Unit 8: A.Reading

Thao Giaỷng
Teacher:Huyứnh Toỏng Ngoùc Traõm
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Work in pairs.Discuss the questions.
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Do you think life will be better in the
future? Why? Why not?
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List three things that might happen in
the future?
Unit 8:LIFE IN THE FUTURE
A.Reading
Unit 8:LIFE IN THE FUTURE
A.Reading
Task 1:
Find the words in the passage that can match with the
definition on the right column.
1.People who always expect bad things to
happen
2. People who always expect good things to
happen
3.A period when there’s 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 used for travelling between the
earth and a space station.

Unit 8:LIFE IN THE FUTURE
A.Reading
Task 1:
*Correct answers:
1.pessimists
2.Optimists
3.Economic depression
4.Terrorism
5.Wiped out
6.Space shuttle
Unit 8:LIFE IN THE FUTURE
A.Reading
Task 1:
Task 2:
Answer the following questions.
1.What will happen in an economic depression?
-Many large corporations will be wiped out and millions of jobs will be lost.
2.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.
3.What will life be in the future,according to optimists?
-People will be living 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 interventions of labor-saving devices.
4.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
telecomunication.
Unit 8:LIFE IN THE FUTURE
A.Reading
Task 1:
Task 2:
Task 3:
Complete the notes about how technology will influence
on 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.
Unit 8:LIFE IN THE FUTURE
A.Reading
Task 1:
Task 2:
Task 3:
Task 4:
*Work in groups.Discuss the advantages and
disadvantages of robots.
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Advantages
-save labour,do difficult jobs so
that men have more creative
work.
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Disadvantages
-replace human beings in many
fields so many people will lose
their jobs or go jobless.
-we can’t work properly when the
power is off or when robot stop
working.
Unit 8:LIFE IN THE FUTURE
A.Reading
Task 1:
Task 2:
Task 3:
Task 4:
*What is your dream life of Cau Ke in the future?
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Homework:
-Redo the tasks
-Prepare next lesson:B.Speaking
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