UNIT 10: COMMUNICATION IN THE FUTURE
Lesson 5: Skills 1

Trịnh Thị Mai Dung
Lê Hồng Phong secondary school

Uni 1 COMMUNICATION IN THE
t 0 FUTURE
LESSON 5: SKILL 1

1

WARM-UP

1 Work in pairs. List as many

COMMUNICATION

ways of communication as
you can. meeting face to face,
Example:
sending letters, chatting online,
etc….

PRESENTATION

telepathy (n)
/ˈtɛləpæθi/
thần giao cách cảm

PRESENTATION

keep in contact
(v)

/kiːp ɪn kənˈtækt/
giữ liên lạc

PRESENTATION

thought (n)
/θɔːt/
suy nghĩ

PRESENTATION

tiny (a)
/ˈtaɪni/
nhỏ bé

PRESENTATION
New words
1. telepathy (n)
2. keep in contact (v)
3. thought (n)
4. tiny (a)

Pronunciation

Meaning

/ˈtɛləpæθi/

thần giao cách cảm

/kiːp ɪn kənˈtækt/

giữ liên lạc

/θɔːt/

suy nghĩ

/ˈtaɪni/

nhỏ bé

5. control (v)

điều khiển

6. ability (n)

khả năng

READING

2

Read an interview with two students, Minh and Tom. Then
tick () the speaker of each sentence.

MC: Hi everyone. Today, I'll ask some members of the Technology Club to predict how people will communicate
in the future. Let's meet Minh and Tom.
Minh & Tom: Hi everyone.
MC: Minh and Tom, how do you and your friends keep in contact?
Minh: Well, we mostly text each other. We also send voice messages.
Tom: I often see my friends in person, but sometimes we call via the Internet.
MC: Do you think these ways of communication will still be popular in 50 years?
Tom: Not really. We'll use more advanced ways, like telepathy. We'll pass our thoughts to another person without
talking and ...
MC: Hold on. I think only a very few people may have this ability.
Minh: Yes, but in the future, everyone will be able to use telepathy. We'll wear a tiny device to catch our thoughts
and send them to other people.
MC: Cool! But will there be any problems with telepathy?
Tom: Hmm, telepathy devices can “read” one's mind, so bad people might take advantage of it to control someone
else.
MC: Besides that, some people will be too lazy to even talk anymore.

READING

2

Read an interview with two students, Minh and Tom. Then
tick () the speaker of each sentence.
Who says that…?
1. he sends voice messages to friends

Minh
✅

2. he calls his friends by using the Internet

✅

3. everyone will be able to use telepathy in the future

✅

4. people need a small device to send their thoughts to others

✅

5. bad people can make use of telepathy to harm others

Tom

✅

READING

3 Read the interview again. Choose the correct answer
A, B, or C.

1. What is the interview mainly about?
A. One way of future communication.

B. Voice chats and online calls.

C.

Problems of telepathy.
2. Which way of communication below is NOT mentioned in the interview?
A. Meeting face to face

B. Writing an email

3. According to Tom, telepathy means ______.
A. making phone calls via the Internet
B. talking on tiny devices
C. communicating by thoughts

C. Telepathy

READING

3 Read the interview again. Choose the correct answer
A, B, or C.

4. The MC says that ______.
A. telepathy is perfect
B. not all people can do telepathy
C. she disagrees with Minh's opinion
5. What does the MC think may be a problem with telepathy?
A. People won't want to meet each other.
B. Telepathy devices can be expensive.
C. Some people won't want to talk anymore.

SPEAKING

4 Work in pairs. Read the following ideas about online
calls. Put the ideas in the correct column.

a. They're cheap or even free.
b. There must be an Internet
connection.
c. You can talk to people from
distant places.
d. You may receive unwanted calls.
e. You can make group calls.
f. You need a smart device.

Advantages

Disadvantages

a

b

c

d

e

f

SPEAKING

5 Work in groups. Choose a way of communication and
discuss its advantages and disadvantages. Then
report your answers to the class.

You can start your discussion
as follows:
I think there are both advantages
and disadvantages of online
calls. ...

CONSOLIDATION

1 Wrap-up
What have we learnt in this lesson?
 read about telepathy
 talk about future communication

CONSOLIDATION

2

Homework

Student's workbook

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