ENGLISH 12 – UNIT 8
LIFE IN THE FUTURE
READING COMPREHENSION
● Work in pairs. Discuss the following questions.
1. Do you think life will be better in the future?
Why/Why not?





2. List three things that might happen in the future.




In my opinion, life will be better in the future
because thanks to the progress of sciences and technology, people can live longer and have more leisure time.
* People might find out cures for AIDS and cancers.
* People might have fewer working days in a week.
* People might not get to schools to study.
READING
NEW VOCABULARY
1. pessimistic
2. optimistic
3. to experience
4. economic depression
5. to wipe out
6. burden
7. aspect
8. robot
9. space-shuttle
10. efficiently
11. to go electric
12. to contribute to
13. micro-technology
14. on the contrary
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lạc quan
kinh qua, trải qua
suy thoái kinh tế
xóa sạch, thanh lọc
gánh nặng
sắc thái, khía cạnh
người máy ; rô-bô
tàu con thoi
có hiệu quả
dùng bằng điện
đóng góp (cho)
công nghệ vi-mạch
trái lại ; ngược lại
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* More people will work from home on computers linked to a
head office.
* Cars will run on anything from electricity to methane gas.
* Domestic chores will be done by labour-saving devices.
* Robots will do most of the work in factories.
* Offices will go electronic, and paper will almost completely
disappear.
* Space-shuttle technology will be used in normal air travel.
pessimists
optimists
economic depession
terrorism
wiped out
space-shuttle
Many large corporations will be wiped out, and millions of jobs will be lost.
Because terrorist groups will become more powerful and more dangerous.
Optimists believe that life will be far better than it is today.
Developments in micro-technology computers and telecommunication are bound to have a huge influence on various aspects of our lives.
* New smart robots may be troublesome to human living.
Advantages:
* Humans can have more time to enjoy life and do more creative work.
* Robots can do difficult and dangerous jobs and save human labour.
Disadvantages:
* Robots are used in many fields, replacing people, so many people may get unemployed.
homework
burden
Economic depression
CONTRIBUTE
SPACE-SHUTTLE
ROBOTS
MICRO-TECHNOLOGY