Activity 1.

Pair Work
Discuss with your partner about the future.
After you finish, report your conclusions to your Activity 2. Listening # 01
classmates. Mike and Kate, Gary and Jean’s children, are talking about their hopes and dreams.
Check what they hope to achieve.
1. Is there anything that does not yet exist that you would like to see invented?
2. What type of job would you like to do in the future?
3. How do you get that type of job? Mike hopes to … Kate hopes to …
4. Will you make much money in that job? go to graduate school. get married.
5. How can we preserve the future for the next generation? start his own company. start a family soon.
6. How will computers change in the future? start a family. earn enough money to travel.
travel. go to graduate school.
7. How will cell phones change in the future?
buy a house in the city. get an interesting job.
8. How will transportation develop in future times?
9. How old will people live to be in the future?
10. What kind of developments might happen in health care in the future?
11. Could there be another world war in the future? Activity 3. Pair Work - Your Hopes and Dreams
12. How can we prevent a world war from happening? • Think about these areas of your life. What are your hopes and dreams for the future?
13. Where do you plan on going in the future? • Find out about your classmate’s hopes and dreams discussing each item.
14. Can fortune-tellers predict the future?
15. Is it possible to know the future?
16. Where do you hope to travel before you die? School Home
17. What do you hope to do in your life? Work Travel
18. How will technology change? Romance Leisure
19. Do you think life will be more difficult or easier for our grandchildren? In what ways? Family Money
20. Do you think the future will be better or worse for your grandchildren? Friends Appearance
21. Will robots be able to teach in future?
22. Would you like to be taught by a robot?
23. Do you think that one day robots will serve as childcare providers?
24. Would you have a robot at home? Why? or Why not? In 5 years, I hope to …
Activity 4. Listening # 02 Activity 7. Listening # 03
Gary and Jean are 50 years old now. They are looking at some old photographs. You will hear a radio broadcast about three famous capital cities.
Check what they were proud of when they were 20, 30 and 40 years old. Check the correct facts for each city.

Gary was proud of … Jean was proud of …

graduating from college. living in for a year. Which city…?
learning some Spanish. Became the capital in 1800 Wachington DC
fixing up an old car.
getting his first job. starting graduate school. Became the capital in 1927
finishing graduate school. Became the capital in l961
getting a job promotion.
starting a new job. Was designed by an American architect
receiving an award.
volunteering at a hospital. Was designed by a French engineer
finishing a race.
Is the shape of an airplane
Is a grid pattern (= square forms) Canberra
Was built around a large lake
Activity 5. Pair Work. Has a population of 300,000
Look at the predictions below. Will they happen someday? Has a population of 2,000,000
Has a population of 4,000,000
• Decide with your partner using the letters DW (Definitely Will),
PW (Probably Will), PWN (Probably won’t), DWN (Definitely won’t) Brasilia
• Compare and discuss your predictions.

1. Vacations on Mars will be popular. Video Activity - Sorry!

2. The US dollar will replace all other currencies.
3. Cellphones will replace all electronic appliances.
Watch the video and discuss the questions.
4. Ocean levels will rise at least 10 centimeters.
5. There will be a cure for cancer.
6. Scientists will discover life in outer space.
7. Credit cards will replace money. Is he correct about the future?
8. E-books will replace printed books. What can people do about this?
Does money solve the problem?

Activity 6. Group work.

Imagine your group is a NGO (nongovernmental organization) that will help Brazil. Decide with your group
what kind of NGO you will have and how you will help the country.