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]
(1)(2)Word Scramble
1 ODOF
(3)Wednesday, November 11th 2009
Unit 8: Life in The Future
(4)(5)Do you think our life will be better? Why? Why not?
Before-Reading
(6)- 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]
(7)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
(8)(9)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?
(10)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
(11)(12)Read the passage again
and find out details which describe the new aspects of life
(13)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
(14)Write about the advantages and
disadvantages of robots
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