Unit 8:
TIẾNG ANH 12

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1. Where are these people?
2. Do you think life will be better in the future? Why/ Why not?
3. List three things that might happen in the future.
Look at the pictures and discuss the following questions
What might happen in the future:
- Many people might travel to other planets.
- Robots might be used in most of the factories,

offices…
- The weather might become hotter.
- The environment might be destroyed completely.
- Cars might run on anything from electricity to
methane gas.
Find words or phrases in the passage which
have the following meanings:
1. People who always expect bad things to happen
2. People who always expect good things to happen
3. A period when there’s little economic activity and many
people are poor or without jobs.
4. The use of violent action in order to achieve political aims
or to force a government to act
5. Be destroyed or removed completely.
6. Spacecraft designed to be used for travelling between
the earth and a space station.
1. People who always expect bad things to happen
-> pessimists (n)

Unfamiliar words:
1. pessimists (n)
người bi quan
['pesimist]
2. optimists (n) ['ɔptimist]
người lạc quan
3. economic depression (n)
[,i:kə'nɔmik
sự trì trệ về kinh tế
4. terrorism (n)
['terərizəm]
sự khủng bố
5. wiped out (v)
[waip aut]
phá hủy hoàn toàn
6. space - shuttle (n)
['speis'∫ʌtl]
phi thuyền không gian,
tàu vũ trụ
-> pessimistic (adj)
-> optimistic (adj)
[,pesi'mistik] bi quan
[,ɔpti'mistik]
lạc quan
-> terrorist (n)
['terərist]
quân khủng bố
Answer the following questions
1. What will happen in an economic depression?
2. Why, according to pessimists, will the security

fields so many people will lose their jobs
or go jobless
- Learn by heart some new words
- Prepare : Speaking

1. What will happen in an economic
depression?
-> Many large corporations will be
wiped out and millions of jobs will be
lost.
2. Why, according to pessimists, will the
security of the earth be threatened?
-> The security of the earth will be
threatened by terrorism as terrorist groups
will become more powerful and more
dangerous.
3. What will life be like in the future,
according to optimists?
-> People will be living in much cleaner
environment, breathing fresher air and eating
healthier foods. They will also be better looked
after by a modern medical system. Domestic
chores will no longer be a burden thanks to the
inventions of labour-saving devices.
4. What are the most important factors
that will bring about dramatic changes
in different aspects of our lives?
-> They are developments in micro
technology - computers and
telecommunication.