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- Work: Factories will be run by robots, offices will go electronic, many people will work from home.. Travel by space shuttle will be very fast, at 15, 000 kph; cars could run on electr[r]

(1)WELCOME TO CLASS 12A (2) A WARM UP Running dictation What will life be like in the future? Different people have different answers to this questions Some people think about bad things while others think about good things (3) Unit 8: (4) B.BEFORE YOU READ Do you think life will be better in the future? Why/ Why not? (5) Pick out the things that might happen in the future? a Many people might travel to other planets b Students might go to school by bicycles c Robots and computers might be used in most of the factories, offices ,companies… d The weather might become hotter e The environment might be destroyed completely f People might be very busy with the housework g Cars might run on anything from electricity to gas Key: a, c, d, e, g (6) C WHILE YOU READ Listen To The Text (7) Task 1: Find words or phrases in the passage which have the following meanings: People who always expect bad things to happen péssimists (n) People who always expect good things to happen óptimists (n) A period when there’s little economic activity and many people are poor or without jobs económic depréssion (n) The use of violent action in order to achieve political aims térrorism (n) or to force a government to act wiped out (v) Be destroyed or removed completely Spacecraft designed to be used for travelling between space shúttle (n) the earth and a space station (8) Task 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 bring about dramatic changes in different aspects of our lives? (9) TASK 2: Lucky numbers (10) TASK 3: Complete the notes about how technology will influence our life in the future - Work: Factories will be run by robots, offices will go electronic, many people will work from home - Travel: Travel by space shuttle will be very fast, at 15, 000 kph; cars could run on electricity or methane gas and will be fitted with computers (11) water pollution (12) water shortage (13) space-shuttle-launch (14) Lunar Hilton Hotel in space (15) D AFTER YOU READ Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of robots  advantages  disadvantages - save labour replace human beings in many fields so many people will lose their jobs or go jobless - difficult jobs (so that men can have more time to more creative work) (16) E Homework - Learn by heart new words -Answer the questions (p.86) in your notebook -Write a paragraph to tell what our life will be in the future -Prepare Lesson 2: Speaking (P.87) (17) (18) What will happen in an economic depression? Many large corporations will be wiped out and millions of jobs will be lost (19) What will life be like in the future, according to optimists? People will be living in much cleaner environment, breathing fresher air and eating healthier foods They will also be better looked after by a modern medical system Domestic chores will no longer be a burden thanks to the inventions of laboursaving devices (20) What are the most important factors that will bring about dramatic changes in different aspects of our lives? They are developments in micro technology - computers and telecommunication (21) (22) (23) Why, according to pessimists, will the security of the earth be threatened? The security of the earth will be threatened by terrorism as terrorist groups will become more powerful and more dangerous (24) Pot luck What will you to have a better life ? (25) Pot luck What will you after high school? (26)

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