Unidad Académica: Facultad de Ciencias Económicas
Cátedra: Ingles Técnico
Carreras: Contador Público – Lic. en Administración – Lic. en Economía Política
Responsable: Lic. Esp. María Fernanda Rodriguez
Año: 2020
Práctica 6
1. Read the text and complete the exercises.
What life Will be like in 2116?
A new report shows what life might be like in 100 years from now. It describes skyscrapers
that are much taller than today's buildings, underwater 'bubble' cities, and holidays in space.
The report is from Samsung's SmartThings. It asked experts on space, architecture, and city
planners to give their ideas on life in 2116. They said the way we live, work and play will be
totally different to how we do these things today. The experts said that 25 years ago, people
could not imagine how the Internet and smartphones would change our lives. The Internet has
revolutionized the way we communicate, learn and do daily things. The experts said the
changes in the next century would be even more unbelievable.
Researchers questioned 2,000 adults about the predictions they thought were most likely to
happen in the future. They predicted that in the future, few people will go to an office but will
work from home and have virtual work meetings. People will have advanced 3D printers that
will let you download a design for furniture or a food recipe and then 'print' the sofa, table or
pizza at home. There will also be less need for visits to the doctor. We will all have a home
health capsule that will tell us what the problem is and give us treatment. We will also be going
into space for holidays and to get resources that we have used up on Earth. A prediction that
was missing was whether people would still need to study English
1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).
a. Buildings in the future will be shorter than today's buildings. T/F
b. Experts say people will be living in underwater cities. T/F
c. The report is from the tech company Apple. T/F
d. Experts say the changes to come by 2116 will be unbelievable. T/F
e. Researchers asked 20,000 people about the future. T/F
f. People will be able to print download and print pizzas. T/F
g. People won't need to go to the doctor as much as they do now. T/F
h. People predicted that we will still need to study English. T/F
2. Match the following synonyms from the article.
1. report a. futuristic
2. experts 1. … b. completely
3. totally 2. … c. transformed
4. revolutionised 3. … d. finished
5. unbelievable 4. … e. study
6. questioned 5. … f. plan
7. advanced 6. … g. specialists
8. design 7. … h. medical care
8. …
9. treatment i. asked
9. …
10. used up j. incredible
10. …
Choose the best answer
1. Where will the bubble cities in the future be?
a) The USA b) under water c) in space c) in caves
2. What company made the report?
a) McDonald’s b) Google c) Apple d) Samsung
3. What kind of planners gave their ideas on life in 2116?
a) City planners b) daily planners c) space planners d) design planners
4. What could we not have imagined 25 years ago about the internet?
a) Cyber-bullying b) how cheap it would be
b) How it would change our live d) that I would still be here
5. What did the experts say the changes in the net 10 century would be?
a) Small b) unbelievable c) gradual d) boring
6. How many people did the researchers question?
a) 2,000 b)12,000 c) 20,000 d) 22,000
7. What kind of meetings will we have at work in the future?
a) Productive meetings b) busy meetings
b) c) virtual meetings d) never-ending meetings
8. Who will people need to visit less in the future?
a) The doctor c) family c) friends d) old people
9. Where will we be going to on holidays?
a) Space b) Russia c) Antarctica d) cyberspace
10. What language did people not make a prediction about?
a) Chinese b) Arabic c) Esperanto d) English
Translate the following texts.
1. Has covid-19 killed globalisation?
The flow of people, trade and capital will be slowed
EVEN BEFORE the pandemic, globalisation was in trouble. The open system of trade that had
dominated the world economy for decades had been damaged by the financial crash and the Sino-
American trade war. Now it is reeling from its third body-blow in a dozen years as lockdowns
have sealed borders and disrupted commerce. The number of passengers at Heathrow has dropped
by 97% year-on-year; Mexican car exports fell by 90% in April; 21% of transpacific container-
sailings in May have been cancelled. As economies reopen, activity will recover, but don’t expect
a quick return to a carefree world of unfettered movement and free trade. The pandemic will
politicise travel and migration and entrench a bias towards self-reliance. This inward-looking lurch
will enfeeble the recovery, leave the economy vulnerable and spread geopolitical instability.
2. China wants to make the yuan a central-bank favourite
BETWEEN 2004 AND 2012 BNP Paribas helped funnel $30bn into Sudan, Cuba and Iran, all
then under American sanctions. It hid its tracks using a network of “satellite” banks and by
stripping payment messages of incriminating references. Whistleblowers tipped off American
prosecutors. The bank pleaded guilty, expecting to pay €1.1bn ($1.2bn). It was fined $8.9bn by
American authorities in 2014, and the case escalated to a diplomatic row.
BNP immediately fell into line. It moved the division overseeing the security of its dollar
transactions from Europe to America, the first foreign bank to do so. A dozen staff lost their jobs
and its compliance team was revamped. There was relief at the bank. It had avoided being
permanently banned from clearing dollars, the closest thing to commercial death for international
lenders. “Banks create money, and money is a sovereign good,” says Jean Lemierre, BNP’s
chairman. “States decide what we can do with it.”
