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This task dives into the concept of the future, focusing on how advancements in technology will reshape our lives. By finding keywords related to this theme, we'll discuss both optimistic and pessimistic outlooks. Key areas include the impacts of telecommunication, robotics, and terrorism on daily life, job markets, and security. We’ll analyze how domestic chores may become effortless, healthcare might improve, and travel could evolve, prompting critical reflections on robots and technology's role in society. Join us in exploring these dynamic changes.
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Unit 8 READING LIFE IN FUTURE
Finding the key word Add 1 letter to any place of each word to form another word with the definition given. The letters added will make another word. Number 3 has been done as an example. 1. low ->……………. (move as a current of air) 2. hose-> …………….( a building to live in) 3. seal -> …steal….. ( take something unlawfully) 4. cold -> ……………( the past tense of can) 5. county -> ……………(separate nation) 6. hard -> …………….( listened to sb/ sth)
Answer 1. flow 2. house 4. could 5. country 6.heard FUTURE
New words • Optimistic ( adj ): • Pessimistic ( adj ): • Terrorism ( N ): • Telecommunication ( N ): • Domestic chores ( N ) • Efficiently • To bettering
Feedback Task 1 • 1.pessimists 2. optimists 3. economic depression • 4. terrorism 5. wiped out 6. space-shuttle
Feedback Task 2 • 1. Many large corporations will be wiped out and millions of jobs will be lost. • 2. The security of the earth will be threatened by terrorism as terrorist groups will become more powerful and more dangerous. • 3. 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 invention of labor-saving devices. • 4. They are the developments in micro technology-computer and telecommunication.
Feedback • work: factories will be run by robots, offices will go electronic, many people will work from home • travel: travel by space shuttle will be very fast, at 15,000 kph, cars could run on electricity or methane gas and will be fitted with computers
Homework • Write a paragraph about the advantages OR disadvantages of robots based the ideas collected within the group. • Prepare Speaking