Unit 8. Life in the future

Welcome
to our class
Tuesday, November 30th, 2010
Teacher : Lan Huong
IMAGINE _ JOHN LENNON
Imagine there’s no Heaven
It’s easy if you try
No ( 1) .......... below us
Above us only ( 2) .......
Imagine all the people
(3) ............... for today
Imagine there ‘s no countries
It isn’t ( 4) ............ to do
Nothing to ( 5) ........... or
( 6) ........... for
And no ( 7) ............ ….too
Imagine all the people
Living life in ( 8) .................
hell
sky
Living
hard
kill
die
religion
peace
What kind of the world did John Lennon imagine?

Whether will there be an ideal world in the future?
Listen and fill words
Will there be a better world in the future?
Will there be a worse world in the future?
UNIT 8- READING
Life in the future
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
: người khủng bố
Tàu con thoi, tàu vũ trụ
Viễn thông
Gánh nặng
Vocabulary
Telecommunication
Labor- saving device
SPACE SHUTTLE
terrorist
burden
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
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2
3
4
5
LUCKY NUMBER
III. AFTER YOU READ: Look at the pictures and discuss the advantages
and disadvantages of robots.
Do most of work in factories.
Lose their jobs(people)
Drive vehicles(avoid accidents)
Do household chores
Be emotionless
Entertain people
Make friends with people
Carry out difficult tasks
Work as they’re programmed, unable to deal with sudden situations
1
7
8
4
3
6
2
5
be used in normal
technology will
Can you speak the above sentence?
travel.
Space shuttle technology will be used in normal air travel.
What is the short form of
"Telecommunications"?
KEY: Telecoms
will be run by
By whom will factories be run?
Factories will be run by robots.
will go with
How will head offices go?
Head offices will go electronic
on
will work from
linked to a
People will work from home on computer linked to a head office.
on

Can you speak this sentence?

More people will work from home on computer linked to a head office
will run on
or
methane
What will cars run on?
Cars will run on electricity or methane gas.
.


______ believe that things will be much worse than they are nowadays.
Complete the following sentence:
KEY: Pessimists
_____ say that the life will be far better than it is today.
Complete the following sentence:
Key: Optimists
HOMEWORK

Learn by heart the new words.
Translate the text into Vietnamese.
Prepare for the next lesson: Speaking
THANK YOU
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.
Lucky number