Unit 8 Reading

Question 4 What are the most important factors that will bring about dramatic changes in different aspects of our lives?.. They are developments in micro technology, computer and telecom[r]

Choose suitable sentences

to fill in the following chart .

Present future

1 Higher living standard

2 More high buidings, more cars

3 More fresh air

4 More friendly people

5 More dangerous diseases

6 Labour-wasting

7 Economics, technology, science,

medical systems and education

are more developed.

6 4 3

7 5 2 1

New Words:

Healthy food ; Labour saving devices: Terrorist:

Space shuttle:

Working on computer: Robot:

Dirty environment:

Terrorist Dirty environment

Now, look at the pictures!

Space shuttle Robot

Now, look at the pictures!

3 People who always expect bad things

to happen

4 The use of violent action in order to achieve political aims or force a

government to act.

5 Be destroyed or removed completely.

6 Spacecraft designed to be used for traveling between the earth and the space station

Task 1: Find the words or phrases in the passage which have the

following meaning:

Look at four questions carefully

1 What will happen in an

economic depression?

2 Why, according to pessimists,

will the security of the earth be

1 3

5

Congratulations!

Question 2

Why, according to pessimists,

will the security of the earth be

threatened?

The security of the earth will be

threatened by terrorism as terrorists

groups will become more powerful and more dangerous.

Question 3:

What will life be like in the future,

according to optimists?

People will be living in much cleaner environment,

breathing fresher air and eating healthier foods They will also looked after by modern medical system

Domestic chores will no longer be burden thanks to the inventions of labor-saving devices.

Question 4

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

different aspects of our lives?

They are developments in micro technology, computer and

telecommunications.

Aspects Detail descriptions

Will be largely run by robots, so there will be cleaner places with fewer people working in.

Cars won’t run on petrol; they will run on electricity

or methane gas Modern cars will be fitted with computers to tell us how we are driving and weather there is something wrong ahead or not Space

shuttle technology will be used in normal air travel with the speed of 15,000 kph

Task 3: Complete the notes about how technology

will influence our life in the future

Are you an optimist or a pessimist ?

Complete the survey with the correct verbs in the box

( You will use “be” in 5 sentences) then take the survey.

Read each item Check ( √ ) Agree or Disagree

Then add the numbers By the year 2030,……

Be, Know , Live, Work

1) There won’t …… many big

companies.

2) We’ll…… how to grow food

in the ocean.

3) The world will… too crowded.

4) There won’t ……any rain

forests.

5) Many people will………jobless.

6) People will……in space.

7) There will……a cure for cancer.

8) Robots will… at factories and

(10)

Total _+

 Total from 40 to 65, you are a pessimist.

 Total from 65 to 75, you are an optimist

be

know

be be

be live

be work

 Learn by heart new words.

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workbook.