9 The World of the Future（九单元）
1 Words
1 Match and write the words.
1 e-book
2 headphones
3 laptop
4 microphone
5 VR headset
6 Wi-Fi
7 charge a tablet
8 interactive whiteboard
9 go online
2 Answer the questions. Use words from Activity 1.
Sample answers:
1 charge a tablet, go online
2 interactive whiteboard, laptop
3 VR headset, laptop
4 e-book, headphones
5 laptop, Wi-Fi
3 Listen to a conversation about a game. Complete the information.
1 Castle
2 (a) key
3 headphones
4 (a) laptop
2 Grammar
1 Listen to a boy talking about robots. Complete the sentences with will or won’t.
1 won’t
2 will
3 won’t
4 won’t
5 will
2 Look at the picture. What does the girl think children will do in the year 2120? Complete the sentences. Write will or won’t and the words from the box.
1 won’t wear
2 will go
3 will have
4 won’t write
5 won’t play
6 will talk
3 What do you think children will do in the year 2120? Write sentences using will or won’t and the ideas from the box.
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3 Reading
1 Read and complete the sentences.
1 send a text
2 control
3 satellites
4 drop
2 Read. Put the sentences in order.
4 A. The drone uses satellites to fly to the right place. It drops the box and it flies back.
3 B. The people then prepare a box with the medicine to put on a drone, and it flies to the doctors.
1 C. It takes a long time to travel between villages by car, so doctors use drones to get medicine or blood quickly.
2 D. They send a text to people in a medical center in the middle of the country. Drones can help wild animals, too.
7 E. They’re difficult to find, so the scientists use drones to fly over the forests and take photos.
8 F. Will there be more drones in the future? What will they do?
5 G. In Borneo, scientists want to help and protect the orangutans.
6 H. They need to study their nests, but the orangutans build them at the top of tall trees.
3 Read again. Write T (true) or F (false).
1F 2F 3T 4F 5T
4 Imagine a drone with a camera is flying over your village, town, or city and it takes a photo. What can you see in the photo? Draw and write.
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4 Grammar
1 Answer the questions about the future. Write Yes, there will or No, there won’t.
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2 Read the answers. Write questions with who, what, where, and how.
1 Where will people live
2 What hobbies will people have
3 How will people travel to work
4 Who will teach people English
5 What will robots do in the house
6 Where will people go on vacation
3 Write questions about the future. Write your answers.
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5 Writing
1 Order the sentences. Check (✓) the sentences you agree with.
1 I think children will play soccer with VR headsets.
2 I don’t think astronauts will play soccer on the moon.
3 maybe people will watch soccer teams with robot players.
4 I’m sure that soccer will be less popular than it is now.
2 Complete the text. Use phrases for expressing opinions.
1 I’m sure that / I think / Maybe
2 I’m sure that / I think / maybe
3 I’m sure that / I think / Maybe
4 I’m sure that / I think / maybe
5 I don’t think
6 I’m sure that / I think / Maybe
7 I’m sure that / I think / Maybe
3 Write an opinion text about vacations in the future.
Sample answer:
I think in the future people will go on vacation to the moon
because it will be cheap and easy to fly there.
Maybe scientists will invent a machine
so people can travel a long way very quickly.
I don’t think people will take photos when they go on vacation
because they will wear special cameras that make videos.
I’m sure that some people will use VR headsets and have a vacation in their living room.
because they can see lots of incredible places.
6 Value
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