VOCABULARY: ages 1 Match the ages in the box with the definitions 1-8. 7 15 17 25 36 52 67 1 a young adult 2 a child 3 an adolescent 4 an elderly person 5 a middle-aged person 6 a teenager 7 a retired person 8 a thirty-something 25 82 GRAMMAR: will, might and may for predictions 2 Put the words in the correct order. 1 There station Moon might a space on the be There might be a space station on the Moon. 2 We newspapers won't read the to get news definitely We 3 The might USA be not strongest the world's economy The USA 4 Brazil a will have strong probably economy Brazil 5 Families children than now will have fewer definitely Families 6 We probably drive use petrol won't cars that We 7 There cities may problems in be many our There 8 We definitely use the different Internet to do many things will We 9 The planet a lot hotter will global be because of warming The planet. 10 We won't hours in a week probably work fewer We READ BETTER: predicting content Use the title of a text, or the headline of an article, to predict the main contents of the text before you read it. Identify the general topic and think about the following questions. • What do you know about this topic already? • What vocabulary do you think will be in the text? • What key points or argument do you think the text will make? 3 Match three phrases from the box with each headline. advanced technology artificial intelligence care homes clubs and hobbies higher salaries later retirement hospitals longer holidays more unemployment 1 How lives will change as leisure time and incomes increase higher salaries, 2 Big increase in the percentage of elderly people 3 Robots: friend or enemy? READING 4 Read the article headline. Make predictions about the content. Write down seven words you think you will see in the text. Then, read the text and check your predictions. дуже треба
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VOCABULARY: ages
Match the ages in the box with the definitions 1-8. 7 - a child 15 - a teenager 17 - an adolescent 25 - a young adult 36 - a thirty-something 52 - a middle-aged person 67 - a retired person
GRAMMAR: will, might and may for predictions 2. Put the words in the correct order.
There might be a space station on the Moon.
We definitely won’t read newspapers to get news.
The USA might not be the world’s strongest economy.
Brazil will probably have a strong economy.
Families will definitely have fewer children than now.
We probably won’t drive cars that use petrol.
There may be many problems in our cities.
We will definitely use the Internet to do many different things.
The planet will be a lot hotter because of global warming.
We probably won’t work fewer hours in a week.