Unit 8. Life in the future

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class
Which ones are bad/ good for our health?
Warm- up
vegetables & fruits balanced diet drugs medicine stress doing exercise cancer smoking drinking water alcohol
Groupwork
( 2 minutes)

Good for health:
doing exercise
vegetables & fruits
drinking water
balanced diet
medicine

Bad for health:
drugs
stress
cancer
alcohol
smoking
UNIT 8: LIFE IN THE FUTURE
Lesson 3 : Listening
Friday, November 26th , 2010
I/ Before listening
in‘credible (adj):
‘fatal (adj) :
cente‘narian (n):
- e‘radicated (v):
life ex‘pectancy:
e‘ternal life:
Vocabulary
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Before listening
in‘credible (adj):
‘fatal (adj) :
cente‘narian (n):
- e‘radicated (v):
life ex‘pectancy:
e‘ternal life:
Rub out and remember
Không thể tin được
Chết người
Người sống tới trăm tuổi
Xoá bỏ, tiêu huỷ
Tuổi thọ
Cuộc sống vĩnh hằng
Before listening
Task 1
Guess true (T) or false (F)
Nobody can predict how long we will be able to live in the 21st century.
People’s general health will improve because they eat a lot of mushrooms.
Nowadays, if people look after themselves, they can live to be 90.
Within 30 years, 80% of cancers will be curable.
Eternal life isn’t impossible.
T
F

Before listening
groupwork
Listen to the interview about people’s life expectancy in the future and do the tasks that follow.
II/ While listening
Task 1
Listen and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F)
Nobody can predict how long we will be able to live in the 21st century.
People’s general health will improve because they eat a lot of mushrooms.
Nowadays, if people look after themselves, they can live to be 90.
Within 30 years, 80% of cancers will be curable.
Eternal life isn’t impossible.
T
F
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Nobody
they eat a lot of mushrooms.
90
While listening
Listen again and answer the questions about the interview. (Choose A, B or C)
1/ What are the factors that help people have longer life expectancy according to Dr. Davis ?
eating more meat and vegetables.
eating more healthily, cutting down on things like butter, alcohol and cigarettes.
doing exercise regularly.
2/ Which factor is the most important one ?
the development in medical science.
the development in technology.
the development in food production.
3 / What will we have been able to do about AIDS in ten years’ time ?
eradicate AIDS.
cure AIDS patients.
bring AIDS under control.
Task 2
While listening
III/ After listening
A
B
10
20
30
40
50
60
10
20
30
40
50
60
LUCKY NUMBER
What do many scientists predict?

They predict that in the 21st century people will be living into the incredible age of 130.
Fill in the gaps:
Their ........................is based on research and on the fact that the centenarian population is....... .....................as our general health improves.

Lucky number!
prediction
mushrooming
Correct the mistake:
A century ago average life expectancy in Europe was .
45
43
Reorder the following words to make a full sentence:
diseases/ Nobody/ people/ get older/
old age/ just from/ that/ they/ dies from/ when/ affect.

Lucky number!
Nobody dies from old age, just from
diseases that affect people when
they get older.
Complete the sentence:
The most important factor is the......................
development in medical science
Give the correct tense of the verb:
- In ten years’ time AIDS under control, too.”
will be brought
( bring)
IV/ Homework
Learn new words by heart.
Find out 5 advantages and 5 disadvantages of having a very long life.
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