Unit 8. Life in the future

Teacher: Do Dinh Chuyen
Class:12 E
Check-up
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1. Do you think life will be better in the future? Why? Why not?
2. List three things that might happen in the future.
Unit 8
Life In The Future
Part A : Reading
Telecommunication
Labor- saving device
SPACE SHUTTLE
terrorist
burden
Labor- saving device
[`leib? `seivi? di`vais]

2. Terrorist (n) [`ter?rist]

3. Space shuttle (n) [speis `??tl]

4. Telecommunication (n)
[,telik?,mju:ni`kei?n]

5. Burden (n) [`b?:dn]
Thiết bị tiết kiệm sức lao động
: kẻ khủng bố
Tàu con thoi, tàu vũ trụ
Viễn thông
Gánh nặng
Vocabulary
II. While you read
1.Task 1: Matching
A
B
1. Pessimists

2. Terrorism


3. Optimists

4. Economic
depression

5. Space shuttle


6. Wiped out
A. People who always expect good things to happen.
B. A period when there’s little economic activity and many people are poor or without jobs
C. People who always expect bad things to happen
D. The use of violent action in order to achieve political aims or force a government to act.
E. Be destroyed or removed completely.
F. Spacecraft designed to be used for traveling between the earth and the space station

Matching the words in column A with their definitions in column B
II. While you read
2. Task 2:
Answer the following questions.
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?
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Collecting information
3. Task 3:
The influences of technology in future life
Work
Travel
Factories
will
be run
by robots
Offices
will
go
electronic
Many
people
will work
from
home
Travelling by
space-shuttle
is very fast
(at 15,000kms
per hour)
Cars could run on electricity
or methane gas and fitted with
computers
Advantages
Disadvantages
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of robots
III. After you read
- Robots can work long hours.
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It costs lots of money to produce robots.




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WINNER
Unit 8: Life in the future
SS takes turn to talk about the advantage or disadvantage of robots.
HOMEWORK

Learn the new words by heart.
Read the text and do the tasks again.
Prepare for the next lesson: Speaking
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Question 1
What will happen in an economic depression?
In an economic depression, many large corporations will be wiped out and many jobs will be lost.
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:
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.
What will life be like in the future,
according to optimists?
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.
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