Bài giảng môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 12 - Unit 8: Life in the future - Part A: Reading

LIFE IN THE FUTURE 
Part A: READING 
Unit 8: 
TIẾNG ANH 12 
My class warmly welcome ! 
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Where are these people? 
2. Do you think life will be better in the future? Why/ Why not? 
3. List three things that might happen in the future. 
Look at the pictures and discuss the following questions  
What might happen in the future: 
- Many people might travel to other planets. 
- Robots might be used in most of the factories, 
 offices 
- The weather might become hotter. 
- The environment might be destroyed completely. 
- Cars might run on anything from electricity to 
 methane gas. 
Find words or phrases in the passage which have the following meanings: 
1. People who always expect bad things to happen 
2. People who always expect good things to happen 
3. A period when there’s little economic activity and many 
 people are poor or without jobs. 
 4. The use of violent action in order to achieve political aims 
 or to force a government to act 
5. Be destroyed or removed completely. 
 6. Spacecraft designed to be used for travelling between 
 the earth and a space station. 
Task 1 
1. People who always expect bad things to happen 
-> pessimists (n) 
người bi quan 
 ['pesimist] 
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 2. People who always expect good things 
 to happen 
-> optimists (n) 
 ['ɔptimist] 
người lạc quan 
3. A period when there’s little economic 
 activity and many people are poor or 
 without jobs. 
-> economic depression (n) 
 [,i:kə'nɔmik 
di'pre∫n] 
sự trì trệ về kinh tế 
4. The use of violent action in order to 
 achieve political aims or to force a 
 government to act 
-> terrorism (n) 
 ['terərizəm] 
sự khủng bố 
5. Be destroyed or removed completely . 
-> wiped out (v) 
 [waip 
 aut] 
phá hủy hoàn toàn 
6. Spacecraft designed to be used for travelling 
 between the earth and a space station. 
-> space - shuttle (n) 
 ['speis'∫ʌtl] 
phi thuyền không gian, 
tàu vũ trụ 
Unfamiliar words: 
1. pessimists (n) 
người bi quan 
 ['pesimist] 
2. optimists (n) 
 ['ɔptimist] 
người lạc quan 
3. economic depression (n) 
 [,i:kə'nɔmik 
sự trì trệ về kinh tế 
 4. terrorism (n) 
 ['terərizəm] 
sự khủng bố 
5. wiped out (v) 
 [waip 
aut] 
 phá hủy hoàn toàn 
 6. space - shuttle (n) 
 ['speis'∫ʌtl] 
phi thuyền không gian, 
tàu vũ trụ 
-> pessimistic (adj) 
 -> optimistic (adj) 
 [,pesi'mistik] 
bi quan 
[,ɔpti'mistik] 
lạc quan 
-> terrorist (n) 
 ['terərist] 
quân khủng bố 
Answer the following questions 
1. What will happen in an economic depression? 
2. Why, according to pessimists, will the security 
 of the earth be threatened? 
3. What will life be like in the future, according to 
 optimists? 
4. What are the most important factors that will 
 bring about dramatic changes in different 
 aspects of our lives? 
Task 2 
Lucky animals 
dog 
tiger 
elephant 
horse 
cat 
leopard 
Gap - filling 
1. Factories will be run by .. 
2. Offices will go  
3. Many people will from home 
4. Travel by  will be very fast, 
 at 15, 000 kph 
5. Cars could run on electricity or  
and will be fitted with computers 
space - shuttle 
work 
methane gas 
robots 
electronic 
Task 3 
Advantages and disadvantages 
of robots 
* Advantages of robots 
Do housework and difficult jobs, so people save labour and have more time to enjoy life. 
* Disadvantages of robots 
They replace human beings in many fields so many people will lose their jobs or go jobless 
Homework 
- Learn by heart some new words 
- Prepare : Speaking 
My class warmly welcome ! 
Thank you for your attention ! 
Good bye! 
 See you later ! 
What will happen in an economic 
 depression? 
-> Many large corporations will be wiped out and millions of jobs will be lost. 
2. Why, according to pessimists, will the 
 security of the earth be threatened? 
-> The security of the earth will be threatened by terrorism as terrorist groups will become more powerful and more dangerous. 
3. What will life be like in the future, 
 according to optimists? 
-> People will be living in much cleaner environment, breathing fresher air and eating healthier foods. They will also be better looked after by a modern medical system. Domestic chores will no longer be a burden thanks to the inventions of labour-saving devices. 
4. What are the most important factors 
 that will bring about dramatic changes 
 in different aspects of our lives? 
-> They are developments in micro technology - computers and telecommunication. 
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