Unit 8: Future life

Welcome to our class!
Good morning!
Good morning!
Warm up
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
Saturday, November 21st , 2009
(Paragraph A and B)
Pre - reading
Vocabulary:
to kneel (knelt) /ni:l/:
- to cohabit (ed) /kou`hæbit/:
cohabitation /,hæbi`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 thương
- 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
in business
4. They are going to build an……… …hospital in
this area.
5. Like her mother, Lan…..………….a fair ……………
cohabited
propose
pursue
embryo
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
Paragraph A:
Paragraph B:
1. Energy crisis
2. A modern school
3. Advance in medicine
4. Lifestyle
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
5. Profession or occupation
1. cohabit
2. pursue
3. embryos
4. cute
5. career
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?
Lucky planet
The moon
The Sun
Jupiter
Saturn
Mars
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
Lucky planet
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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