Unit 8 listening English 10NC

After that, they’ll go to the hospital to tell the doctors what gender, hair color, eye color, and complexion they want their child to.. possess – and after around nine months’ time, th[r]

Welcome to our class!

A city in the future

An intelligent robot

An UFO

Use given words and phrases to make predictions about future

Sample: I think, in the future people will be able to live in other planets

1 People/be able/live/other planets

2 We/see/UFO/more often

3 There/ be/intelligent robots/do/any type of chores

4 Our grandchildren/enjoy/ comfortable life/modern devices

I think, in the future people will be able to live in other planets

In the future, we will see UFO more often

In the future, there will be intelligent robots

that can do any type of chores

Our grandchildren will enjoy a comfortable life with modern devices

Unit 8: Future life

Period 1: Reading

(Paragraph A and B)

- to kneel (knelt) /ni:l/:

- to cohabit (ed) /kou'hổbit/:

cohabitation /,hổbi'tei∫n/:

- to pursue (ed) /pз'sju:/:

- to deposit (ed) /di'pozit/:

- embryo (n) /'embriou/

- complexion (n) /kзm'plek∫n/:

- to possess (ed) /pз'zes/:

- cute (a) /kju:t/:

quỳ sống chung không kết hôn

theo đuổi

đặt, ký gửi phôi

màu da

sở hữu xinh xắn, dễ th ơng

- to propose marriage to smb: cầu hôn ai

Practice: Use the given words to complete the following sentences

complexion embryo cohabited propose pursue possesses

1 They ………two years ago.

2 John decided to………marriage to Mary.

3 Ann gave up her studying to…………her own hobby

possesses complexion

A It’s now 11.55 Carol and Phil are sitting in a restaurant,

expecting the first moment of the year 2050 Carol knows that

when the clock strikes 12, Phil will kneel at her feet to propose marriage to her, even though they had lived together for 30 years Thirty years ago, like mot young people of their age, they decided

to cohabit so that they might pursue their own careers without

being disturbed by family responsibilities

B They now have all what they want, except for a child The only way to have one at the age of 50 is asking the Embryo Bank to

send to the City’s Embryo Hospital the embryos they deposited before their cohabitation Tomorrow, they’ll go to the Marriage Registry Office and then to the bank to fill in a request form

After that, they’ll go to the hospital to tell the doctors what gender, hair color, eye color, and complexion they want their child to

possess – and after around nine months’ time, they’ll have a real happy family with a cute baby

Reading Text:

Task 1: Match the paragraphs (A or B )

with the appropriate headings

Task 2: Find the words in the text having the following meanings

1 Live together without being married

2 Try to achieve something over a period of time

3 Living things that are not fully developed yet

4 Pretty and attractive

Task 3: Read the text and answer the following 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 Can they decide their child’s gender, complexion or hair color?

The moon The SunJupiter

SaturnMars

Mercury

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

Because they wanted to pursue their careers without being disturbed by family responsibility

Question 1

What do they decide now?

They decide to get married and have a child

Question 3

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

They were 20 years old when they started

cohabiting and now they are 50

Question 2

Congratulation!

Can they decide their child’s gender, complexion or hair color?

Yes, they can.

Question 5

4 Where will they have to go to

if they want to have a child?

They will have to go to the Embryo Bank

and the City’s Embryo Hospital

Question 4

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