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1 ID Work in pairs. Use the picture below to help you talk about the world in the future.
Describe the following:
• what will be happening
• what will happen
• what will have happened.
2 Work in pairs. Look at the Part 3 questions below. Then take turns asking and
answering the questions. Make sure you give reasons and examples in your answers.
• Remember to talk You can use the notes to help you. When you have finished, give each other feedback
in more abstract using the checklist on page 181.
terms rather than
personally, e.g.
in Russia, in the City life in the future 11
UK, the people in
In what ways do you think city life will have changed by 2030? Why?
China, etc.
Do you think life in urban areas will be more or less stressful than today's
world? How? Give reasons.
Useful Do you think city life will be more popular than rural life in the future?
expressions Future developments
In 10/20/50/100 How do you think modern civilisation will develop over the next half century?
years' time . . . What do you think will be the most important developments in the future?
Over the next century Give reasons and examples.
Why do you think people make predictions about the future?
Before the end of the
century ...
By the time we • More sophisticated entertainment • Better facilities
reach the end of the
century ... • More sophisticated hospitals • Richer culturally
In the coming • More crowded • Morejobs
decades ...
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Vocabulary: Adjective/Noun collocations
1 Work in pairs. For 1-8 below, use an adjective from the box to replace the words in
italics to make a common adjective/noun collocation.
general governing agricultural indigenous
modern dominant thriving urban
1 a civilisation that is current and contemporary
2 societies that live off the land
3 a culture that is stronger than other cultures
4 communities that are doing well and are successful
5 the public that is made up of ordinary people
6 populations that live in towns and cities
7 the elite that controls and runs a country
8 a people that live in a particular region
2 Complete each gap in the following paragraph with a collocation from exercise 1.
The 1 __________ has widely different views about what life will be like
in years to come. Some pessimists predict that 2 _____________ as we
know it will collapse in the near future, and that people will end up living in
3 just as their ancestors did before the Industrial
Revolution. Others think that 4 will increase in size so
much that there will be no agricultural land left, or that there will be one
5 rather than the multicultural world of today with a
6 -------------------- made up of robots controlling everything and everyone.
3 © Work in groups. What is your reaction to the predictions in exercise 2? Do you think
life will be very different in the near future? Why/Why not?
Listening 1 Work in pairs. You will hear someone enquiring about and booking an exhibition. Work
with a partner. Before you listen to the conversation, check the meaning of the following
words and phrases and give examples of each.
Example:
booking office: collection of ticket
review 1 preview : bản xem trước
2 the week after next : tuần sau nữa, đó
3 restrictions = limit
4 sign up for : đăng ký
5 come up : appear / take place
6 register = sign up for
7 range : đa dạng
8 complimentary = for free
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(t) 09 SECTION 1 Questions 1-10
Completion: Questions 1-4
Complete the notes below.
1. Word limit
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
2. Underline key
words Notes on Exhibition
3. Guess Example Answer
Title of Exhibition: Futuristic Home Design
Preview on: 1 .............................................
Monday .
Two free: 2 .............................................
DAY PASSES .
No entry on certain days
Days chosen by caller: 3 ....................................
Tuesday and ...................................
Friday .
Reference number: AH6799
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SF6799
Questions 5 and 6
Choose TWO letters, A-E.
Which TWO of the following eating facilities are available for the public at the
exhibition?
A stalls
B local restaurants
C a canteen
D cafes
E sandwich bars
Questions 7-10
Complete the table below.
Write ONE WORD OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Number and
Frequency Stop/Location Cost
destination
7 . . . . .17
.................... Stop W near the £3.20 or weekly
Bus every 12 minutes
to Brookfields station passfor£15
River Route A to the 9 ........................
every 20 minutes 10£ ...................
minutes' walk
bus MARINA
8 ........................ No weekly pass
from station
2 <Tl Work in pairs. Do you like going to exhibitions? Give reasons and examples.
Do you like to book in advance or do you prefer to turn up on the spur of the moment?
Why/Why not?
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Word building: Forming adjectives from nouns
1 Work in pairs. Make adjectives from the nouns in the box below using one of these three
- useful suffixes: -al, -(i)ous and -ful. Make any necessary changes.
- luxurious sự sang trọng
use luxury technology success population space
- technoLOgical beauty agriculture tradition nation danger industry
- successful nông nghiệp công nghiệp
- populous 2 For 1-8 below, complete the gaps with a-suitable adjective from exercise 1.
- spacious 1 At the moment some houses in my community are very spacious , but in the future
- beautiful they will not be so big.
- agricultural 2 I cannot say it is a _____
technological
society at the moment, but as the internet and computers
- traditional spread that will change.
- dangerous 3 The area where I was brought up is very beautiful with lots of trees and stunning
gardens, but I think all this beauty will be destroyed by future developments.
- industrial
4 My home town still survives on the production of crafts, but I think that
modern industry is beginning to creep in. traditional
5 We have many national
I monuments, but people forget their significance.
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6 Luxuriousoffice blocks with all the latest modern facilities and expensive furniture will
replace old factories a11d buildings.
7 I come from one of the most populous regions of the world, and I think it will become
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even more crowded in the
8 My home town is in attracting tourists, with many visiting in the summer.
successful
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3 Talk: about one or more ltatements from exercise 2 giving reasons and examples.
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1 Work in pairs. Look at the title of the Reading Passage and decide what predictions
(Reading ) could be made about ideas A-D. T hen skim the passage and check your answers.
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A developments in perso1nal transport
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B adapting people's perceptions
C the design of buildings D the interaction between people and machines
READING PASSAGE
You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13, which are based on the
Reading Passage below.
Life in2045
The film, Back to the Future II, released in 1989, made a series of outlandish predictions about
2015, the year its key characters travel to from 1985. Although several of the film's predictions,
like video calls and wearable technology, came true, Back to the Future II showed the pitfalls of
making long-term forecasts. The world of 2015 was one of hoverboards, flying cars and power
clothing, and instead we got Snapchat and selfies. Several experts have made their predictions
about what the world of 2045 will look like. Alex Ayad, head of Imperial College London's Tech
Foresight Practice forecasts that people will be able to purchase high-quality emotions online.
Emotion-sharing experiences are the latest fad in 2045. Imagine your friend at a music festival
can post a photo on lnstagram and with it comes bundled a faint twinkling of what she was
feeling right there in that moment, so you too can share emotionally in her social experience.
Recently, techniques for direct brain stimulation, like optogenetics, have made it possible to
not only read but also write information into single neurons. At the moment data transfer rates
are still very slow, the best Vye can do is a few bits per second, but this could well increase to
kilobits or maybe reach broa�band speeds by 2045. This means the range of human perception
could expand beyond its current design limitations.
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