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Using Language
Make predictions about future changes
Unit 2 Looking into the Future
Listening for Speaking
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Make predictions
about future changes
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Learning Objectives
By the end of the class, I will be able to
listen for the use of the future tense and words of making predictions.
use the newly learned words and sentence structures to predict the future.
make sensible predictions through bold imagination and critical thinking.
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Pre - listening
technologies
challenges?
problems
solutions?
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Listening tip:
Future tense: will / will be doing.
Words: predict / prediction / forecast
Pre - listening
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1. What is Dr. Han’s occupation?
A. professor B. musician
C. physician D. computer scientist
2. What is Dr. Han's attitude toward intelligent computers?
A. worried and anxious B. skeptical
C. confident and optimistic D. critical
3. What is Vincent Black’s occupation?
A. athlete B. engineer
C. architect D. fashion designer
4. What is Vincent Black’s prediction about?
A. people of the future B. cities of the future
C. weather of the future D. food of the future
While - listening
Listen for the first time and choose the correct answer.
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Listen again, and then fill in the table below.
Listening target Dr Han’s prediction Vincent Black’s prediction
Future events/ problems
Future technologies /solutions
How things will change the way we live
While - listening
Computers would be __________ than humans.
Robots will be programmed to not think in ways that may _______
humans.
Nanobots will be put inside our __________.
Our abilities will be __________.
The sea level will __________ by many metres.
Cities __________ on water will be built.
People don’t need to move away from the ___________.
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Listen for the third time to check or complete the answers.
Listening target Dr H