Bài giảng Tiếng Anh Lớp 12 - Unit 8: Life in the future - Lesson 1: Reading

he table. Guess whether they belong to optimists or pessimists 
5. The security of the earth will be threatened by terrorism. 
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Pessimists 
4. Domestic chores will no longer be a burden. 
3. The whole world will experience a period of economic depression. 
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. 
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B 
Who will become more powerful and dangerous according to pessimists? 
 Why will domestic chores no longer be a burden? 
What are the most important factors that will bring about dramatic changes in various aspects of our lives? 
 How fast will space – shuttle technology be used in normal air travel? 
 What will happen in an economic depression? 
Task 2 : Answer the following questions. 
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Unit 8: Life in the future 
Answer the questions 
Unit 8 : Life in the future 
 1 . Who will become more powerful and dangerous, according to pessimists? 
 Terrorist groups 
Answer the questions 
Unit 8 : Life in the future 
 Speeds of up to 15,000 kph . 
4. How fast will space – shuttle technology be used in normal air travel? 
Answer the questions 
Unit 8 : Life in the future 
 Developments in micro technology – computers and telecommunication 
3. What are the most important factors that will bring about dramatic changes in various aspects of our lives? 
Answer the questions 
Unit 8 : Life in the future 
5. What will happen in an economic depression? 
 Many large corporations will be wiped out and millions of jpbs will be lost. 
 Many large corporations will be wiped out and millions of jpbs will be lost. 
Answer the questions 
Unit 8 : Life in the future 
 Thanks to the inventions of labour – saving devices. 
2. Why will domestic chores no longer be a burden? 
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1. Who will become more powerful and dangerous according to pessimists? 
 Terrorist groups 
2. Why will domestic chores no longer be a burden? 
 Thanks to the inventions of labour – saving devices. 
 Developments in micro technology – computers and telecommunication. 
3. What are the most important factors that will bring about dramatic changes in various aspects of our lives? 
Answer keys 
 Speeds of up to 15,000 kph . 
4. How fast will space – shuttle technology be used in normal air travel? 
5. What will happen in an economic depression? 
 Many large corporations will be wiped out and millions of jobs will be lost. 
Discuss the following question  What technologies will influence our life in the future? How will they effect? 
- Robots: 
factories will be run by robots 
- Space – shuttle: 
travelling by 
space-shuttle will be 
very fast and 
convenient 
- electricity: 
cars could run on electricity 
more people will work from home on computers linked to a head office 
- computers: 
Homework 
 Learn by heart new words 
 Do exercises: 
+ task 3 in your textbook 
+ part reading in your workbook 
 Prepare speaking lesson 
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