Unit 8. Life in the future

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HUONG HOA HIGH SCHOOL
Teacher: VO NGOC SON
eating healthy food
laughing a lot
drinking a lot
of alcohol
doing exercise
going to bed early
eating a lot of meat
Which of the following factors do you think might help people have a long and healthy life?
* DISCUSS THE QUESTION.
BEFORE YOU LISTEN
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I> Matching one following phrase with a suitable picture.


UNIT 8 :
Saturday, December 13th ,2008
LIFE IN THE FUTURE
Incredible [in`kredəbl] (a):
centenarian [,senti`neəriən](n):
life expectancy (n):
[ laif iks`pektənsi]
fatal [`feitl] (a):
eradicated (pp) [i`rædikeiti:d] :
eternal life [i:`tə:nl laif] (n):
LISTEN AND REPEAT.
= unbelievable
someone who is one hundred years old
the number of years that a person is likely to live
dead
eliminated.
living forever
*VOCABULARY
BEFORE YOU LISTEN
Fill in the blank with a suitable word or phrase.
Incredible; centenarians; fatal; eradicated; life expectancy; eternal
1. Cancer is a .....................................disease.
2. Vietnam has already ..................... illiteracy. Every person can read and write.
3. Japan has more than 4,000........................
4. Women live longer than men. Women have a higher ....................................... than men
fatal
eradicated
centenarians
life expectancy
WHILE YOU LISTEN
Listen to the interview about people’s life expectancy in the future and do the tasks that follow.
Task 1: True (T) or False (F).
Task 1: 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.
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Many scientists
eat more healthily,cut down on things like butter, alcohol and cigarettes.
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1. What are the factors that help people have longer life expectancy according to Dr. Davis?
Eating more healthily, cutting down on things like butter, alcohol and cigarettes.
TASK 2.
Today, providing we look after ourselves, eat more healthily, cut down on things like butter,alcohol and cigarettes.
Multiple choice questions
C. Doing exercise regularly.
B.Eating more meat and vegetables.

Eating more healthily, cutting down on things like butter, alcohol and cigarettes.
2. Which factor is the most important one?


>But the most improtant factor is the development in medical science.
C.The development in medical science.
A. The development in technology.
B.The development in food production.
C.The development in medical science.
3. What does Dr. Davis mean when he says the development in medical science is the most important factor of all?
A. Nobody dies from old age.
B. People die from diseases.
C. A and B are correct.

C. A and B are correct.

Nobody dies from old age, just from diseases that affect people when they get older.
4. What will we have been able to do about AIDS in ten years’ time?


And ten years’ time AIDS will also be brought under control, too.
A. Eradicate AIDS.
B.Cure AIDS patients.
C. Bring AIDS under control.

C. Bring AIDS under control.

Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of having a very long life
* Work in groups.
AFTER YOU LISTEN
. ADVANTAGES:
. DISADVANTAGES:
- do many things they want to do/ enjoy life more
see their children and grandchildren grow up
help their children and grandchildren
their children and grandchildren are happy with them
too weak to do things and often ill.
feel lonely when children have grown up and been busy with their own lives, and friends are dead

* HOMEWORK:
1. Learn the new words by heart .
2. Prepare Unit 8: Writing
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