Unit 11. Travelling in the Future. Lesson 1. Getting started

Nguyen Duc Canh Secondary School

Welcome to class 7A


Network:
train
plane

car

Means of transport

ship

bicycle

motorbike
bus
taxi


Unit 15

Travelling in the future

Lesson 1: Getting started

a.Không người lái

* MATCH
1.flying car

b.Giàu tưởng tượng

2.crash
c.Tồn tại
3.jet pack
d.Thiết bị bay cá nhân

4.disappear
5.teleporter
6.imaginative
7.driverless
8.exist

h

e.đâm vào, va chạm
f.Hình thức dịch chuyển tức
thời

g.Biến mất
h.Xe kết hợp oto và máy bay

Key: 1 – h, 2 – e, 3 – d, 4 – g,
5 – f, 6 – b, 7 – a, 8 - c

a. Read the coversation again. Then choose the correct answers.
1. What is the project about?

a.
b.
c.

Future transport
Future weather
Future energy

2. ‘ Driverless cars’ have to …………..

d.
e.
f.

People
Drivers
Solar energy

3. What does Phuc think an SSS can do?

g.
h.
i.

Help cars to fly and help them to park
Make cars crash and help them avoid traffic
Help cars to avoid traffic and crashes

4. Why does Phuc say ‘The future is green’?

j.
k.
l.

There will be less pollution
Driverless cars will be green
Green is Phuc’s favourite colour


*Look out:
Ex: Driver – Driverless

N

N

+

Adj

- Form : N + less = Adj

-

“ less” is added to a noun to make an adjective meaning

“ without”.

less


N
1.meaning
2.sleep
3.care

Adj
meaningless
sleepless

4.pilot

careless
pilotless

5.hope

hopeless


b. Answer the question
1. What problems do they think future transport will have?

-> If there are too many flying cars, there will be traffic jam in the sky. Some means of transport will not be

convenient in bad weather (e.g. jet pack). Future means of transport may use a lot of fuel which will make
pollution worse

2. Which means of transport mentioned would you like most? Why?
3. What other means of transport do you think will be used in the future?


* Remember!
Ex:
Summer days are longer than winter days
+ A fact is something which can be proved ( to be true or false )
Summer is the best season
+ A opinion is something which you believe or feel

(Opinion)

(Fact)


2. Facts or opinions? Tick () in the F (Fact) or  (Opinion) box:
F
1. Driverless cars already exist.



2. They look so cool !
3. A jet pack doesn’t take lots of space.






4. Then perhaps a teleporter is the best



5. Solar energy will power everything!




3a. Can you find any future means of transport from the convesation in 1 here:
Nouns
car
es
Adjectiv
ter
underwa
g
in
Fly
space
ed
High-spe
pilotless
s
s
le
r

e
iv
r
D
iendly
tally – fr
n
e
m
n
o
Envir
wered
wind-po
d
e
r
we
Solar- po
Electric

Flying car, driverless car

train
Bicycle
Airplane
Taxi
Helicopter
Bus
ship

3b:Now combine more adjectives and nouns
How many words can you make? Be creative!
Nouns
es
Adjectiv
ter
underwa
g
in
fy
space
ed
high-spe
pilotless
s
s
le
r
e
iv
r
d
iendly
tally – fr
n
e
m
n

o
envir
wered
wind-po
d
re
we
solar- po
electric

car
train
bicycle
airplane
Taxi
helicopter
bus
ship

Ex: electric car
underwater bus ,space train, pilotless airplane,
environmentally – friendly taxi, electric bus
solar – powered car….


3c. Choose your three most interesting means of transport. Then share
them with your partner

Ex:
A: I think a space train sounds great.

B: Oh. I don’t. I think an underwater bus it better!


Homework

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Prepare for the next lesson: Unit11: A closer look 1
Practise reading the dialogue fuently
Learn by heart all new words