UNIT 9: Houses in the future

I. TỪ VỰNG (VOCABULARY):

II. ĐIỂM NGỮ PHÁP (LANGUAGE FOCUS):

1. Modals: “might”

– We use might to say that something is possible in the future. (Chúng ta sử dụng “might (có thể)” để nói về thứ gì đó có khả năng trong tương lai.)

– I / You / He / She / It / We / You / They might have robot helpers.

– I / You / He / She / It / We / You / They might not have robot pets.

E.g: How might homes change in the future?

E.g: Do you think we will have automatic food machines? 

We might do.

2. Future simple:

– We use the Future Simple and “think” to give our ideas about the future. (Chúng ta sử dụng thì tương lai đơn và nghĩ để đưa ra ý tưởng của mình về tương lai.)

– I / You / We / They think people will live in megacities.

– He / She / It thinks people will live in megacities.

– I / You / We / They don’t think people will live in megacities.

– He / She / It doesn’t think people will live in megacities.

– I / You / He / She / It / We / You / They won’t live in a megacity.

– What do you think homes will be like?

– I think people will live in smart homes.

3. Indefinite quantifiers:

– We use indefinite quantifiers before nouns to show the amount or quantity if we don’t know exactly how much there is or how many there are.

With countable nouns, we can use:

+ small quantities: a few / some.

+ large quantities: many / lots of / a lot of.

I think a few people will live underground.

I think many people will live under the sea.

III. BÀI TẬP ÁP DỤNG (Exercise):

Exercise 1: Fill in the blanks:

__________________ – a house which is friendly to the environment

__________________ – a very large city with more than ten million people living there

__________________ – a big apartment building under the ground

__________________ – a house with a computer to run it

Exercise 2: Write sentences in Future Simple using the prompts:

1. you / think / lots / people / live / smart homes?

-> Do you think lots of people will live in smart homes?

2. what / you think homes / be like?

3. I think / lot of / people / live / megacities.

4. you / think / people / live / earthscrapers?

5. I think / some people / live in eco – friendly homes.

6. Where / you / think / people / live?

Exercise 3: Fill in the blanks using “might” and a verb from the box:

2. We ________________ in smart homes.

3. We _________________ smart doors.

4. We ___________________ online and drones will deliver our food.

5. How _______________ homes ______________ in the future?

Exercise 4: Unscramble the sentences:

1. robot helpers. / might / we / have / the future, / In

-> In the future, we might have robot helpers.

2. homes / change / How / in / future? / might / the

3. pets. / In / robot / might / we / future, / the / have

4. have / doors / might / future, / In / cameras. / the

5. devices / have / In / smart / not / screens. / might / the / future,

Exercise 5:  Read the article and fill in the blanks:

a. Read the article and fill in the blanks.

ASTRONAUTS’ DAILY LIFE
Sheldon Levine, October 21

Astronauts’ lives are very different on a (1) __________. They cannot have showers because there is no (2) __________ and everything floats in space. The (3) __________ have to use soap and wet towels. They have to use a special toilet, too.

Mealtimes are very different to the ones at home. The astronauts have to eat dried food in bags. They have to sleep in sleeping bags when they are tired. Astronauts tie their sleeping bags to the walls, so they don’t (4) __________ around. Life in space is not the same as life on Earth.

“DID YOU KNOW?”
On July 23rd, 1980, Phạm Tuân became the first Vietnamese astronaut to go to space.

b. Read and answer the questions.

1. Why can’t astronauts shower in space?
2. How do astronauts clean themselves in space?
3. What do they eat in space?
4. Why do astronauts tie their sleeping bags to the wall?
5. Who was the first Vietnamese person to go to space?