Unit 8. Life in the future

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NGUYEN DU HIGH SHOOL
Teacher: Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao
* WARM UP:
UNIT 8 :
Thursday, Nov 29nd ,2008
LIFE IN THE FUTURE
Which of the following factors do you think might help people have a long and healthy life?
1. eating healthy food
* DISCUSS THE QUESTION.
BEFORE YOU LISTEN
2. laughing a lot
3. drinking a lot
4 . doing exercise
5 . going to bed early
6 . eating a lot of meat
1. Incredible [in`kredəbl] (a)

BEFORE YOU LISTEN
* LISTEN AND REPEAT.
2. centenarian [,senti`neəriən] (a)
3. life expectancy
[ laif iks`pektənsi]

4. Fatal [`feitl] (a)

5. eradicated [i`rædikeitid]
6. eternal life [i:`tə:nl laif] (n)
7. mushroom [`mʌ∫rum] (v)
9. disease [di`zi:z] (n)

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).
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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Many scientists
our general health improves
80
1. What are the factors that help people have longer life expectancy according to Dr. Davis?
2. Which factor is the most important one? Why?
> The development in medical science. Because nobody dies from age, just from diseases that effect people when they get older
> Eating more healthily, cutting down on things like butter, alcohol and cigarettes
TASK 2.
3. What will we have been able to do about AIDS in ten years’ time?
>In ten years’ time AIDS will also be brought control
Answer the questions
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 get ill easily
feel lonely when children growing up and busy with their own lives, and friend are dead

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