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00@000000000000000000000000000000000 3a Read Ming's answer to the question"What will your life be like in ten years?" Then fill in the chart below. In ten years, I think I'll be a reporter I'll live in Shanghai, because I went to shanghai last year and fell in love with it. I think it' really a beautiful city. As a reporter, I think I will meet lots of interesting people. I think I'l live in an apartment with my best friends, because don't like living alone. I'l have pete, I can't have ary pete now because my mother hates them, and our apartment is too small. So In ten years,I'lI have many different pets. I might even keep a pet parrotI Ill probably go skating and swimming every day. During the week I'll look emart, and probably will wear a suit. At the weekends, I'll be able to dress more casually. I think I'll go to Hong Kong on vacation, and one day I might even visit Australia Ming in ten years J。b Pets sp。rts Places Clothes reporter On a piece of paper. write about your life in ten years. Don't write your A: This paper says"I'll be an engineer aper. Put all the In ten years students papers together. Take turns B: I think Lin Wei wrote that reading the papers. Then guess who wrote them C: Yes. I wrote it. 4 PAIRWORK Answer the questions below. Then ask your A: I think that France will win the next World Cup. partner for his or her B: I disagree. I think that Brazil will win next time. Questions Your partner Which country will win the next world Cup What will the weather be like tomorrow Which movies will win awards next vear? What will teenagers do for fun twenty years from now? · will people ha
SELF CHECK wear work look fly keep for myself when I'm older 2. My friends Fill in the blanks with the 3. I need to- smart for my job interview words given. Then make your own sentences with 4. We have to a uniform to school the words 5. One day people will to the moon for vacations 2 Read the passage and cirele the inventions on the right Predicting the future can be difficult. There are many famous predictions that never came true. Before 1929, there was no sound in movies. The head of one of the biggest movie companies in the United States predicted that no one would want to see actors talk. Of course, he was wrong! In 1977, the head of the largest computer company in the United States said, "No one will want to have a computer in his or her home. He thought that computers would never be used by most people Find these words from this unit 1. A pLace to live in space: 2. Something kids will use to study at home. 3. These will be in every home: 4. Yang Liwei is a famous Chinese Just for Fun! What do you think your life will My life will be like net month? be a lot better than it ls now! E
0●0●@●000●000●@000●000●0000● 0 you thin配 you w ill have your own robot? Section 1 Before You read PAIRWORK 1a Tell your partner what you know about robots. Describe your idea of arob。 t say what it I。 olcs lilce and what it can do Read the title of the passage. Then circle the words and phrases you think you will read. Compare your predictions with your partne housework cars years ago bored ill was buildings less worl swimming possible America Reading strategy: doctor piano backpack Look at the tte and picture, and predict what you will read about Section 2 While You read This helps you get ready to new informati Do you think you willl have your own robot? In some science fiction movies, people in the future have their own robots. These robots are just like humans. They help with the housewor and do the most unpleasant jobs Some scientists believe that there will be such obots in the future. However, they agree it may take hundreds of years.Scicntists are now trying E-n to make robots look like people and do the same things as us. Japanese companies have already made robots walk and dance. This kind of robot will also be fun to watch But robot scientist James White disagrees. He thinks that it will be difficult for a robot to do the same things as a person. For example, it's easy for a child to wake up and know where they are. Mr White thinks that robots won't be able to do this. But other scientists disagree. They think that robots will be able to talk to people in 25 to 50 years. Robot scientists are not just trying to make robots look like people. For example, there are already robots working in factories. These robots look more like huge arms. They do simple jobs over and over again. People would not like to do such jobs and would get bored. But robots will never get bored In the future, there will be more robots everywhere, and humans will have less work to do. New robots will have many different shapes. Some will look like humans, and others READING: Do you think you will have your own robot?
000●0000000000000000●0●00●0●00●000● might look like snakes. After an earthquake, a snake robot could help look for people under buildings That may not seem possible now. but computers, space rockets and even electric toothbrushes seemed impossible a hundred years ago. We never know what will happen in the future Section 3 After You Read Go through the reading again. How many words in activity 1b did you correctly predict? 3b Find examples of the following structures the same as make.do sentences … to take…( period of time) help do to help with What things can robots do? Make a list. Are they useful or not? Discuss with your partner and give each item a rating from 1(not useful at aln 5(very useful Robots can Useful rating help with the housework Section 4 Go for it I think we will need robots for What ways do you think a robot cleaning the hous will help you and your family in the future? Write your ideas If you have time! Look at these pictures. What do you think these robots can d。?Dis。. ss with your parner READING: Do you think you will have your own robot? g