U8 LIFE IN FUTURE reading

WELCOME TO OUR CLASS ! UNIT 8: LIFE IN THE FUTURE Lesson : READING The perfect couple lucky girls and lucky=boys will receive half of hearts Each boy has to find out the rest half of his heart to become the perfect couple After having the result, stick the heart on the board The quicker couple will be the winner         OPTIMISTS PESSIMISTS SPACE SHUTTLE ECONOMIC DEPRESSION TERRORISM WIPED - OUT     A people who expect bad things to happen B A period when there’s little economic activity and many people have no job C the use of violent action to achieve political aims D people who expect good things to happen E spacecraft designed to be used for travelling between the earth and a space station F be destroyed or removed completely PESSIMISTS OPTIMISTS WHAT WILL LIFE BE LIKE IN THE FUTURE? WHILE YOU READ Task 2: Answer the following questions What will happen in an economic depression? Why, according to pessimists, will the security of the earth be threatened? Why will domestic chores no longer be a burden?? What are the most important factors that will bring about dramatic changes in various aspects of our lives? What will the health problem be like in the future, according to optimists? Answer the questions What will happen in an economic depression?  Many large corporations will be wiped out and millions of jobs will be lost Why, according to pessimists, will the security of the earth be threatened?  The security of the earth will be threatened by terrorism because terrorist groups will become more powerful and dangerous Why will domestic chores no longer be a burden?  Thanks to the inventions of labour – saving devices 4 What are the most important factors that will bring about dramatic changes in various aspects of our lives? Developments in micro technology – computers and telecommunication What will the health problem be like in the future, according to optimists? People will be better looked after by a more modern medical system Task 3: look at the pictures and use your own words to describe the life in the future a Work …………………… …………………………………………………………………… b Travel: ………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………… c Marriage :……………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… Task 3: look at the pictures and use your own words to describe the life in the future - Work:… +Factories will be run by robots +Robots will replace human beings to serve the customer at the café…… - Travel:……+space -shuttle technology will be used to travel the Mars and other planets +Cars could run on electricity or methane gas and fitted with computers Marriage:…Many young men won’t be able to find their partners to get married to Women will have the right to marry to many men AFTER YOU READ Read and decide which are the advantages and disadvantages of robots Save labor, lighten our work Replace human being in many fields so many people will lose their jobs or go jobless Do difficult / hard jobs so that men have more time to enjoy life or more creative work People become more independent on robots so we can’t work properly when the power is off or when robots stop working AFTER YOU READ Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of robots Advantages: Save labor, lighten our work Do difficult / hard jobs so that men have more time to enjoy life or more creative work Disadvantages: 2.Replace human being in many fields so many people will lose their jobs or go jobless 4.People become more independent on robots so we can’t work properly when the power is off or when robots stop working THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION! [...]... use your own words to describe the life in the future - Work:… +Factories will be run by robots +Robots will replace human beings to serve the customer at the café…… - Travel:……+space -shuttle technology will be used to travel the Mars and other planets +Cars could run on electricity or methane gas and fitted with computers Marriage:…Many young men won’t be able to find their partners to get married... disadvantages of robots 1 Save labor, lighten our work 2 Replace human being in many fields so many people will lose their jobs or go jobless 3 Do difficult / hard jobs so that men have more time to enjoy life or do more creative work 4 People become more independent on robots so we can’t work properly when the power is off or when robots stop working AFTER YOU READ Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of... lighten our work 3 Do difficult / hard jobs so that men have more time to enjoy life or do more creative work Disadvantages: 2.Replace human being in many fields so many people will lose their jobs or go jobless 4.People become more independent on robots so we can’t work properly when the power is off or when robots stop working THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION!