bài giảng tiếng anh 12 unit 8 life in the future

Unit 8:
TIẾNG ANH 12
1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 102F U T RU E L I F E

1. Where are these people?
2. Do you think life will be better in the future? Why/ Why not?
3. List three things that might happen in the future.
Look at the pictures and discuss the following questions
What might happen in the future:
- Many people might travel to other planets.
- Robots might be used in most of the factories,

offices…
- The weather might become hotter.
- The environment might be destroyed completely.
- Cars might run on anything from electricity to
methane gas.
Find words or phrases in the passage 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 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.
1. People who always expect bad things to happen
-> pessimists (n)

người bi quan
['pesimist]

2. People who always expect good things
to happen
-> optimists (n)
['ɔptimist]
người lạc quan
3. A period when there’s little economic
activity and many people are poor or
without jobs.
-> economic depression (n)
[,i:kə'nɔmik di'pre∫n]
sự trì trệ về kinh tế
4. The use of violent action in order to
achieve political aims or to force a
government to act
-> terrorism (n)
['terərizəm]
sự khủng bố
5. Be destroyed or removed completely.
-> wiped out (v)
[waip aut]
phá hủy hoàn toàn
6. Spacecraft designed to be used for travelling
between the earth and a space station.
-> space - shuttle (n)
['speis'∫ʌtl]
phi thuyền không gian,
tàu vũ trụ

Unfamiliar words:
1. pessimists (n)
người bi quan
['pesimist]
2. optimists (n) ['ɔptimist]
người lạc quan
3. economic depression (n)
[,i:kə'nɔmik
sự trì trệ về kinh tế
4. terrorism (n)
['terərizəm]
sự khủng bố
5. wiped out (v)
[waip aut]
phá hủy hoàn toàn
6. space - shuttle (n)
['speis'∫ʌtl]
phi thuyền không gian,
tàu vũ trụ
-> pessimistic (adj)
-> optimistic (adj)
[,pesi'mistik] bi quan
[,ɔpti'mistik]
lạc quan
-> terrorist (n)
['terərist]
quân khủng bố
Answer the following 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
bring about dramatic changes in different
aspects of our lives?
Lucky animals
dog
tiger elephant
horse cat
leopard
Gap - filling
1. Factories will be run by ……………
2. Offices will go …………………
3. Many people will ……………from home
4. Travel by …………………… will be very fast,
at 15, 000 kph
5. Cars could run on electricity or …………………
and will be fitted with computers
space - shuttle work
methane gas
robots
electronic
* Advantages of robots
Do housework and difficult jobs, so people
save labour and have more time to enjoy life.
* Disadvantages of robots
They replace human beings in many

fields so many people will lose their jobs
or go jobless
- Learn by heart some new words
- Prepare : Speaking
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 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 labour-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
telecommunication.