Unit 8: Life in the future - Reading

What are the most important factors that will bring about dramatic changes in various aspects of our lives.. How fast will space – shuttle technology be used in normal air travel?. Answe

 pessimistic

1 an optimist : a person who always expects good things

to happen : người lạc quan

 optimistic (adj) : lạc quan

2 a pessimist ≠ an optimist: người bi quan

(adj) : bi quan

3 depression (unc.) : tình trạng suy thoái

4 a terrorist : tên khủng bố

What do you call

them?

dishwasher

 pessimistic

: a person who always expects good things

to happen : người lạc quan

 optimistic (adj) : lạc quan

2 a pessimist ≠ an optimist : người bi quan

Read the information in the table Guess whether they belong to optimists or pessimists

5 The security of the earth will

1 Things will be much worse

than they are

nowadays.

2 Life will be far better than it is

today.

Task 1: Match the words in column A with their

b Be destroyed or removed completely.

c Spacecraft designed to be used for traveling between the earth and a space station.

d The use of violent action in order to achieve political aims or to force a government to act.

e A period when there’s little economic activity and many people are poor or without jobs.

1 Who will become more powerful and dangerous

according to pessimists?

2 Why will domestic chores no longer be a burden?

3 What are the most important factors that will bring about dramatic changes in various aspects of our lives?

4 How fast will space – shuttle technology be used in normal air travel?

5 What will happen in an economic depression?

Task 2: Answer the following questions.

2

3

5 6

Answer the questions

Unit 8: Life in the future

1 Who will become more powerful and

dangerous, according to pessimists?

 Terrorist groups

Answer the questions

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 Speeds of up to 15,000 kph.

4 How fast will space – shuttle technology be used in normal air travel?

Answer the questions

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 Developments in micro technology –

computers and telecommunication

3 What are the most important factors that will bring about dramatic changes in various

aspects of our lives?

Answer the questions

Unit 8: Life in the future

5 What will happen in an economic depression?

 Many large corporations will be

wiped out and millions of jpbs will be

lost.

 Many large corporations will be

wiped out and millions of jpbs will be

lost.

Answer the questions

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 Thanks to the inventions of labour –

saving devices.

2 Why will domestic chores no longer be a

burden?

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1 Who will become more powerful and dangerous according to pessimists?

 Terrorist groups

2 Why will domestic chores no longer be a burden?

 Thanks to the inventions of labour – saving devices.

 Developments in micro technology – computers and

telecommunication.

3 What are the most important factors that will bring about

dramatic changes in various aspects of our lives?

Answer keys

 Speeds of up to 15,000 kph.

4 How fast will space – shuttle technology be used in normal air travel?

5 What will happen in an economic depression?

 Many large corporations will be wiped out and millions of

jobs will be lost.

Discuss the following question

What technologies will influence our life in the future? How will they effect?

- Robots: factories will be run by robots

- Space – shuttle: travelling by

space-shuttle will be very fast and

convenient

- electricity:

cars could run on electricity

more people will work from home

on computers linked to a head

office

- computers:

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