After that, they’ll go to the hospital to tell the doctors what gender, hair color, eye color, and complexion they want their child to.. possess – and after around nine months’ time, th[r]
(1)(2)(3)(4)A city in the future
An intelligent robot
(5)Use given words and phrases to make predictions about future
Sample: I think, in the future people will be able to live in other planets
1 People/be able/live/other planets We/see/UFO/more often
3 There/ be/intelligent robots/do/any type of chores
4 Our grandchildren/enjoy/ comfortable life/modern devices I think, in the future people will be able to live in other planets
In the future, we will see UFO more often
In the future, there will be intelligent robots that can any type of chores
(6)Unit 8: Future life
Period 1: Reading
Saturday, November 21st , 2009
(7)(8)Vocabulary:
- to kneel (knelt) /ni:l/:
- to cohabit (ed) /kou'hæbit/:
cohabitation /,hæbi'tei∫n/: - to pursue (ed) /pз'sju:/: - to deposit (ed) /di'pozit/: - embryo (n) /'embriou/
- complexion (n) /kзm'plek∫n/: - to possess (ed) /pз'zes/:
- cute (a) /kju:t/:
quú
sèng chung không kết hôn theo đuổi
t, ký gi phụi
màu da sở hữu
xinh xắn, dễ th ¬ng
(9)Practice: Use the given words to complete the following sentences
complexion embryo cohabited propose pursue possesses
1 They ………two years ago.
2 John decided to………marriage to Mary.
3 Ann gave up her studying to…………her own hobby in business
4 They are going to build an……… …hospital in this area.
5 Like her mother, Lan… ………….a fair ………
cohabited
propose
pursue embryo
(10)A It’s now 11.55 Carol and Phil are sitting in a restaurant, expecting the first moment of the year 2050 Carol knows that when the clock strikes 12, Phil will kneel at her feet to propose marriage to her, even though they had lived together for 30 years Thirty years ago, like mot young people of their age, they decided to cohabit so that they might pursue their own careers without
being disturbed by family responsibilities
B They now have all what they want, except for a child The only way to have one at the age of 50 is asking the Embryo Bank to send to the City’s Embryo Hospital the embryos they deposited before their cohabitation Tomorrow, they’ll go to the Marriage Registry Office and then to the bank to fill in a request form
After that, they’ll go to the hospital to tell the doctors what gender, hair color, eye color, and complexion they want their child to
possess – and after around nine months’ time, they’ll have a real happy family with a cute baby
(11)Task 1: Match the paragraphs (A or B ) with the appropriate headings
Paragraph A: Paragraph B:
1 Energy crisis
2 A modern school
(12)Task 2: Find the words in the text having the following meanings
1 Live together without being married
2 Try to achieve something over a period of time Living things that are not fully developed yet Pretty and attractive
5 Profession or occupation
1 cohabit pursue embryos cute
(13)Task 3: Read the text and answer the following questions:
1 Why did Phil and Carol decide to cohabit? When did that happen?
2 How old were they when they started cohabiting? How old are they now?
3 What they decide now? Where will they have to go to if they want to have a child?
(14)The moon The Sun Jupiter
Saturn Mars
(15)Why did Phil and Carol decide to cohabit? When did that happen?
Because they wanted to pursue their careers
(16)What they decide now?
They decide to get married and have a child
(17)How old were they when they
started cohabiting? How old are they now?
They were 20 years old when they started cohabiting and now they are 50
(18)(19)Can they decide their child’s gender, complexion or hair color?
Yes, they can.
(20)4 Where will they have to go to if they want to have a child?
They will have to go to the Embryo Bank and the City’s Embryo Hospital
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