6. Ask Ss to write a letter to a friend in another country, asking for information about higher education opportunities. Use the letter in 5 as a model.
- Ss may write their drafts first in class, swap them with a partner for peer review, and then write their final versions at home.
Suggested answer
Hi Tim,
You asked me about my future plans. Of course, I’d like to go to university, and I’m wondering if I can pursue higher education in your country, the USA.
I’m good at English, maths, science and geography. Now I’m working hard to get high scores in the test of English as a foreign language. Would high scores on this test help me obtain a good scholarship? Can international students like me apply for financial aid in US colleges? Would I qualify for on-campus or off- campus jobs?
I’m involved in many social and extra-curricular activities too. I’m very active and like organising different events for my class and school.
Which universities do you think I should apply to? I have always dreamed of studying at a US college and graduating with highest honours. Can my dream come true?
Look forward to hearing from you soon.
All the best,
Quang
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2. This activity focuses on developing comprehension skills. Have Ss read the questions and find the answers in the conversation.
Key
1. It’s about life in the city in the year 2050.
2. Both think life will be better; Phong believes modern technology will be the reason, while Chi thinks there’ll be no pollution.
3. They choose to talk about the environment.
4. Solar energy is mentioned. This energy can be used for transport, lighting, cooking, heating water, and helping plants grow.
5. [Students’ answers]
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3. This exercise focuses on the verb forms in question tags.
- Ask Ss to find the sentences with question tags and write them in the space provided.
- Have Ss underline the verbs of the statements and the question tags.
Key
– It’s a group presentation, isn’t it?
– You mean it’ll be environmentally friendly, won’t it?
– We’ll have only ten minutes, won’t we?
– Phong presented them so well, didn’t he?
– Phong, you will do the talking, won’t you?
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4. Ask Ss to read the conversation again and complete the conditional sentences.
- Have Ss underline the verb forms in the main clauses and conditional clauses.
- Ask Ss to pick out type 1 conditional sentences.
Key
1. If we use more solar energy, the air will become cleaner and our health will be better. [type 1]
2. People can develop health problems and become ill if they breathe polluted air. [type 1]
3. If we have solar panels on our roofs, we’ll be able to generate our own electricity. [type 1]
4. If people use renewable energy, their impact on the environment is less.
5. Let me know if you need anything else.
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Vocabulary
1 Write the words or phrases given in the box next to their meanings.
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2. Ask Ss to read the uncompleted sentences and pay attention to the contextual clues such as the words surrounding the gap and the part of speech needed. If a noun is required, Ss need to consider if the word is in the correct form [singular or plural].
Key
1. urban 2. liveable
3. infrastructure 4. overcrowded
5. inhabitants 6. renewable
7. quality of life 8. sustainable
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1 Listen and decide whether the question tags in B’s responses have a rising or falling intonation. Mark [↷] [rising intonation] or [↷] [falling intonation] after the question tags.
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2. Play the recording for Ss to repeat chorally and individually.
Audio script
1. A: What a boring lecture!
B: Yes. It was dull, wasn’t it?
2. A: Please turn down the volume. It’s too loud.
B: You don’t like rock music, do you?
3. A: I don’t have any plans for tonight.
B: Let’s go to the cinema, shall we?
4. A: I believe people will have a better life in the future.
B: Yes, I agree. Life will be more enjoyable than it is today, won’t it?
5. A: Where can I put these flowers?
B: Put them near the window, will you?
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Grammar
1 Match the question tags with the statements to make complete sentences.
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Grammar
2 Complete the sentences with the correct question tags.
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3. Ask Ss to read through the conditional sentences used in the conversation again [Activity 4, GETTING STARTED]. Tell Ss that sentences 1, 2 and 3 are type 1, and the other sentences are type 0.
- Explain to Ss the basic difference between type 0 and type 1. Type 0 is used to talk about a general truth or scientific fact, and the result [in the main clause] is obvious, habitual or automatic. In type 1, the present / future activities or events are real, and the results are very probable. We use it to talk about something that will definitely happen if the condition in the if-clause is met.
Example: If I get better tomorrow, I’ll go to school.
Key
1. e 2. c 3. f 4. a
5. h 6. b 7. d 8. g
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4. Ask Ss to combine the sentences or rewrite them to make conditional sentences. Tell them that they have to read the sentences carefully before deciding whether to use type 0 or type 1.
Key
1. If the baby is crying, he may be hungry. / The baby may be hungry if he is crying. [type 1]
2. If you travel on a budget flight, you have to pay for your drinks and food. / You have to pay … if you travel … [type 0]
3. If the weather is fine, I walk to work instead of driving. / I walk … if the weather is fine. [type 0]
4. If people start using more solar energy, there will be less pollution. / There will be … if people start using ... [type 1]
5. If they have no homework, they usually play soccer. / They usually play … if they have … [type 0]
6. If you travel by train, it takes five hours to get to Nha Trang. / It takes … if you travel … [type 0]
7. If the government reduces / manages to reduce the use of fossil fuels, our city will become a more liveable place. / Our city will become … if the government reduces / manages to reduce ... [type 1]
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1. Ask Ss to look at the picture. Ask some questions as warm-up: What do the colours indicate? What energy sources will be used in the future? Why is our planet placed in the hand of a person?
Suggested answers
– The clear, blue sky and green grass indicate that there will be no pollution.
– Wind power [or renewable energy] will be used in the future.
– The future of our planet is in the hands of humans. People’s activities will affect life on Earth.
- Have Ss use a dictionary to find the meaning of the words in the box, if necessary, and complete the sentences with the correct forms of these words.
- Explain the difference between inhabitant and dweller.
Notes
Inhabitant and dweller have a similar meaning: a person or animal that lives in a particular place. The difference is mainly in their collocations [especially in compounds].
Examples:
– the inhabitants of New York City / New York City’s inhabitants
[structure: inhabitant[s] of + location / location’s inhabitant]
– city dwellers, town dwellers, apartment dwellers [all compounds]
[structure: location + dwellers]
Key
1. a warning 2. detect 3. a sensor
4. promote 5. an insoluble 6. dwellers
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Reading
2 Read the text about Superstar City and choose the best title for it.
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3. Have Ss work in pairs and practise asking and answering questions.
Key
1. Barbara is an engineer and Mark is a city planner.
2. It can predict and locate probable disasters by using the sensors installed in every home and public place.
3. Its main function is to deal with urban environmental problems to make Superstar City greener, cleaner and more sustainable.
4. An example is people’s use of renewable fuels for cooking, lighting and heating.
5. Because they have more time for study, entertainment and relaxation; they can enjoy the highest quality of life.
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4. Ask Ss to read through the summary about Superstar City and decide which part of speech [noun, adjective, or verb] may fit in each gap.
- Tell Ss that they have to use the words in the text.
Key
1. safe 2. detecting 3. threats
4. energy 5. carry out 6. deal with
7. paradise
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5 Do you think that our cities will all be like Superstar City in the year 2060? Explain your reasons.
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Speaking
1 Choose sentences [a-d] to complete the conversation between two Londoners.
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Speaking
3 Practise the conversation with a partner.
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Speaking
4 Choose one of the cities below. Use the ideas provided or your own to make a similar conversation.
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Speaking
5 Work with a partner. Make predictions about a future city in Viet Nam. Take notes.
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Listening
1 Discuss with a partner.
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2. This activity focuses on some of the words and phrases that can be heard in the talk.
- Explain the meaning of any unfamiliar words, if necessary.
- Play the recording without pausing. Ask Ss to listen and underline the words or phrases that they hear.
Key a, b, d, e, h
Audio script
People have very different opinions about the cities of the future. Those who are pessimistic think that our cities will become more and more polluted, so they will no longer be safe and healthy places to live in. Pessimists point out that both global warming and pollution have increased rapidly over the past twenty years, but governments have no effective ways to control them. There are no signs that this problem will be solved in the future. In addition, more and more people are leaving the countryside and moving to big cities to look for work. As a result, cities will become overcrowded. This means there will be more people, more waste and heavier traffic. All these factors will lead to more pollution.
On the other hand, optimistic people believe that city dwellers will have a better life thanks to important achievements in technology and medicine. Modern machines and well- equipped hospitals in cities will provide better, quicker and more effective treatment for people. How about environmental problems? Optimists also think that scientists will find ways to cut down the cost of renewable energy sources and make them available to everybody. They hope that these energy sources will step by step replace fossil fuels such as gas, coal and oil in the next twenty years. Then city dwellers will live in a cleaner and healthier environment.
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3 Listen again. Decide which of the following predictions will come true [T] and which will not [NT], according to the two kinds of viewpoints. Tick the correct box.