Week : 16 Planning date: 18 / 10 / 2010
Period : 46 Teaching date:
UNIT 8. LIFE IN THE FUTURE
Lesson 3. Listening
@ Objectives: By the end of the lesson, ss will be able to listen and understand about
people’s life expectancy in the future by deciding True / False and answering the
questions
@ Teaching aids: Posters, pictures, extra boards, cassette tape
@ Procedure:
TEACHER’s ACTIVITIES STUDENT’s ACTIVITIES
I. WARM – UP: (5’) Multiple Choice
- setting up the activity: asking ss to try to pick out the
word which is pronounced differently from the others.
1. A.
predict
B. eating C. healthy D. early
2ø. A.
nobody
B.
themselves
C. exercise D. general
3. A.
cigarette
B.
expectancy
C.
eradicate
D.
impossible
4. A.
cancer

A B A D C

- listening
- listening and trying to guess the words
- repeating in chorus and individuals
- copying into notebooks
- looking at the poster
- sharing in groups
- Choosing the best answer
C. to bring D. bringing
3. A ............... is a person who lives over 100 years.
A. scientist B. secretary
C. centenarian D. interviewer
4. The population in VN ............... today.
A. is mushrooming B. mushroom
C. has mushroomed D. mushroomed
5. So far, ............... life is just a science fiction. But with
the advance of science, it’s not impossible.
A. eternal B. medical
C. confidence D. effect
2. Set the scene: by using pictures and asking ss to
discuss the question: Which of the following factors do
you think might help people have a long and healthy life?
THINGS AGREE DISAGREE
1. eating healthy food.
2. doing exercise.
3. laughing a lot.
4. going to bed early.
5. drinking a lot.
6. eating a lot of meat.

D B C A A
- listening and participating in building the
lesson
- looking at the poster
- guessing individually
- sharing with partners
- sharing in groups
No. GUESS CORRECT
1 F
2 F
3 F
4 T
5 T
- giving the evidence:
1. Many scientists predict that in the 21th
century people will be living into the
incredible age of 130
2. The centenarian population is
mushrooming as our general health
improves
3. A century ago, average age expectancy
in Europe was 45. Today, providing we
look after ourselves, eat more healthily, cut
down on things like butter, alcohol and
Multiple Choice ( Task 2, p. 89)
- setting up the activity : asking ss to “listen again and try
to answer the question about the interview.”
1. What are the factors that help people have
longer life expectancy?
A. cutting down on things like butter, alcohol and

IV. AFTER YOU LISTEN : (10’)
Read the passage carefully then choose the word
that best fits the space:
Many scientists predict that in the 21st century
people (1) ............... into the incredible age of 130. They
have reasons to be (2) ............... about that. In fact,
their prediction is based on research and on the fact
cigarettes, we can add nearly 35 years to
that figure.
- looking at the poster
- guessing individually
- sharing with partners
- participating in the game in groups.
1 2 3 4 5
D A B B B
- looking at the poster
- guessing individually
- sharing with partners
- sharing in groups
- Choosing the best answer
that the centenarian population is mushrooming as our
general health improves. A century ago, average age
(3) ............ in Europe was 45. Today, providing we look
after ourselves, eat more healthily, cut down on things
like butter, alcohol and cigarettes, we can add nearly 35
years to that figure. But (4) ............... factor is the
development in medical science. Nobody die from old
age, but just from diseases that affect people when they
get older. Nowadays, about 50% of cancers are
curable, and within 30 years this will increase to 80%.

is
ten years
ten years
younger
younger
, she
, she
’
’
d
d
apply for that job
apply for that job
.
.A
A
B
B
C D
C D
4. Many people stopped to smoke cigarettes because
A B
smoking is harmful for their health.
C D
5. Who
5. Who
will look