Task 1: Find words or phrases in the passage which have the following meanings.. People who always expect bad things to happen.[r]
Trang 1UNIT 8 : LIFE IN THE FUTURE
A Reading Lesson
Objectives: By the end of the lesson, Students will be able to:
- understand some more about the changing of people and the earth in the future
- use vocabulary related to the topic of the lesson through exercises
Teaching aids: pictures, poster, textbook.
Estimated time: 45 minutes
F U T U R E
S P A C E S H I P
- T divides class into
2 groups
- T gives time
- Ss write on BB
- T checks and decides the winner 12’ II Pre-reading:
Pre-activities: Work in pairs Discuss the following questions:
1 Do you think life will be better in the future? Why/Why not?
2 List three things that might happen in the future
T shows some pictures
Ss do the task in pairs
Ss give the answers
T elicits some different answers
T lead to the lesson
Vocabulary:
1 pessimistic (adj.) [,pesi'mistik] bi quan, yếm thế
pessimist (n) ['pesimist] kẻ bi quan, kẻ yếm thế
2 optimistic (adj.) [,ɔpti'mistik] lạc quan
optimist (n) ['ɔptimist] người lạc quan
3 depression (n) [di'pre∫n] tình trạng trì trệ
4 corporation (n) [,kɔ:pə'rei∫n] tập đoàn; công ty kinh doanh
5 terrorism (n) ['terərizəm] CN khủng bố; chính sách khủng bố
terrorist (n) ['terərist] người ủng hộ khủng bố
6 (to) wipe ST out [waip aut] xoá bỏ (vật gì)
7 a burden (n) ['bə:đən] gánh nặng
8 a space shuttle ['speis '∫ʌtl] con tàu vũ trụ
- T presents or elicits the meaning of these words from the class (When teaching these words, T helps Ss to
correctly modeling) -T gives corrective feedback
18’ III While-reading:
Task 1: Find words or phrases in the passage which have the following
meanings
1 People who always expect bad things to happen _
2 People who always expect good things to happen _
3 A period when there’s little economic activity and many people are poor
or without jobs _
4 The use of violent action in order to achieve political aims or to force a
government to act _
5 Be destroyed or removed completely _
6 Spacecraft designed to be used for travelling between the earth and a
space station
Answer keys:
3 economic depression 4 terrorism
Task 2: Answer the following questions.
1 What will happen in an economic depression?
2 Why, according to pessimists, will the security of the earth be threatened?
3 What will life be like in the future, according to optimists?
- T asks Ss to work individually and do the task.
- T limits the time.
- T monitors carefully.
- T asks some Ss to read their answers loudly and write them on the board.
- T checks the answers, and gives feedback.
- Run through the voc.
- T asks Ss to work in pairs and do the task.
- T limits the time.
Trang 24 What are the most important factors that will bring about dramatic
changes in different aspects of our lives?
Answer keys:
1 Many large corporations will be wiped out and millions of jobs will be
lost.
2 The security of the earth will be threatened by terrorist groups will
become more powerful and more dangerous.
3 People will be living in much cleaner environment, breathing fresher air
and eating healthy foods They will also better looked after by a modern
medical system Domestic chores will no longer be a burden thanks to the
inventions of labour -saving devices.
4 They are developments in micro technology-computer and
telecommunication.
Task 3: Complete the notes about how technology will influence our life in
the future
- Work: _
- Travel:
Answer keys:
- Work: micro technology, factories run by robots, offices go electronic,
work at home, computers linked to head office
- Travel: traveling by space shuttle at 15,000kph; cars could run on
electricity or methane gas and fitted with computers
- T monitors carefully.
- T asks some Ss to read their answers loudly and write them on the board.
- T checks the answers, and gives feedback.
T asks Ss to work in pairs and do the task.
- T limits the time.
- T monitors carefully.
- T asks some Ss to read their answers loudly and write them on the board.
- T checks the answers, and gives feedback.
8’ IV Post-reading: Work in groups Discuss the advantages and
disadvantages of robots
* Advantages and disadvantages of robots
- Save labor, lighten our
work
- Do difficult / hard jobs co
that men have more time to
enjoy life or do more
creative work
- Replace human being in many fields so many people will lose their jobs or go jobless
- People become more independent on robots we can’t work properly when the power is off or when robots stop working
- T gives instruction and monitors
- Ss work in groups and then report the answers orally
- T can help weak Ss
- TWC checking for feedback
2’ V Homework: write a short paragraph about the advantages and
disadvantages of robots