Task 1: Find words or phrases in the passage which have the following meanings.. People who always expect bad things to happen.[r]
(1)UNIT : LIFE IN THE FUTURE A Reading Lesson
Objectives: By the end of the lesson, Students will be able to:
- understand some more about the changing of people and the earth in the future - use vocabulary related to the topic of the lesson through exercises
Teaching aids: pictures, poster, textbook. Estimated time: 45 minutes
Time Content T’s & Ss’ activities
5’ I Warmer:HANGMAN
F U T U R E S P A C E S H I P
- T divides class into groups
- T gives time - Ss write on BB - T checks and
decides the winner 12’ II Pre-reading:
Pre-activities: Work in pairs Discuss the following questions: Do you think life will be better in the future? Why/Why not? List three things that might happen in the future
T shows some pictures Ss the task in pairs Ss give the answers T elicits some different answers
T lead to the lesson Vocabulary:
1 pessimistic (adj.) [,pesi'mistik] bi quan, yếm thế pessimist (n) ['pesimist] kẻ bi quan, kẻ yếm thế optimistic (adj.) [,ɔpti'mistik] lạc quan
optimist (n) ['ɔptimist] người lạc quan depression (n) [di'pre∫n] tình trạng trì trê
4 corporation (n) [,kɔ:pə'rei∫n] tập đoàn; công ty kinh doanh terrorism (n) ['terərizəm] CN khủng bố; chính sách khủng bố terrorist (n) ['terərist] người ủng hộ khủng bố
6 (to) wipe ST out [waip aut] xoá bỏ (vật gì) a burden (n) ['bə:đən] gánh nặng a space shuttle ['speis '∫ʌtl] tàu vũ tru
- T presents or elicits the meaning of these words from the class (When teaching these words, T helps Ss to
pronounce them
correctly modeling) -T gives corrective feedback
18’ III While-reading:
Task 1: Find words or phrases in the passage which have the following meanings
1 People who always expect bad things to happen _ People who always expect good things to happen _ A period when there’s little economic activity and many people are poor
or without jobs _ The use of violent action in order to achieve political aims or to force a
government to act _ Be destroyed or removed completely _ Spacecraft designed to be used for travelling between the earth and a
space station Answer keys:
1 pessimists optimists
3 economic depression terrorism
5 wiped out space shuttle
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? What will life be like in the future, according to optimists?
- T asks Ss to work individually and the task.
- T limits the time. - T monitors carefully. - T asks some Ss to read their answers loudly and write them on the board.
- T checks the answers, and gives feedback.
(2)4 What are the most important factors that will bring about dramatic changes in different aspects of our lives?
Answer keys:
1 Many large corporations will be wiped out and millions of jobs will be lost.
2 The security of the earth will be threatened by terrorist groups will become more powerful and more dangerous.
3 People will be living in much cleaner environment, breathing fresher air and eating healthy foods They will also better looked after by a modern medical system Domestic chores will no longer be a burden thanks to the inventions of labour -saving devices.
4 They are developments in micro technology-computer and telecommunication.
Task 3: Complete the notes about how technology will influence our life in the future
- Work: _ - Travel: Answer keys:
- Work: micro technology, factories run by robots, offices go electronic, work at home, computers linked to head office
- Travel: traveling by space shuttle at 15,000kph; cars could run on electricity or methane gas and fitted with computers
- T monitors carefully. - T asks some Ss to read their answers loudly and write them on the board.
- T checks the answers, and gives feedback.
T asks Ss to work in pairs and the task. - T limits the time. - T monitors carefully. - T asks some Ss to read their answers loudly and write them on the board.
- T checks the answers, and gives feedback. 8’ IV Post-reading: Work in groups Discuss the advantages and
disadvantages of robots
* Advantages and disadvantages of robots
Advantages Disadvantages
- Save labor, lighten our work
- Do difficult / hard jobs co that men have more time to enjoy life or more creative work
- Replace human being in many fields so many people will lose their jobs or go jobless
- People become more independent on robots we can’t work properly when the power is off or when robots stop working
- T gives instruction and monitors
- Ss work in groups and then report the answers orally
- T can help weak Ss
- TWC checking for feedback