Unit 8. Life in the future

Hung Dao semi-public High School
Presented by Cao Thi Thu Ha
Memory game
Observe and listen to the clip in one
minute, try to listen to the missing
words in some blanks.
The team finding many
correct words in the
shortest time
will be winner
Listen to a piece of music in the song : “We are the world”. Then complete in the blank with a missing word.
There comes the …(1)… when we heed a certain call. When the world must come …(2)…as …(3)…. There are people …(4)…., oh and it’s time to lend a …(5)…. To life the greatest gift of all. We can’t go on pretending day by day that someone, …(6)….will soon make a change. We all part of God’s great big …(7)…., and the truth you know …(8)….is all we need. We are the world, we are the …(9)…., we are the …(10)… to make a brighter day, so let’s start giving. There a choice we’re making. We …(11).. our lives. It’s true we’ll make a …(12)…day just you and me
………………………………………………………………………We are the world, We are the world, We are the world There comes the time when we heed a certain call. When the world must come together as one. There are people dying, oh and it’s time to lend a hand. To life the greatest gift of all. We can’t go on pretending day by day that someone, somewhere will soon make a change. We all part of God’s great big family, and the truth you know love is all we need. We are the world, we are the children, we are the ones to make a brighter day, so let’s start giving. There a choice we’re making. We saving our lives. It’s true we’ll make a better day just you and me
Complete the survey with the correct verbs ( You will use “be” in 5 sentences) then take the survey.
Be Know Live Work
Read each item. Check ( √ ) Agree or Disagree. Then add the numbers. By the year 2030,……
Are you an optimist or pessimist ?

There won’t …… many big companies.
We’ll…….. how to grow food in the ocean.
The world will…..too crowded.
There won’t ……any rain forests.
Many people will………jobless.
People will……in space.
There will……a cure for cancer.
Robots will…..at factories and at homes.
Agree Disagree
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Total _________+__________
Total from 40 to 65, you are a pessimist.
Total from 65 to 75, you are an optimist
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know
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live
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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
Test
A

B

Optimists

. Economic
depression

Pessimists

Terrorism

Wiped out

.Space shuttle


People who always expect good things to happen.
A period when there’s little economic activity and many people are poor or without jobs
People who always expect bad things to happen
The use of violent action in order to achieve political aims or force a government to act.
Be destroyed or removed completely.
Spacecraft designed to be used for traveling between the earth and the space station




Look at four questions carefully
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?
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3
2
4
Question 1
What will happen in an economic depression?
A. In an economic depression, many large corporations will be wiped out and many jobs will be lost.
Congratulations!
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:
What will life be like in the future,
according to optimists?

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.
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.
Read the passage again
and find out details which describe
the new aspects of life
in the future
Will go electronic; paper will completely disappear; people will work at home at computers linked to a head office.
Will be largely run by robots, so there will be cleaner places with fewer people working in.

Cars won’t run on petrol; they will run on electricity or methane gas. Modern cars will be fitted with computers to tell us how we are driving and weather there is something wrong ahead or not. Space shuttle technology will be used in normal air travel with the speed of 15,000 kph

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
Do exercises Part reading in your workbook.
Prepare speaking lesson
See you again