Unit 

: Diversity. Sequence : Listening and Speaking

Pre-listening : Task one : use the following notes to predict what will happen in the future.

Use will when you are sure and maybe/ perhaps when you are not totally sure.

A- Many people/ to use electrical cars/ in the next decade. *…………………………………………………………………………………………….....

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B- Researchers/ to find a cure for diabetes. *……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… .

C- There to be / more obese people in the world/ in 2050. *…………………………………………………………………………………………………

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. .

While-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- I’m sure that children ( can’t- may not- won’t) go to school every week day.

E- They (could- will- might) 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, robot home maids will certainly be available for sale. ……………….

*………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… .

B- It is likely that homemakers will do their shopping online. ……………….

*………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… .

C- We may invent a cure for killer 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 the sentences in tasks two and three and classify the modals and phrases
expressing different degrees of certainty from the highest to the lowest :

100% …………………… / ………………………………………………………

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