Unit 11. Science and Technology. Lesson 5. Skills 1

Teacher: Vu Th? Huy?n
SMART PHONE
ROBOTS
COMPUTER

UNIT 11:
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
LESSON 5: SKILLS 1
* Activity 1: Match the headings with the passages

1. Can we live longer?
2. Can we live there?
3. Future home prediction?
* Activity 2: Matching
A
B
* Activity 3: Answer the questions
1.Why are scientists planning to send people to Mars?
- Because they want to explore the possibility of living there.
2. How will anti-ageing pills help people?
- They help people live longer.
3. How long does an average person live now?
- 70 ( for men ) or 75 ( for women).
4. What are some energy saving devices?
- They are solar panels and solar windows.
5. What will home robots do in the future?
- In the future, robots do chores such as cleaning, cooking, washing and organising everything.
* Activity 4: fill in the table
do a lot of things
unemployment
convenient, clean…
expensive, unsafe
help people live longer
convenient, entertaining
exciting
expensive, dangerous
environmentally unfriendly
expensive
Look out
Look out!
We use ‘ at the same time ’ to introduce a contrasting fact.
* Activity 5

Example:
A: I thinks robots will help us do many boring or difficult jobs.
B: Yes. But at the same time, they may bring a lot of unemployment.
C: And they’ll make us lazy and inactive.
Home work

- Complete the lesson at home.
- Prepare the new lesson
Unit 11: Science and technology
Lesson 6: Skills 2