Vocabulary: cies ofthe future: future prestions Grammar: future continuois future perfect Citizen 2100 Vocabulary Reading & Listening Cities of the future 2 Everyday English: ciscussing future plans Wilting: an es maning prectesions Read through the text quickly. How will cities of 4 took at the picture. which of the features of a the future improve people's lives? future city (AcH) can you see? Which do you think Dinsa on wiser imran A vertical farms with the headings (A-E). B self-criving buses i, Caneeecina © 30-printed houses B bright future D solar windows c Spendin yur free time drone deliveries D Aplace to call home F vacuum tube trains E Food on your doorstep G H Ouisten and check. Then explain the words in charging stations for electric cars L$ bold. The City ofthe © Today, around 55% of the world’s population lve in cites, and, ‘hat number wil have increased to 85% by 2100. But wil foe able to deal with so many extra people, or wil they become even more crowded. uncomfortable ond unsale than many of ‘hem already are today? Nobody knows for sure, but many experts, ‘re hopeful about the city ofthe future. With the help of modem Jechnology, they could be the perfect places to live ond work Zi 4h 2100, cities will improve public transport with high-speed vacuum tube trains and selt-drving buses, This will reduce the ‘number of cars on the roads Also, we willbe driving electric cars, ~ and there will be charging stations on every street. So, there will be less air pollution, fewer trafic jams and people will be ble 10 go from place fo place quickly and without stress.a» & SESE maten ne words to form collocations. > 4 modern a door 2 healthy transport 3. traffic © power 4 public jams 5. solar @ technology 6 front f food b) Use the completed phrases * in sentences of your own. 2 *% 2 eon B) ‘As more and more people move to cities, we will need fo bu ‘more houses nthe future, we will use huge 3D printrs to build houses and blocks of flats extremely quickly. Also, 10 create space, we will construct floating blocks of flats on rivers oF off the coast And aft of modern buildings will hve solar windows, ‘which will ereate solar power for the people who lve there 4 Today we spend a lot of time and money transporting food to cities, So, people have begun trying to ind ways to produce food close to the people who eat it. Some vertical farms already exist ‘ody, but in the future we will build them in every major city ‘They'l provide heathy food to people living nearby. &) The city of the future will hve a lot of green areos. There won't be space for large parks, but buildings will have green roots ~ perfect for relaxing and exercising, Also less spoce willbe token ‘up by shops, 05 people will order almost everything ontine Within minutes, drones wil deliver produc to your front door! G check these words Frerotte omen pros ke up spe 5 1 2 / 7 & EEE) choose the correct preposition. We will have to deal with/for more extreme weather inthe future. Lisa ordered a pizza and Inside/within minutes it was at her door. ‘They plan to build a floating shopping mall atvoff the coast of the UAE ‘The professor is hopeful about/with the future of our planet. INVAt the future, we will probably work @ four-day week. & CET crvose ne correct word. Check in your dictionary. In SO years, robots will help lonely/alone olcer people. ‘The astronaut was happy to be lonely/alone on the space station. ‘The ship delivers/transports both people and ‘200d to the stand, The restaurant delivers/transports food to your home. Fill in the correct particle. Then try to make up a story using the phrasal verbs in the box. ( ‘come across: to meev/ind sb/sth by chance ‘come back: to return ‘come round/over: to visit ‘come into: to inherit sth My brother came ll a metal object in a field, which had fallen from the sky. Jenny came Mila Iot of money when her aunt died, Steve has moved to the USA, but his parents hope he will come Ml some day. You should come ill for dinner one evening. Speaking & writing Design your city of the future. where will it be? What will it have? Present it to the class. 39Grammar in Use 2 wnat rence will people be following in 30 years? Discuss with your partner. One person makes positive predictions, the other negative. Think about ‘housing, food, entertainment, education and transport. 1n 30 years, people willbe living in green cities, In 30 years, people will be living in tiny flats.Read the theory. Find two examples in the forum on p. 40. arrercn es ee es rk Cen) > p.cRa) (VYou/He, etc willl have left by 5 \VYou/He, etc will notrwon't have left by ‘Spm. ‘will Vyourhe, etc have left by 5 pm? ‘Yes, vyowhe, etc wil. No, Lyourhe etc wan't We use the future perfect for a completed action in the future that will take place before a stated time or another action in the future. They will have reached their destination by this time tomorrow. Time words/phrases: before, by, by then, by the time, untivtil, etc Note: untivti are normally used with future perfect only in negative sentences. G Put the verbs in brackets into the future perfect. 1. Some people believe we Ml (move) to another planet by the year 2100 2M yourfinish) your science projact by the weekend? 3 By2100, [think we ll (discover) life on other planets. 4 stan il (not/ieave) the office yet, so there's no point calling him at home 5 George and sam Mil (notvfinish) their project before the deadline. 6 I think scientists Ml (find) @ cure for hair toss by 2060. ee in the example. Friday 08:00 move into new office c 5 1¥8:00-14:00 [hove meeting wih sales depariment 18:30 meet Jery fora coffee 21:00 pick up Lisa e move into new affice/10:007 finish meeting with sales department/13:202 meet Jerry/18:45? pick up Lisa/20:302 Will Max have moved into his new office by 10:00? Yes, he will Pe sone 9 on ene Put the verbs in brackets into the future continuous or the future perfect. ‘A: | can't believe that in few hours, we lil (travel) to London. B: Yes, it's going to be amazing! A, Bi underwater cities/create) by 20807 B: No, I doubt it. ‘A; Why don't we go to the theatre? B: A B ‘The play Ml (start) by the time we get there ‘Are you free at this time tomorrow, Alan? No, this time tomorrow, museum, ‘A: Will the solar windows be ready tomorrow? B: No, I'm affraid we Mf (not/finish) installing them by then. ‘A: Could you give this letter to Mr Franklin? 8: Actuelly, Ml (not/see) him today. We cancelled our meeting * (visit) a science Listening 8a Listen to an author talking about how his life will be different in ten years’ time, and mark the sentences T (True) or F (False). Hell still be writing novels, He'll have written five more books by then, Hell stil be living in New York. He'll be working on films then. He'll have won the Nobel Prize by then. Speaking 10 “THM? Think of yourseit in five years’ time, ten years’ time and twenty years’ time. What ‘will you be doing/will you have done? Think about education, home, work, travel and family. 1'W have finished university in five years’ time. ll be looking for a job in 111 Choose two of the forum posts on p. 40 and translate them into Polish. 41Vocabulary Future predictions 4” © read the predictions about ie in the year 2080 (1-6) and match them to their reasons (a-f). Which of the predictions are: positive; negative. pollution levels in cities/decrease crimerincrease peoplefive in cities under the sea people/live longer people/go on holiday to other planets there be/more poverty onnene liferbecome more expensive people/use electric cars regular cities/become too crowded scientists/find cures for serious diseases space travel/become affordable criminals/use advanced technology seance b) Expand the ideas into complete sentences using because, as or since. Use the future continuous or the future perfect. By the year 2080, pollution levels in cities will have decreased because people will be using electric cars Listening 2 Sa You will hear two friends making predictions about the world in the year 2080. Listen and choose the right answer. 1 Jason says he ‘A. hasn't finished his project yet. B doesn't naw what to write about © is going to stat his project at the weekend, 2 Inthe future, Anna thinks there will be A lots of air pollution. B_ plenty of food for everyone. C fewer animals than there are today. 3. Jason's and Anna's projects are both about ‘Aways to help the environment. B predictions about the future. new technology. 42 Skills in Action Everyday English Discussing future plans B_Read the dialogue and fill in the missing words. Mbuisten and check. 'A: What aro your plans forthe summer, Max? Haven't | told you, Helen? This oe ‘next week, I'll be working in the Science Musoumnt ‘A: Really? How did you find that job? B: There was an advert online ‘A: And what will you be doing there? Mostly ll be showing visitors araund the museum, but | might also work inthe git shop A Wow! How 2) Mil wil you work there? B: Untitheend of August By 3) ri have earned enough money to buy the laptop I need! What about you? ‘AC Well this time next week Iilbe flying 4) Now York to see my cousins B:_sounds 5) Ml funt 4 $8.@ imagine you nave found a summer job asa gardener in a vertical farm. Use the advert to act ‘out a similar dialogue. Use language from the box. POE CT eed ‘We're looking for temporary gardeners {for our vertical farm. Time: three-month controct (June - Augus!) Duties: water plonts: change sol: check temperatures Click here 10 apply Asking about future plans | _ Giving information _ (Do you have) any plans for...? | Haven't Itokd you? What are your plans for..2_|* Ths time next week. \What will your duties be there?| » My duties wallinclude .. How long will you work there?» rilbe there untivfrom Pronunciation: jy, 5, a) Mbuisten and repeat. o/ fll, would, 3008, cook, put Jud ShOot, proof, goose, true, seen b) Ob read aloud. Listen, check and repeat. ‘* Someone should pul the fool cut of the pool, ‘* The Moon is turning blue over the Wood. Atle on the crooked root is loose.Reading & Writing © read tne essay and put the paragraphs into the correct order. In which paragraph does the writer give their opinion? The Future of Health [A|_] On the other hand, future technology might mean we (get even less exercise than we do now. For examole, with drone deliveries we won't need tn leave our homes to do the shopping. This might cause more and more people to gain weight and suffer from obesity end heart disease. B]_] image ving until the age of 150. In my oprion, this will soon be possible. in the future, we will improve health care ‘60 that people can lve longer and healthier lives, [(C]_] To cum up, | believe that we should be positive about the fuiure of health, We need to make eure, though, thet we get enough exercise and eat healthily. I we do this, we can all Ive past 100! [D]_] Aready, we have medicines for diseases, and in the ‘future, we will discover more cures thet wil hep us ive longer ‘Also, in 5O yeers, everyone wil be using wesrable devices, such es smart watches, to monitor thelr heart rete and other tbody functions. By doing this, well know immediately if we need ‘medial attention, Also, robots wil be performing complicated surgeries, and wel have invented robots that. can lack after isabled end elderly people Introduction techniques. We can start an essay by making a statement or with a ‘question to attract the reader's attention. This makes the reader want to read on, 7 How has the writer started the essay? Suggest another introduction using the other type in the ‘writing Tip. Word formation Forming verbs \We can use these suffixes to form verbs from adjectives (oF nouns: ate (active ~ activate), en (dark ~ darken), { se (real - realise) & Complete the sentences with verbs formed from the words in brackets. 1 we can il our lives by exercising. (LENGTH) 2 The company MMlin electronic cars. (SPECIAL) 3. Werneed to ll the amount of fossil fuels we use. (Less) 4 They plan to lil the solar windows in a local newspaper, (ADVERT) Writing (an essay making predictions) 9 & ook at the spidergram. which do you think are positive/negative predictions? Add your own ideas. health fees longer ves. «<—~food underground adil iwationshaps a fewer trends Bein sone bette paid sins D4 » Che envircrment robot teachers fewer wid animals 10 © rour enatish teacher wants you to write an essay about life in 50 years. Write your essay using ideas from Ex. 9 (120-150 words). Follow the plan, Para 1: present topic; state opinion Para 2: positive predictions (with examples/reasons) Para 3: negative precictions (with exemples/teasons) Para 4: restate opinion fe fast way to predict the f it Pn sia een ced 4344 Rona H.G Wells (1866-1946) was o Bish writer who produced alo of suocessful science-fiction novels Wting i the ate 19th and early 20% centuries lot of Wells'stories describe life in the early 21st Century But which of his predictions actualy come true? Wireless communication Today, we use smartphones to access Information ond contact people quickly and easily. Wells predicted something similar in his novels For example, in The Shape of Things To Come (1933) he described a machine similar to the mobile phone, while Men Like Gods (1923) has a system similar to email Inthe novel, people could send 0 message to someone ‘and there it waits until he chooses to tap his messages” Virtual assistants Today, a lot of people have voice-activated Virtual assistants in their homes. They connect to the Intemet, ond you can ask them questions or give them various tasks ~ such as. laying a favourite song. In When the Sleeper Wakes (1899), Wells wrote about a "General Intelligence Machine’ - characters could osk Ito read the latest news or give information about new products! What do you know about H G Wells? What kind of books did he write? What did he predict in his books about the modern world? Ovusten and read to find out. Read the text again and complete the ‘sentences. Then explain the words in bold. Wells wrote in the 19th and il Men Like Gods has a system like’ = Wells’ virtual assistant can provide Ml in The World Set Free, Wells predicted feapons like Two of Wells’ predic alien invasions and n that have not came true are Weapons Some of Wells’ novels involve alien invasions, 0 he predicted a lot of future weapons. For example, in The Lond onciads (1903), he desoribed military vehicles lke tonks ten years before they appeared in World Wor 1. Also, in The World Sef Free (1914), he wrote about fernible bombs with mushroom clouds just like nuclear bombs. Wells made many other correct predictions ‘about modem life in his. novels, including ‘automatic doors, satellites, and even the moon Janding! Of course, nat ail of his predictions have come true, such as time machines ond alien invasions. But its elear that H G Wells hod an amazing ability to see into the future Who knows? Maybe by 2100 we will have invented the time machine, Let's hope aliens won't have attacked us. Virtual assistant, len invasion, hicle, nuciear bomb, automatic doors, weapon, military elite, attack > Imagine you are a science-fiction writer. You are trying to think of ideas for your ‘next novel set in 2100. What will your novel be about? How will you describe life in 2100 in your novel? Make a short plot outline. Tell the class. Sic Research a film or TV series about the future from your country or another country. Write a short paragraph about it and the predictions it made.Vocabulary 41 Fillin: affordable, serious, crowded, traffic, floating. ‘The scientist is trying to find a cure for cancer, which is airy Ml disease. ‘They are constructing a(n) lM building off the coast. Electric cars won't solve the problem of liljams, Today, a lt of cities are far too lll Travelling into space isn't il for most people. (5x3 =15) wen © choose the correct word. The company delivers/transports its parcels to homes by drone. Jack lives on his own but he isn’t alone/lonely. 3° Solar/Sun power will become our main source of energy 4 Verticalvacuum tube trains will allow us to get around quickly, 5 Most cities will have charging stations/farms for electric cars, aN x (5x2=10) © choose the correct item. He can't deal for/with the problem now. How did you come round/across this camera? She came Into/across lots of money when her grandpa died. We need to be hopeful about/with the future Mark fixed the laptop within/inside minutes. (5x4=20) wna we ecu) Lexical competence understand werds/ phrases related to: © cities of the future © future predictions Peck Taf ras res EXCELLE 4 Reading Competence + understand texts related to predictions (ead for gist ~ match headings to paragraphs; read for specific information - sentence completion) stening Competence « listen to and understand a dialogue related to predictions (listen for spectic information — utiole choice) Review Grammar @ so maretten We will be living/will have lived in underground cities in 2100, Filwaich the film at midnight — | won't be falling/ won't have fallen asleep by then. Greg won't be joining/won’t have joined us at the cinema later. ‘Atfive o'clock tomorrow, they will be starting/will have started the tour. We will be running/will have run out of fossil fuels by 2100 (Sx4 = 20) Put the verbs in brackets into the future continuous or the future perfect. By the time they return from ttaly, Bo ll (earn) to speak italian. This time next week, 1 Ml (give) a speech at the college lecture hall. ™ yousfinish) your project by tomorrow morning? (yourwork) in the office at 1 o'clock tomorrow? By 2080, the population of the city lll (increase) to 1 million. (5x4=20) Everyday English Ss Match the sentences. What are your plans for a_llbe working ona farm. the summer? b Until mid-September. ‘What will your duties @ Sounds like fun be there? d rile serving. How long will you work customers. there? @ There was an advert How did you find that ‘online. job? I can't wait. (6x3-15) Total 100 ‘speaking Competence * discuss future plans writing, ‘Competence © write an essay making predictions