unit 8 reading english 12

People will be living in much cleaner environment, breathing fresher air and eating healthier foods4. They will also be better looked after by modern medical system.[r]

Word Scramble

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Wednesday, November 11th 2009

Unit 8: Life in The Future

Do you think our life will be better? Why? Why not?

Before-Reading

- Optimistic [ɔpti'mistik](a): Lạc quan

- Pessimistic [,pesi'mistik] (a): Bi quan

- Terrorism ['terərizəm](n): Sự khủng bô

-Contribute to [kən'tribju:t](v): Đóng góp

cho

- Economic depression [,i:kə'nɔmik]

[di'pre∫n ]: Thời kyy suy giảm kinh tê

- Wipe [waip] (v): Xóa sạch (quét sạch)

- Labour-saving devices ['leibə,seiviη]

[di'vais]: Thiêt bị tiêt kiệm sức lao động

- Micro technology (n) ['maikrə]

Finding out words or phrases which have the following meanings

1. People who always expect bad things to happen

2. People who always expect good things to happen

3. A period when there’s a little economic activity and many people are poor or without jobs

4. The use of violent action in order to achieve political aims or to force a government to act

5. Be destroyed or removed completely

6. Spacecraft designed to be use for travelling between the earth and a space station

Pessimists Optimists Economic

depression

Terrorism Be wiped out

Answering 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 brings about dramatic changes in different aspects of our lives?

Answers:

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 terrorism as terrorist groups will become more powerful and more dangerous

3 People will be living in much cleaner environment, breathing fresher air and eating healthier foods They will also be better looked after by modern medical system Domestic chores will no longer be burden thanks to the inventions of labor-saving devices

Read the passage again

and find out details which describe the new aspects of life

Factories will be run by

robots

The influences of technology in future life

Work Travel

Offices will

go electronic Many people will work from home

Cars could run

on electricity or methane gas and fitted with

computers Travelling by

space-shuttle is very fast (at 15,000kms

Write about the advantages and

disadvantages of robots