1 GRAMMAR may / might a Mary is 18 and in her final year of 3 high school. She's thinking about her future. Complete her thoughts with ‘might and a verb from the box. fail go get haveto live rent share continue not want Next year I 1_might goto college. Or! 2 ajobso | J can start saving to buy a car living at home with my feriy or 14_ an apartment. | 5__ by myself or | © __the apartment with my fiend Sue. ‘Then again, she 7. to share with me! one mny final exams! Oh no! f that happens, | a stay in school for another year. Why is fe so difficult? Maybe | should take'2 course in decision-making! b Read the sentences. Circle the correct form of may / might (not). 1 If the taxi doesn’t come soon, we Gaighb/ might not miss the train. 2 I'm really tired, so I may / may not go out tonight. 3 Wellve skiing, s0 we might / might not goto the Alps tor our next vacation 4 Sue hasn't practiced much, so she might / might not fal her driving test 5 I haven't seen Jim with Elena for a long time. They may / ay not be together anymore, 6 Ifyou do lots of housework, your mom might / might not aive you some money. 7 A Thavea temperature and a headache. B You might / might not have the fu, 8 My parents may / may not come to the party - they think they'll be on vacation then. Student Book p.136 Grammar Bank 6C CUE SSE SSCL The fist step to geting what you want out of lifes this: Decide what you ws Ben Stein, American w 2 PRONUNCIATION word stress Underline the stressed syllable in these words. 1 organization 5 imagination 2 invitation 6 translation 3 election 8 decision 4 information b Practice saying the words. 3 VOCABULARY noun formation 4 Complete the chart with tow or -sion nouns or the correct verb, Use your dictionary if necessary set __ Noa communicate communication conclude conclusion correct confusion demonstrate inject organization predict a b Complete the sentences with verbs or nouns from a. 1 And finally, in conclusion, V' just like to thank you all very much for being here today. 2 E-mail and cell phones have made it much easier to 3 Ineed to go to the doctor for an. 4 The scientists gave an impressive of the new robot. 5 Let me make a ___about the futur, don't think there will be any more global wars. 6 Can you help me the conference?a 54 4 READING a 1&4 Pa Most of us don't know what life will be like in the future, or even where welll be a year from now, but it’s fun to speculate. So, what might the world be like in the year 3000 (or Y3K as it is now called)? Here is what one expert suggests: BF what forms will our bodies have in YSK? TB We wittbe bigger and well need more food. The average adult male might weigh about 100 klograms, People wl ve forhundreds of years and wil have computes intelrbrans GF computers in their brains! What do you mean? replace it completely. Inthe future you might be able to record all your experiences on a disk, so you can relve ther When you want to. Communication wil be 100 times faster, too. Now we communicate by speaking, butin the future we may communicate by thoughts and images. Bl witt we st aie? TIN Wemiaht beable to avoid death, replacing all ourbody parts when we need to. f you de, may only be by choice. Ir could be your choice~ ort might be te choice of the government that runs your mind computer Band what will humans do with their time? FN computers will do all the work. Al manufacturing production willbe automated. We might just enjog ourselves while technology does everuthing BF what about space travel? EN We might take control of space and ve there, too. There might be colonies on Mars or on other planets. Robots will travel far into the galaxy, and we may find alien Iie 1 But will we be happier? EN we, ten an opriiet think in the end most of us will be happy, and the word willbe a better place. But who knows? EN we wit soon be able to repair the human brain and finaly J a. Read the interview. Mark the sentences T (true) 0% F (false). 1 People willbe larger and live much Jonger in the future. L 2 We won't be able to replace wut Liains. 3 We might be able to communicate without speaking. = 4 Weill definitely not die. 5 We wor't need to work. 6 People and robots will travel in space, 7 We wor't find any aliens. 8 The expert thinks the world may bea better, happier place in the future. b Underline five words you don't know. Use your dictionary to look up their meaning and More Words to Learn Write translations and try to remember the words Word _ Pronunciation _| Translat options noun capjnz! al in)degisive adjective /di'saist ask for (advice) verd_| sk for - belong verb on - change your mind verb /ifemmds yar mamd/ compare verb /Kam’per/ confuse ver) /kan' yur! smetk 9 di'stsn/ make a decision verb imeik 2 lst make alist verb take your time verb Can you answer these questions with may or might? [1 What are you going todo tonight? FEE What are you going to wear tomorrow? Ey What are you going ta have for dinner tomorrow? [Ey What do you thnk yout! do next weekend? FE) What's the next thing you're going to buy? MultiROM STEED www.oup.com/elt/americanenglishfile/2