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UNIT 8

FUTURE WORLD
LANGUAGE

Future: Will
Expressing probability

LANGUAGE FOCUS

1. How do we say these numbers?

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

300 m
1.2 b
43,000
1.5 b
350 m

three hundred million


one point two billion
forty-three thousand
one point five billion
three hundred and fifty
million

2. Do the quiz in pairs. The answers are in (1).


3. Listen and check your answers.

350 m
300 m
1.5 b
1.2 b
43,000

4. Read what language experts say about languages in


future. Which statements do you agree with? Which do
you disagree with?

1. A lot more people will learn Chinese in


the future, but it wont become the
worlds international language.
2. Spanish will continue to increase in
importance. There are many areas in the
USA where Spanish, not English, is the
normal language of communication.
3. We dont need to learn languages in the
future. Computers will translate
everything for us.
4. English will be the world global
language for the next century.

5. Listen to a radio interview with professor


Ruth Lucas, an expert on world languages.
Tick yes or no to show her opinion.

6. Listen to the interview again. What reasons does


professor Lucas give for her opinion?

1. Because today millions of Chinese people


are learning English.
2. Because 300 million people speak it as their
first language, its important for business
and in the USA.
3. Because people understand language better
than computers.
4. Because 1.5 billion people speak English
and its the international language of
business, travel, science, technology and
medicine.

Future: WILL
A lot more people will learn Chinese in the
future.
Spanish will continue to increase in

USE

importance.
Use the will future to predict future situations and
actions.

FORM
Positive:

S+ WILL + bare infinitive.

Note: ll = Will
E.g.: Ill study harder.

FORM
Positive:

S+ WILL + bare infinitive.

It wont become the world international


language.
We wont need to learn languages in the
FORM

future.

Negative: S+ WILL NOT/ WONT + bare infinitive.

Note: Wont = Will not


E.g.: Language learning will not/ wont be
necessary in the future.

FORM

Positive:

S+ WILL + bare infinitive.

Negative: S+ WILL NOT/ WONT + bare infinitive.

Will Spanish continue to be important?


Yes, it
will.
Will Chinese be the next world language?
No, it
wont.
FORM
Question: WILL + S+ bare infinitive?
Note:

Short answers:

Yes, S + will.

No, S + wont.

Practice 1. Choose one alternative to make true


sentences about your country. Give your reasons.

Example:
The number of people who work at home
will/ wont increase.
1. Shops will/ wont stay open longer hours.
2. The number of people without a job will go
down/ go up.
3. People will/ wont have longer holidays.
4. The number of divorces will/ wont increase.
5. The cost of living will/ wont go up.
6. Online shopping will/ wont become so
popular.

2. Work in pairs. Ask & answer question. Tick to show


your partners opinion.
3. Tell the class about your partners.
Begin: My partner thinks
he/ shell.
isnt sure if
doesnt think

4. Read these predictions about the future from six


year-old children. Do you think any will come true? Say
why/ why not.

Do you think
cars will run
on water in
the future?

Yes, definitely.
Yes, I think so.
Maybe, Im not
sure.
No, I dont
think so.

5. Work in groups.

1. Make 4 predictions
about things you
think will happen in
your life time.
2. Give your
predictions to
another group.
3. Say what you think
of the other groups
predictions.
4. Tell the class what
you think of their
predictions.

Communications file

WORDPOWER

1. Match the words and pictures A to Y.

D
B
A
F
C

M
G
L
J
I
K

U
T
P
X
Q
Y
O
R
V
S
W

3. Listen
Listen and
again
and and
repeat.
2.
check
your
answers.
1.
Match
the
words
picture
A to Y.

4. Work in pairs. Test your partner on six words in (1).

Whats
letter E?

Addres
s
Whats letter
C?

5. Listen and read the website and email addresses.

6. Listen and write the websites and email addresses.

1. www.cnn.com
2. www.healthnet.org.uk
3. russelg@clara.net
4. p.pezzini@rol.com
5. roychapman@altavista.net

7. Match words from A and B to make word pairs.


Example:
surf the Internet

send
watc
h
A shop
bank
surf
use

the Internet
a mobile phone
emails
faxes
satellite or
cable TV
online
letters

8. Work in groups. Discuss the questions.

1. Which of the activities in (7) do you do?


2. How often do you do them?
3. Why do you do them?

Writing emails and faxes

FOCUS ON COMMUNICATIONS

1. Do you write emails or faxes in English? If so

1. Who do you write to?


2. What do you write about?
3. What problems do you

have writing in English?

2. Read the emails & faxes. Answer the questions.

Which
1. gives the date of a meeting?
D
2. confirms an arrangement?C
3. is an invitation

4. asks for more information?

5. gives bad news?

3. Complete the table with phrases from the emails and


faxes.

for your fax


Thanks for

This fact is
This email is
Could you please
email me

let me know

3. Complete the table with phrases from the emails and


faxes.

Im sorry

I apologize
for
contact us
again
Looking
forward
Hoping to

4. Complete the email below. Use phrases from the table


in (3). Write the date and your address and write your
name at the end.

5. Continue this email to a colleague who was ill and did


not come to the last English lesson. Tell him/her what
you studied in the lesson and what homework you had.
Write the email addresses.

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