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Unit 8 : LIFE IN THE FUTURE
A: READING
A. AIMS:
- To help students improve their reading skills: scanning and skimming, guessing the
meaning of words in context.
B. AIDS:
- English textbook for students
- English textbook for teachers
- Pictures
C. Methods : Communicative approach and learner - centered approach.
Teacher’s activities

Students’ activities

I. Warm-up:
1/ What are the people going to do?

- Listen to teacher.

2/ Does it look like a normal airplane?

- Look at the picture and answer the questions:

3/ How is it different?

1/ They are going to fly.

4/ Do you think that life in the future will be like this?

2/ No


S2: I think in the future, people can live in the Mar,
people will be healthy without any diseases, and


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- Ask students to look through the passage and read in they can travel by plane to work everyday.
silence
- Look at the picture, listen to the teacher then ask
- Help students read the passage
and answer the questions in the book.
- Explain pronunciation and meaning of new words which
appear in the passage
- Corporation(n): a large business company
- Chore(n): a job that is not interesting but that you
must do
- Burden(n): something that is heavy and difficult to
carry
- Influence(v): to have an effect on or power over
sb/sth so that he/she/it changes
- Methane(n): a gas without color or smell, that burns
easily and that we can use to produce heat
- Responsibility(n): a duty to deal with sth so that it is
your fault if sth goes wrong

- Work in pairs.
- Listen to the teacher then read the passages
- Ask some new words if necessary
- Give Vietnamese equivalents
-

Task 2:
- Ask students to read the passage again then work in

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Pessimists: nhung nguoi bi quan
Optimists: nhung nguoi lac quan
Economic depression: suy thoai kinh te
Terrorism: khung bo
Wiped out: xoa sach
Space shuttle: tau vu tru


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pairs to ask and answer the suggested questions.
- Walk around the class to give help if necessary.

- Listen to the teacher then do the task.
- Work in pairs:
Keys:

- Give suggested words, phrases or useful suggestions.

- Correct the students’ work.


computers.
- Listen to the teacher then do the task.
- Some students stand up to report their discussions.
- Work in groups
Advantages: save labor, do difficult jobs so that men
have more time to enjoy life or do more creative
work.

IV. After you read :

Disadvantages: replace human beings in many
fields so many people will lose their jobs or go


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- Ask students to work in groups to scan the text again.

jobless

- Ask them to work in small groups of three or four to - Listen to the teacher
discuss the Advantages and disadvantages of Robots
- Write down the homework to do at home.
- Encourage them to use their own words.
- Ask some students to report.
V. Home work:

- Review the reading and prepare the speaking at home.


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- Introduce some new words (eliciting , give the
definitions in English then ask students to translate - Listen to the teacher.
them into Vietnamese to check their understanding)
- Guess the meaning of the new words.
- to be declared open: to be stated publicly and
officially
- holiday resort: a place where a lot of people go to
on holiday
- a cure for: a medicine or treatment that can cure
an illness, etc.
- holiday maker: a person who go on holiday.
- running on: the action or sport of running
- cold war: the war against common cold.
to be declared open:
- Let the whole class read the new words twice or three


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times.
- Call 2 - 3 students to read new words again.
Pre-speaking :

-

holiday resort:
a cure for:
holiday maker:
running on:
cold war:


the 21st century.
- Walk around the class to guide or supervise them and
give them help if necessary.
- Ask some pairs to report what they have talked

- Read the example

- Give comments; correct the common mistakes after - Do Task 1 in pairs
they finish.


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While-speaking :
Task 2

- Work in pairs

- Guide students how to practise.
- Ask students to work in pairs.
- Introduce some new words (eliciting , give the
definitions in English then ask students to translate
- Report what they have talked.
them into Vietnamese to check their understanding)
Living standard: the quality of life
Fatal disease: disease causing or ending in
death.
- Let the whole class read the new words twice or three - Listen to the teacher and correct the mistakes.
times.
-


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-… there’s no water there./ The atmosphere is too thin
there.
-…It’s too costly/ just impossible to do that.
- Ask one student to read the example
- Ask some Ss to recall the way to show opinion

It is impossible that+ clause

Because + clause
Because of + Noun phrase
Since/As + clause
For + Noun phrase
As a result of

- Give example:
In my opinion, it’s unlikely that by the end of the 21 st
century people will be living to the age of 150 because Thanks to + Noun phrase
there will be more and more diseases.
- Ask students to do Task 2 in pairs, discussing which
of the predictions are likely/ unlikely to happen. Give
at least two reasons for each
- Call one student to repeat the instruction to check
whether they are clear about what they have to do
- Go around to supervise them. Note down serious and
common mistakes
Post-speaking :
Task 3
- Guide students how to practise.


Homework:
- Ask the students to prepare the listening at home.

- Some pairs report

- Repeat after the teacher

Work in groups to do Task 3
- Some groups report what they have discussed:
I think it is likely by the end of 2106, scientists will
have found a cure for AIDS thanks to the
developments of science and technology
- Listen to the teacher
- Repeat after the teacher


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Unit 8 : LIFE IN THE FUTURE
C: LISTENING
I. Aims:
- Students can improve their listening skill : they can understand the passage about life
expectancy.
II. Aids:
- English textbook for students
- English textbook for teachers
- Tapes and cassette
- Handouts
III. Procedures:
Teacher’s activities


- Introduce some new words (eliciting , give the
definitions in English then ask students to translate
S1: Which factors do you think might help people to
them into Vietnamese to check their understanding)
have a long and healthy life.
- Incredible (adj): impossible or very difficult to
S2: I think they are no smoking, eating healthy food,
believe
- Centenarian (adj): belong to the century, 100 laughing a lot, and doing exercise because by doing
years
so, we can improve our health.
- Eradicate (v): to destroy or get rid of sth
- Listen to the teacher.
completely
- Life expectancy (n): the number of years that a
- Guess the meaning of the new words.
person is likely to live
- Eternal life (n): life without beginning or end;
existing or continuing for ever
- Mushroom (v):rise quickly
- Curable (adj.): (used about a disease) that can be
made better
While - listening
Task 1
- Let the whole class read the new words twice or three
times.
- Call 2 - 3 students to read new words again.
- Ask students to read the statements in Task 1.
- Ask students to listen to the passage the first time:
Listen to an interview about people’s life expectancy in

- If most students do not catch the information for the - Discuss the answers to the questions in pairs.
questions, let them listen again to the passage once - Answer the questions, and correct the wrong
more.
answers.
1. What are factors that help people have longer life
expectancy according to Dr. Davis?
2. Which factor is the most important one? Why?
3. What will we have been able to do about AIDS
in ten years’ time?
Post- listening
- Ask students to do After you listen in groups
Work in groups and the advantages and disadvantages
of having a very long life.

1. Eating more healthily, cutting down on
things like butter, alcohol and cigarettes.
2. The development in medical science.

- Eliciting some ideas from the students:
What are the advantages of having a very long life?
What are the disadvantages of having a very long life.
(write the answers on the board)

3. In ten years’ time AIDS will also be brought
under control. / We’ll have been able to
bring AIDS under control.

- Go around to supervise them. Note down serious and
common mistakes.
- Ask one group to report what they have discussed

- Report what they have discussed
- Listen to the teacher and correct the mistakes


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Unit 8 : LIFE IN THE FUTURE
D. WRITING
I. Aims:
- Students can write about the ideal world in which they would like to live in the year 2020.
II. Aids:
- English textbook for students
- English textbook for teachers
III. Procedures:
Teacher’s activities
Pre- writing

Students’ activities
- Write down in the notebooks the title.

Task 1:
- Write on the board the title of the lesson: Unit 8: Life
in the future.

- Listen to the teacher

Part D. Writing
- Introduce some new words and expressions
Under the threat of terrorism:
Live in harmony:
Live in clean healthy environment:


2. Are your concerns similar to those?
3. Do you have other concerns? What are they?

- World peace: peaceful world, no war, no conflicts,
no threat of terrorism, people love in harmony

While - writing

- Employment: everyone has a job.

Task 2

- Environment: clean and healthy, less noise, less
pollution, larger parks, wildlife is protected.

Ask students to do Task 2 individually.
Write about the ideal world in which you would like
to live in the year 2020 using the ideas you have - People: less materialistic, less selfish, less violent,
and more loving.
discussed in Task 1
Post - writing
Yes, they are.
Try to use the expression like: my main desire is to…., I
Yes, I wish people can do the job that they like, and
would also wish…
they no longer suffer from fatal diseases.
- Go around to supervise them. Note down serious and
common mistakes.
-

I. Aims:
1. Pronunciation
- Students can pronounce correctly the contracted forms of auxiliaries (have and has)
2. Grammar
- Students know how to use articles and.
- Students know how to use some preposition phrases.
II. Aids:
- English textbook for students
- English textbook for teachers
- Pictures
III. Procedures:
Teacher’s activities
Pronunciation

Students’ activities
- Listen to the teacher

- Pronounce the auxiliaries both contracted forms and
full forms for students to recognize the difference
- Pronounce the second time for the students to repeat.
- Ask 2-3 students to repeat, correct their mispronounce
- Read 2 times the sentences, and then let the whole
- Read after the teacher
class read the sentences twice or three times.
- Put stress mark for them to practice
- Call 2-3 students to read the sentences again.

- Read the sentences twice or three times

- Ask them to read the sentences in pairs, go around to

- Go around to supervise them
- Ask students to discuss the answers in pairs.
- Call some students to give their answers. If students’
answers are right, repeat them, if not, give the right
answers.

- Give the answers
1. in (in time for = early enough)(“on time”
doesn’t go with “for” or “to”)
2. of
3. on (in business = being a businessman, on
business = to go on business).
4. At
5. to
6. in
7. about
8. for
9. between, opposite
10. to
A/an is used before an indefinite single noun, “the”
is used before a definite noun, “the” is also used
before an musical instruments. We use zero article
before a proper noun or some structures such as
by+ (means of transport) and last+ (time)…
- Do Exercise 2
- Discuss the answers in pairs
- Give the answers
1.
2.
3.

I. Objectives: After this lesson, students will be able to:
- Check themselves their skills in reading, speaking, listening, writing.
- Improve their knowledge through the test yourself.
II. Method: Integrated, mainly communicative.
II. Teaching aids: Textbook, tape, cassette player, board, hand-outs…
IV. Procedures:
Teacher’s activities

Students’ activities

Warm-up:
- Greeting

- Greeting

- Ask students something about the test yourself C

- Answer teacher’s questions

* Have you prepared it at home?
* Have you got any difficulties?
Test yourself
I. Listening:
- Present the task: Listen and complete the table below
- Tell students the topic of the table

- Look at the book and listen to the task

- Get students to look through the table


statements are True or False.
- Finish the task
- Get students to work in groups, discuss about the
passage
- Compare their results with the other groups, and
correct.
- Go around the class to control the discussion
Keys:
- State the best option
1. F, 2. F, 3. T, 4. T, 5. F.
- Correct mistakes
- Listen to the teacher
III. Grammar:
- Work in groups to complete the sentences
- Recall the grammar of articles.
- Compare the results with the other groups
- Guide students how to do
- Correct mistakes
- Give them some new words:
Keys:
- Do the first as an example.
A.
- Ask students to the exercise.
1. The, 2. An, 3. Ø
4. The,
5. A,
- Call the to on board.
6. Ø.
- Go around the class to control the set’s activities


- Compare the results with the other groups.
- Correct mistakes


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- Correct mistakes

- Study all the lessons again

Homework:

- Get the knowledge ready for the coming test

- Ask students:
+ To study all the lessons again
+ To get ready for the 45 minute-test in the next
period.