Unit 8. Life in the future

Welcome
to our class !
Người thực hiện: Nguyễn Thị Hồng Hạnh
1. What can you see in these pictures?
2. Do you think life will be better in the future?
Period: .......
Unit 8:
Life in the future
Reading
New Words:
Healthy food ;
Labour saving devices:
Terrorist:
Space shuttle:
Working on computer:
Robot:
Dirty environment:
Car:

Terrorist
Dirty environment
Healthy food
Car
Labour saving devices
Working on computer
Space shuttle
Robot
Listen to the tape ....
Find the words in the reading passage which have the best suitable meaning with these following definitions.
Task 1: Matching
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?
 In an economic depression, many large corporations will be wiped out and many jobs will be lost.
 The security of the earth will be threatened by terrorism as terrorists groups will become more powerful and more dangerous.
 People will be living in much cleaner environment, breathing fresher air and eating healthier foods. They will be also looked after by modern medical system. Domestic chores will no longer be burden thanks to the inventions of labor-saving devices.
 They are developments in micro technology, computer and telecommunications.
Task 3 :
Read the passage again
and find out details which describe
the new aspects of life
in the future
Micro technology, factories run by robots, offices will go electronic, many people will work from home.

Travel by space shuttle will be very fast, cars could run on electricity or methane gas and will be fitted with computer.

Look at the diagram
below read the text
and fill the diagram
with suitable missing
information
Life in the future
Cleaner environment; fresher air; healthier food, modern medical system, labor saving devices, longer life expectancy
Micro technology, factories run by robots, offices go electronic, work at home, computers linked to head office.

Space-shuttle technology, cars: no petrol, fitted with computers.

Terrorists : powerful and dangerous


Economic depression ; large corporations: wiped out; jobs lost

Learn by heart new words.
Practice retelling the passage
Prepare speaking lesson
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