Unit 8. Life in the future

English12
teacher:Mr Le
class:12D2
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L I F E
L A u G H
H E A L T H Y
C E N T U R Y
D R I N K
E X P E N S I V E
Noun of “ to live” …..
2. When people are happy, they…..
3. To be…….people often do morning exercise regularly.
4. One hundred year is called a ……
5. Let’s go to the canteen for a…..
6. The antonym with “ cheap” is….
Period: 46
Unit 8: LIFE IN THE FUTURE
Listening
I. Before you listen:
Which of the following factors do you think might help people have a long and healthy life?
+ eating healthy food
+ laughing a lot
+ drinking a lot
+ doing exercise
+ going to bed early
+ eating a lot of meat
Listen and repeat:
+ incredible [in`kred?bl] (a)
+ fatal [`feitl] (a)

+ centenarian[,senti`ne?ri?n] (a)

+ eradicated [i`rổdikeitd] (a)

+ life expectancy ( n):
+ eternal life (n) :
= Không thể tin được
= Tai hại, làm chết
= Ng­êi sèng ®Õn tr¨m tuæi
= BÞ tiªu huû, thñ tiªu
= Tuæi thä mong muèn
= Cuéc sèng vÜnh cöu
II. While you listen:
Task 1: Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
1. Nobody can predict how long we will be able to live in the 21th century.
2. People`s general health will improve because they eat a lot of mushroom.
3. Nowadays, if people look after themselves, they can live to be 90.
4. Within 30 years, 80 % of cancers will be curable.
5. Eternal life isn’t impossible.

F
F
T
T
F
Task 2: a. Listen again and fill in the blanks with missing words.
Interviewer: Many scientists predict that in the 21th century people will be living into the..(1).age of 130. What do you think about this?
Dr. Davis: Well, I quite agree with them. They have (2).. to be confident about that?
Interviewer: What are the reasons?
Dr Davis: In fact, their prediction is based on research and on the fact that the (3)...population is mushroom as our general health improves.
Interviewer: Can you explain this further?
Dr Davis: A century ago average life (4)..in Europe was 45. Today, providing we look after ourselves, eat more healthily, cut down things like butter, alcohol and cigarettes, we can add nearly (5)..years to that figure.
1. incredible
2. reasons
4. expectancy
5. thirty- five
3. centenarian
b. Listen again & choose the correct answers (A, B, or C)
1. What are the factors that help people have long longer life expectancy according to Dr. Davis?
A. Eating more healthily, cutting down on things like butter, alcohol, and cigarettes.
B. Eating more healthily, cutting down on things like sugar, alcohol, and cigarettes.
C. Eating more healthily, cutting down on things like butter, alcohol, and coffee.

A
2. Which factor is the most important one? Why?
A. The development in population.
B. The development in medical science.
C. The development in economy
B
3.What will we have been able to do about AIDS in ten year’s time?
A. In ten year’s time AIDS will not also be brought under control.
B. We’ll have been able to bring AIDS under control.
C. We`ll have been able to bring AIDS over control.
B
III. After you listen: Discuss the advantages & disadvantages of having a very long life.
Advantages
Disadvantages
+ do many things they want to do/ enjoy life more.
+ see their children & grandchildren grow up.
+ help their children & grandchildren.
+ children & grandchildren are happy with them.
+ too weak to do things and often ill.
+ feel lonely when grandchildren have grown up and busy with their own lives, and friends are dead.
Homework: prepare part D - Writing.