Unit 8. Life in the future

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Do you think those things may happen

in the future? Tell me what you believe and what you don’t believe

1 Many people will be jobless (5) (10)

2 People will live in space (10) (5)

3 There will be a cure for AIDS (5) (10)

4 Robots will work at factories and at homes (5) (10)

5 There won’t be many big companies (5) (10)

6 We’ll know how to grow food in the ocean (10) (5)

7 The world will be too crowded (5) (10)

8 There won’t be any rain forests (5) (10)

What will the life be like in the future?

ARE YOU AN OPTIMIST?

Read each item Check Agree or Disagree Then add the numbers By the year 2030, ……. Agree

Disagree

If your total is from 40 to 60, you are a pessimist If your total is from 65 to 75, you are an optimist.

period 44 -Textbook pages 84 - 86)

Unit 8: LIFE IN THE FUTURE

Part A: READING (Period 44 -Textbook pages 84 -

a person who takes part in terrorism

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U nit 8: LIFE IN THE FUTURE - Task 1

Phi thuyền con thoi

Give Vietnamese or English equivalents to these words:

Unit 8: LIFE IN THE FUTURE

Part A: READING (Period 44 -Textbook pages 84 -

86)

Task 2 : Scan the passage and make brief note of the following points (5’).

LIFE IN THE FUTURE

FIELDS OPTIMISTS PESSIMISTS

Living

Work

Travel

Cleaner environment,

Suggested answers :

FIELD

Living Cleaner environment; fresher

air; healthier foods; modern medical system; labour-

saving devices.

Terrorists : powerful & dangerous.

Work Micro technology; robots

work in factories; offices go electronic; paper disappear;

people work from home;

computer linked to a head office.

- Economic

depression;

- large corporations: wiped out

- millions of jobs: lost.

Travel - Space-shuttle technology

Take work , for instance Robots will

do most of the work in factories , so they will be cleaner places for

fewer people to work in them

Offices, too, will go electronic with the result that paper will almost completely disappear More people will work from home on computers linked to a head office As for

travel, it is likely that space-shuttle technology will be used in normal air travel achieving speeds up to 15,000 kph Cars will still be with us , but, in stead of petrol, they will

run on anything from electricity to methane gas They will also be

fitted with computers to tell us how

Take work , for instance.

, so they will be cleaner places for fewer people to work in them with the result that paper will almost completely disappear

on computers linked to a head office As for travel, it is likely that

achieving speeds up to 15,000 kph Cars will still be with us , but, in stead of petrol,

More people will work from home

shuttle

space-technology will be used in normal air travel

they will run on anything from electricity to methane gas.They will also be fitted with

computers

After you read

Topic: Talk about your life in the future

Suggested speaking:

I would like to work as a(n) (N nghề

nghiệp) in a(n) _(adj)_ company / hospital / school in _(N nơi) I wish I would get paid about US dollars / VND a

month.

I dream of living in a(n) _

villa / house with a good wife / husband and two lovely children.

I will buy a(n) _ car / motorcycle

Thank you

Have a good health

and success!