Unit 8. Life in the future

D. SPACE SHUTTLE
B. OPTIMIST
C. NUCLEAR WEAPON
A. TERRORIST
MATCHING GAME
These words relate to our lesson today. Now, let’s begin!
ENGLISH 12 – UNIT 8
LIFE IN THE FUTURE
PART A: READING
● Work in pairs. Discuss the following questions.
1. Do you think life will be better in the future?
Why/Why not?





2. List three things that might happen in the future.




In my opinion, life will be better in the future
because thanks to the progress of sciences and technology, people can live longer and have more leisure time.
* People might find out cures for AIDS and cancers.
* People might have fewer working days in a week.
* People might not get to schools to study.
VOCABULARY
Economic depression (n.p):
Burden (n):
To go electric:
Micro-technology (n):
suy thoái kinh tế
gánh nặng
dùng bằng điện
Kẻ khủng bố
 Terrorism (n):
Terrorist (n):
công nghệ vi-mạch
Chủ nghĩa khủng bố
Task 2. Answer the questions (P. 86)
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. Why will domestic chores no longer be a burden?
KEY FOR TASK 2 (P. 86)
 Because terrorist groups will become more powerful and more dangerous.
 Thanks to the inventions of labour-saving devices.
 Many large corporations will be wiped out and millions of jobs will be lost
 Life will be far better than it is today.
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. Why will domestic chores no longer be a burden?
1. Someone who is......... is hopeful about the future or the success of something in particular.
A. lazy B. optimistic C. selfish D. pessimistic
2. A …………is a spacecraft that is designed to travel into space and back to earth several times.
A. plane B. train C. telecom D. space-shuttle
3. An economic ………..is a time when there is very little economic activity, which causes a lot of unemployment and poverty.
A. improvement B. depression C. development D. mission
5. Someone who is…..… thinks that bad things are going to happen.
A. optimistic B. pessimistic C. threatened D. hopeful
Task 1: Choose the best option
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3. ____ People will have to go to office for their work
2. _____ Cars will run by using only petrol.
1. ____ Domestic chores will be done by only people.
2. ____ Robots will do most of the work in factories.
1. _____ Space-shuttle technology will be used in normal air travel.
TASK 3 (P.86)
Decide whether these statements are TRUE or FALSE
WORK IN THE FUTURE:
labour-saving devices.
 More people will work from home on computers linked to a
head office.
TRAVEL IN THE FUTURE:
 Cars will run on anything from electricity to methane gas.
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Advantages
Disadvantages
AFTER YOU READ: (Talking about the advantages & disadvantages of using robots)
WORK IN GROUPS, PUT THESE SENTENCES INTO THE RIGHT SIDE
D. New smart robots may be troublesome to human living.
B. Humans can have more time to enjoy life and do more creative work.
C. Robots can do difficult and dangerous jobs and save human labour.
A. Robots are used in many fields, replacing people, so many people may get unemployed.
homework
LEARN BY HEART VOCABULARY CAREFULLY
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