Unit overview

Level 7-Intermediate Unit 1 Tasks
The future Talking about the environment
Talking about future technology
Discussing business changes
Writing about life in the future

Part of
Vocabulary Phonetic spelling Translation / definition
speech
body [UK]ˈbɒdi [US]ˈbɑːdi noun the whole physical structure of a human or an anim
the smallest unit of living matter that can exist on it
cell [UK]sel [US]sel noun
own. All plants and animals are made up of cells
a hard black mineral that is found below the groun
coal [UK]kəʊl [US]koʊl noun
burnt to produce heat
to travel regularly by bus, train, car, etc. between y
commute [UK]kəˈmjuːt [US]kəˈmjuːt verb
place of work and your home
a particular area, country or section of the populati
market [UK]ˈmɑːkɪt [US]ˈmɑːrkɪt noun
that might buy goods
medical [UK]ˈmedɪkl [US]ˈmedɪkl adj. connected with illness and injury and their treatme
natural [UK]ˈnætʃrəl [US]ˈnætʃrəl adj. existing in nature; not made or caused by humans
technology [UK]tekˈnɒlədʒi [US]tekˈnɑːlədʒi noun
scientific knowledge used in practical ways in indu
for example in designing new machines
human [UK]ˈhjuːmən [US]ˈhjuːmən noun a person rather than an animal or a machine
predict [UK]prɪˈdɪkt [US]prɪˈdɪkt verb to say that sth will happen in the future
shocking [UK]ˈʃɒkɪŋ [US]ˈʃɑːkɪŋ adj. extremely surprising
to feel uncertain about sth; to feel that sth is not tru
doubt [UK]daʊt [US]daʊt verb
will probably not happen, etc
expecting good things to happen or sth to be
optimistic [UK]ˌɒptɪˈmɪstɪk [US]ˌɑːptɪˈmɪstɪk adj.
successful; showing this feeling
expecting bad things to happen or sth not to be
pessimistic [UK]ˌpesɪˈmɪstɪk [US]ˌpesɪˈmɪstɪk adj.
successful; showing this
create [UK]kriˈeɪt [US]kriˈeɪt verb to make sth happen or exist
to say that you disapprove of sb/sth; to say what y
criticize [UK]ˈkrɪtɪsaɪz [US]ˈkrɪtɪsaɪz verb
not like or think is wrong about sb/sth
to try to be more successful or better than sb else
compete [UK]kəmˈpiːt [US]kəmˈpiːt verb
is trying to do the same as you
the introduction of new things, ideas or ways of do
innovation [UK]ˌɪnəˈveɪʃn [US]ˌɪnəˈveɪʃn noun
sth
realistic [UK]ˌriːəˈlɪstɪk [US]ˌriːəˈlɪstɪk adj. sensible and appropriate; possible to achieve
poor, and trying to make its industry and economic
developing [UK]dɪˈveləpɪŋ [US]dɪˈveləpɪŋ adj.
system more advanced
[UK]ˈdemənstreɪt [US]
demonstrate ˈdemənstreɪt
verb to show and explain how sth works or how to do st
 Part of
Vocabulary Phonetic spelling Translation / definition
speech
deoxyribonucleic acid (the chemical in the cells of
DNA [UK]ˌdiː en ˈeɪ [US]ˌdiː en ˈeɪ noun animals and plants that carries genetic information
is a type of nucleic acid)
effective [UK]ɪˈfektɪv [US]ɪˈfektɪv adj.
producing the result that is wanted or intended;
producing a successful result
connected with electricity; using, produced by or
electric [UK]ɪˈlektrɪk [US]ɪˈlektrɪk adj.
producing electricity
[UK]ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt [US]ɪn the natural world in which people, animals and pla
environment noun
ˈvaɪrənmənt live
pollution [UK]pəˈluːʃn [US]pəˈluːʃn noun substances that make air, water, soil, etc. dirty
(especially in stories) a machine that is made to loo
robot [UK]ˈrəʊbɒt [US]ˈroʊbɑːt noun like a human and that can do some things that a h
can do
a device for examining sth or recording sth using li
scanner [UK]ˈskænə(r) [US]ˈskænər noun
sound or X-rays
a conference or discussion at which members are
[UK]ˈtelikɒnfərəns [US]
teleconference ˈtelikɑːnfərəns
noun different places and speak to each other using
telephone and video connections