Life in the past Life at the

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SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TPHCM TRƯỜNG THPT BÌNH CHÁNH

TỔ NGOẠI NGỮ

Unit 8: Life In The Future

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WARM UP

Look at the pictures and match them with the given information.

Life in the past Life at the

present

Life in the

future

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- was declared open: được công bố bắt đầu

- run on sea water : chạy bằng nhiên liệu nước biển - a cure for : phương thuốc

- holiday resort : khu du lịch nghỉ dưỡng - holiday-maker: người đi nghỉ mát

- cold war: chiến tranh lạnh

- citizen (n) /ˈsɪtɪzən/ : công dân - Jupiter (n) /ˈdʒuːpɪtər/ : sao mộc

Before you speak

☞ SOME NEW WORDS:

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While you speak

☞ Task 1: Look at the newspaper cuttings from the future, and say what will have happened by the end of the 21^st century.

CHINESE

ASTRONAUTS LAND ON MARS

25

^th

October, 2099

By the end of the 21

^st

century, Chinese

astronauts will have

landed on Mars.

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While you speak

NEW MOON CITY OPENED The third city on the moon

was declared open yesterday.

The new city has a population of over 200,000 people

16^th May, 2089

By the end of the 21^st century, the third city on the moon will

have been declared open.

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While you speak

CAR ON SEA WATER At last, the first car running on sea water was finished yesterday.

9

^th

August, 2087

By the end of the 21^st century, the first car running on sea water will have been finished.

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☞ Task 2. Work in pairs. Which of these predictions are

likely/unlikely to happen? Give at least two reasons for each.

While you speak

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While you speak

A: I think it’s very unlikely that by the end of the 21

^st

century, Chinese astronauts will have landed on Mars.

B: Why do you think so?

A: Because it’s too far from the earth.

• By the end of the 21

^st

century, Chinese

astronauts will have landed on Mars.

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While you speak

• By the end of the 21

^st

century, the third city on the moon will have been declared open.

C: I think it’s very likely that by the end of the 21

^st

century, the third city on the moon will have been declared open.

D: Why do you think so?

C: Because of the developments in

science and technology.

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While you speak

• By the end of the 21^st century, Chinese astronauts will have landed on Mars.

• By the end of the 21^st century, the third city on the moon will have been declared open.

• By the end of the 21^st century, scientists will have found a cure for the common cold.

• By the end of the 21^st century, the oldest world citizen will have celebrated her 150^th birthday.

• By the end of the 21^st century, Vietnam tourism will have welcomed the fiftieth holiday-maker back from Jupiter.

• By the end of the 21^st century, the first car running on sea water will have been finished.

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☞ Task 3. Work in pairs. Make some more predictions about what life will be like one hundred years from now.

While you speak

• In the world

• In VietNam

• In Ho Chi Minh city

• In your life

Let’s try by yourself:

In a hundred years from now, people will have lived in a

peaceful world.

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Why do you think so?

I think it’s very unlikely that by the end of the 21^st century,

the first car running on sea water will have been finished.

Because it’s too costly to

manufacture this car.

After you speak

Practice with your friends using other given information:

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