A cooperative program between China and Germany on building Yangzhou, a famous ancient city,

since it started in September last year

b) The river is just _ in the dry season

c) The fishermen worried looked at the sky, a bad omen of a coming storm

d) Patients of heart diseases are advised to choose

e) _ foods

f) There’s no medical treatment for _people, so they should take up some kinds of

pastimes to keep themselves busy all the time

ecology-friendly

knee-deep

steel-gray

cholesterol-free

home-sick