Unit 8- Reading-E 12-Hothot

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1. What is (are) this (these)?
food
trees
umbrella
hug eagle rabbit
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FOOD
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HUG
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TREES
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UMBRELLA
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RABBIT
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EAGLE
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→ FUTURE

Unit 8: Life in the future
A. Reading

I. Before you read
1. Leading questions:
1. Do you think life will be better in the future?
Why?/Why not?
2. List three things that might happen in the
future?
2. Vocabulary
-pessimist (n)
Eg: Pessimists always expect bad things to
happen
→pessimistic (adj)

- optimist n)
Eg: Optimists always expect good things to happen
→ optimistic (adj)
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depression (n):The state of being depressed, a sinking
- wipe out exp): clean, destroy completely
- terrorist (n)→ terrorism
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burden (n)
Eg: Housework used to be a burden to women
- labour-saving devices (n.p)
Eg: Washing machines, cleaning machines… are labour-
saving devices (n.p)
- telecomunication (n)
- space-shuttle (n)