Unit 8: Life in the Future - Reading

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Topic : This is means of transportation. It is a new invention
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Wednesday, November 17
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Vocabulary:
 pessimistic
1. an optimist
: a person who always expects good things
to happen. : người lạc quan
 optimistic
(adj)
: lạc quan
2. a pessimist
≠ an optimist
: người bi quan
(adj)
: bi quan
3. depression (unc.)

: tình trạng suy thoái
4. : tên khủng bốa terrorist

What do you call
them?
vacuum cleaner
washing machine
dishwasher

Vocabulary:
 pessimistic
: a person who always expects good things
to happen. : người lạc quan
 optimistic (adj) : lạc quan
2. a pessimist
≠ an optimist
: người bi quan
(adj)
: bi quan
3. depression
(unc.)
: tình trạng suy thoái
4. a terrorist : tên khủng bố
5. labour – saving devices : các thiết bị tiết kiệm sức
lao động
1. an optimist

Read the information in the table. Guess whether
they belong to optimists or pessimists
5. The security of the earth will

be threatened by terrorism.
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Optimists
Pessimists
4. Domestic chores will no
longer be a burden.
3. The whole world will experience
a period of economic
depression.
1. Things will be much worse
than they are
nowadays.
2. Life will be far better than it is
today.

Task 1: Match the words in column A with their
definitions in column B
3. economic
depression
2. pessimists
5. terrorism
1. wiped out
4. space –
shuttle
a. People who always expect bad things
to happen.

b. Be destroyed or removed completely.
c. Spacecraft designed to be used for
traveling between the earth and a
space station.
d. The use of violent action in order to
achieve political aims or to force a
government to act.
e. A period when there’s little economic
activity and many people are poor or
without jobs.
A B

1.Who will become more powerful and dangerous
according to pessimists?
2. Why will domestic chores no longer be a burden?
3.What are the most important factors that will bring
about dramatic changes in various aspects of our
lives?
4. How fast will space – shuttle technology be used in
normal air travel?
5. What will happen in an economic depression?
Task 2: Answer the following questions.