Unit 8 Life in the future

New Words: Healthy food ; /ˈhelθi- fuːd/Ns Labour saving devices: /ˈleɪbər- ˈseɪvɪŋ- dɪˈvaɪs/ Ns Terrorist: /ˈterərɪst/ N Space shuttle: /speɪs- ˈʃʌtəl/ N Working on computer: Robot: /ˈr[r]

WELCOME TO OUR CLASS 12A2

Teacher: Doan Thi Huong Thao

Warm Up 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

Saturday, November 12 th , 2016

Unit 8: LIFE IN THE FUTURE

Lesson 1: Reading

In this unit

_Use the lexical items related to the topic

“ Life in the future”

_ Read and guess the meaning of new words based

on clues including pictures or surrounding words in contexts.

_Note taking and comprehend the passage through answering the questions

New Words:

Healthy food ; /ˈhelθi- fuːd/(Ns)

Labour saving devices: /ˈleɪbə(r)- ˈseɪvɪŋ- dɪˈvaɪs/ (Ns) Terrorist: /ˈterərɪst/ (N)

Space shuttle: /speɪs- ˈʃʌt(ə)l/ (N)

Working on computer:

Robot: /ˈrəʊbɒt/(N)

Dirty environment: /ˈdɜː(r)ti- ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt/ (Ns)

Wipe out sth: /waɪp- aʊt/ (phr V)

Depression: /dɪˈpreʃ(ə)n/ (N)

unit 8: Life in the futre

Period 1: reading

Terrorist Dirty environment

Now, look at the pictures!

Space shuttle Robot

Now, look at the pictures!

What will life be like in the future? Different people have different answers to this

question; some are pessimistic while others optimistic

Things will be much worse than they are nowadays, pessimists say The whole world will experience a period of economic depression Many large corporations will be wiped out and millions of jobs will be lost The security of the earth will be threatened by terrorism as terrorists will become more powerful and more dangerous On the contrary, optimists

believe that life will be far better than it is today We will be living in a much cleaner

environment, breathing fresher air and eating healthier foods We will also be better looked after by a more modern medical system Domestic chores will no longer be a burden thanks

to the inventions of labour- saving devices

For better or worse, it is certain that in the future some things will be very different Developments in micro technology- computers and telecommunication are bound to have a huge influence on various aspects of our lives Take work, for instance Robots will do most

of the work in factories, so they will be cleaner places for fewer people to work with them Offices, too, will go electronic with the result that paper will almost completely disappear More people will work from home o 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 of up

to 15,000 kph Cars will still be with us,but, instead of petrol, they will run on anything from electricity to methane gas They will also be fitted with computers to tell us how efficiently

we are driving and if there is anything wrong on the road ahead

Whatever we expect from the future, remember that progress has never moved in straight lines, and history is full of unexpected developments However, we are confident that the future is is our hands, and it is our responsibility to contribute to bettering our own lives

Task 1

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:

Task 2

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 threatened?

3 What will life be like in the future,

according to optimists?

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

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

Task 3

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

Discuss the advantages and

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 2040,……

Be, Know , Live, Work

Game

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

at homes.

Agree Disagree

(5) (10)

(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

disadvantage

workbook.

thank you for joining us

goodbye