UNIT 4

2. TOPIC:
Future and cutting-edge technology; living to a great age.
TEXTS
Reading and listening: a an article about challenges facing the human race.
Listening: a program about the secrets of long life and a song: Live
forever by Oasis.
Writing: a composition about life in the future.
Portfolio: My future life with my character.
SPEAKING AND FUNTIONS
Discussing problems.
Discussing teenagers.
Making predictions.
Talking about stressful situation.
LANGUAGE
Grammar: making prediction with will, might and be likely to; first
conditional with if and unless.
Vocabulary: Time conjunctions: if/unless/when/until/as soon as; verbs
with prepositions.
Pronunciation: weak and strong forms of prepositions.

3. Born in 1948 in New York, USA. Ray Kurzweil is
widely regarded as one of the leading inventor of our
time . His range of work is huge and includes the
first machine to turn print to speech, the first music
synthesizer and the first commercially successful
speech-recognition technology. Kuraweil’s web side,
www.KurzweilAl.net is a leading resource on artificial
intelligence with over 100,000 readers.
He is author of the Age of Intelligent Machines
(1990), a best-selling book which made many
accurate predictions about the development of
technology over the next few decades, including the
importance of the computer. Overall Kurzweil’s
inventions have involved major advances in
computer science while also producing practical
products that meet importance needs. He also
started several very successful businesses to bring
these inventions to the public. His inventions have
helped disable people enrich the world of music, and
increased the usefulness of computers for everyone.
Which of you are worried about the future in
general (your life, your family and the planet)?

4. Activity 1
Group A pessimist.
Group B optimist.
-Open class discussion. ( 10min discussion and see who
has more reason to win)
-Use the following true/false sentence choose one of the
facts and discuss it then write and deliver your team
opinion results.
1.Gene technology is getting more expensive. T/F
2. Nanobots are as big as a small baby. T/F
3. Kurzweil things we can get more energy from the sun.
T/F
4. 60 per cent of disease is caused by dirty water. T/F
5. Kurzweil thinks we won’t get bored. T/F

5. Rules for future prediction:
1. Positive future will. I will probably
go.
2. Negative won’t. I probably won’t
go.
3. Certain. Will happen
4. Likely. Are likely to happen
5. Possible. Might happen.
6. Impossible. Won’t happen.
Write at the Portfolio (classes
section) 5 sentence of each rule and
2 sentence from each prediction
scale.
*
will 100% won’t
0%
might 50%
might not
likely to
75%
will probably
unlikely to
75%
Probably

6. ACTIVITY 2
In pairs, discuss ways in which old people do things differently to
young people. Make this questions your self:
Would you live your life differently like the old people from the
text?
Delivered your writing answer.
* Language notes
1. Do not used will in both parts of the first conditional. – If rain
tomorrow, I will stay at home. The present simple is used after If or
Unless in the first conditional.
2. If phrase can come first or second in the sentence but the present
simple tense always goes with the if phrase.
3. One verb in each sentence must be in the present simple and the
other is formed with will.
Difficult vocabulary
1. Longevity
2. Lack of stress
3. Garlic
4. Record.
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7. *
Language notes
1. Unless means: if…not.
2. Unless word always followed by a positive verb.
Example:
I like to work unless you help me.
Well I like it unless I don’t work.
3. As soon as is similar to when except that it means at the exact
moment/time something happens or will happen.
Example:
As soon I get home I’ll tell my brother.
When I get home I’ll tell my brother.
4. Till is an abbreviated form of until and is more common in
conversation.
Example:
I’ll work till 4 o’clock.
I’ll work until 4 o’clock.
HOMEWORK
Complete the sentence about your character information pretending that
you are interviewing him.
1. You’ll get married…
2. As soon as you get home today…
3. When you pass your physical exams…

8. ACTIVITY 3
Answer the resources from unit 4 “Communication Activity 4 and
Grammar practice 4”. In pairs.
Turn your book on page 110 and identify the sentence where the
preposition is pronounced in their strong form and circle the word, and
underline those that are stressed.
Did you know? Rock band oasis.
The story is about pop star a 'live forever’ is though the music.
Mention examples.
HOMEWORK:
Meaning of composition
Make a video clip composition with the title: “life forever” about your
character , 150 word writing, images or background and post it on the
blog.
Prediction:
In pair make 5 prediction (what it is going to happened this weekend?)
from each other and write it out at the next class after the weekend will
find out how guess.