Project one 

: Signs of the Times Sequence Two : Listening and Speaking

Listening.
Pre-Listening
Task one: Use the following notes to predict what will happen in the future . Use will
when you are sure and may be – perhaps when you are not totally sure .
a – many people / to use electrical cars / in the next decade.

b- researchers / to find cure for diabetes.

c- there to be / more obese people in the world.

During Listening
Task Two : Listen to the following interview and underline the correct alternative from
the ones between brackets in each sentence.

A . There ( may- will- could) be changes in the next decade for sure.

B. We (will- might- can) eat more GMFs- Genetically Modified Foods- than we do today.

C. We (will – might – could) reduce hunger in the world.

D. The specialist is sure that children (cant- may not- wont) go to school every weeday.

E. They ( could- will- might well) be able to study at home using the computer.

Task three : listen to the second part of the interview and say whether these statements
are true or false. Correct the false ones.
a. In two or three years, robots home maids will certainly be available for sale.
b. It s likely that homemakers will do their shopping online.
c. We may invent a cure for diseases like cancer.
d. New diseases won t infect us.
e. Pandemics might well reappear in another form.

Post Listening
Task four : Go back to sentences in tasks two and three and classify the modals and
phrases expressing different degrees of certainty from the hightest to the lowest certain.