Unit 9 Vision of the Future
Unit 9 Vision of the Future
Unit 9 Part I Warming ui Vision of the future Section a 雨 Words and Phrases Listen to some predictions some people have made about the business world in the next 20 years or so. Add missing words to the following statements 1. There'll be no more telexes _, and busine es willonly use fax and electronic mall Tape 2. Office cleaning will be done by robots. They will also replace production workers 雨 Tape 3. People will have to retrain for new skills every ten years T 4. Computers will replace clerical workers
Unit 9 Part I Warming Up Vision of the Future Section A Words and Phrases Listen to some predictions some people have made about the business world in the next 20 years or so. Add missing words to the following statements. Tape 1. There’ll be no more ___________, and businesses will only use ________________. Tape 2. Office cleaning will be done by _______. They will also replace __________________. Tape 3. People will have to retrain for _______________________. Tape 4. Computers will replace __________________. telexes fax and electronic mail robots production workers new skills every ten years clerical workers
Unit 9 Part I Warming ui Vision of the future Section a )5 5. There will be much more unen T 6. People will buy their ood from home 7. There'll be less need for transport from home Tape 8. Most consumer advertising will be delivered directly to he home T 9. Business travel will be replaced by live video meeting There won't be any need to go to see the clienta any more
Unit 9 Part I Warming Up Vision of the Future Tape 5. There will be much more ____________________. Tape 7. There’ll be less need for ___________, as people will work ______________. Tape 6. People will buy their ____________________. Tape 8. Most consumer ___________ will be delivered directly to ______________. Tape 9. ________________ will be replaced by _______________. There won’t be any need to go to see ________________ any more. Section A unemployment food from home transport from home advertising the home Business travel live video meeting the client
Unit 9 Part I Warming ui Vision of the future tion B 雨 Words and Phrases 雨 Listen to some 13-year-old children talking about what they thin like in the future Add missing words to the statements 1.I think I'll probably be in a spaceship on my way to the planet Mars T 2. I may be in charge of robot court_, judging some robots 3. I think the population will have gone up so much that either Everyone will be living in big plastic domes in the Sahara Desert or-else they'lI be living under the sea
Unit 9 Part I Warming Up Vision of the Future Section B Words and Phrases Listen to some 13-year-old children talking about what they think life will be like in the future. Add missing words to the statements. Tape 1. I think I’ll probably be in a __________ on my way to the planet _______. Tape 2. I may be in charge of _____________, judging some robots. Tape 3. I think the population will ___________ so much that either Everyone will be living in big plastic domes in the Sahara Desert or else they’ll be living ______________. spaceship Mars robot court have gone up under the sea
Unit 9 Part I Warming ui Vision of the future T 4. obviously nuclear warworries me, but I don 't think that will happen. Because I don' t think that any human bemg can - capable of actually pressing some button(s)that release-all the nucleararns Tape 4)5. Perhaps we'l be able to convert brain waves to radio waves And then change them back to brain waves so you could actually have a conversation with someone without talki ng. Tap 6. And there'll be so many people -I think there may -unless they have another planet to go to-there'll be loads and loads of tower blocks for people to live in T 7. It'l probably be computers that are running the country by then
Unit 9 Part I Warming Up Vision of the Future Tape 4. obviously _________ worries me, but I don’t think that will happen. Because I don’t think that any human being can – is capable of actually pressing some button (s) that release all the ___________. Tape 5. Perhaps we’ll be able to convert __________ into radio waves And then change them back to brain waves, so you could actually have _____________ with someone without talking. Tape 6. And there’ll be so many people – I think there may – unless they have another _________ to go to – there’ll be loads and loads of _________ ________ for people to live in. Tape 7. It’ll probably be _______ that are running the country by then. nuclear war nuclear arms brain waves a conversation planet tower blocks computers