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Teacher : Nguyen Thi Huyen My
Do you want to have a long and healthy life?
What will you do for it?
UNIT 8: LIFE IN THE FUTURE
Lesson 3 C. Listening
Before you listen
Which of the following factors do you think
might help people have a long and healthy life?
eating healthy food
laughing a lot
drinking a lot
doing exercise
going to bed early
eating a lot of meat
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Listen and repeat:
incredible (adj): [in`kredəbl]
fatal (adj) : [`feitl]
centenarian (adj, n): [,senti`neəriən]
eradicated (adj): [i`rædikeitid]
life expectancy: [laif iks`pektənsi]
eternal life:: [i:`tə:nl laif]
incredible (adj): kh«ng thÓ tin ®­îc
fatal (adj) : sè mÖnh
centenarian (adj, n): sèng tram tuæi
- eradicated (v): tiªu huû
life expectancy: cuéc sèng nh­ mong ®îi
eternal life:: cuéc sèng vÜnh h»ng
While you listen
Listen to the interview about people’s life expectancy in the future and do the tasks that follow.
Task 1
Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F)
Nobody can predict how long we will be able to live in the 21st century.
People’s general health will improve because they eat a lot of mushrooms.
Nowadays, if people look after themselves, they can live to be 90.
Within 30 years, 80% of cancers will be curable.
Eternal life isn’t impossible.
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F
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Nobody
Many scientists
they eat a lot of mushrooms.
mushroom (n): nấm
mushroom (v): bùng nổ
90
80
Task 2
Listen again and answer the questions about the interview.
What are the factors that help people have longer life expectancy according to Dr. Davis?
A. Eating more healthy, cutting down on things like butter, alcohol and cigarettes.
B. Eating more healthy, cutting down on things like alcohol and cigarettes.
C. Eating more things like alcohol and cigarettes.
A
2. Which factor is the most important one? Why?
Medical science. Because nobody died from old age, just from diseases that affect people when they get older.
The development in medical science. Because nobody died from old age, just from diseases that affect people when they get younger.
The development in science. Because nobody died from old age, just from diseases that affect people when they get older.
B
3. What will we have been able to do
about AIDS in ten years’ time?
A. We will have been able to bring AIDS control .
B. We will have been able to bring AIDS under control .
C. We will have able to bring AIDS under control .
B
After you listen
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of having a very long life.
Learn new words by heart
Prepare D. Writing
Find out 5 advantages and 5 disadvantages of having a very long life.
HOMEWORK
Thank you for your attention!
Goodbye!