Unit 4 Our Future
A. VOCABULARY
1. Read what three young people say about computers and how they use them. Who is the most similar to you?
Haikal : ‘I did not use computer until I was introduced to vector design. Since then, I use computer to learn and make vector designs. I downloaded several applications to make design graphics such as CorelDraw, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. I had been spending a lot time with my computer and selling my works until I’m able to buy an iPad. Now I use my computer only for sending customers’ orders and activities which do not involve drawing or design.’
Yuna : ‘I use computer at home to do my works. I am a writer work for crime genre includes law, social and science. I have WiFi at home so it’s easy for me to get online and do my online research related to the story line that I work on. Besides, when I need a help with an expert of science who lives far away, we usually arrange an online meeting through video call. But, sometimes I need to get out of the house to get inspirations so I would use my laptop instead.’
Juan : ‘We only got a laptop at home and it is often used by my older brother.
But, there’s an internet café near my home. I go there every weekend and log onto my email to download Korean Dramas from the Net to copy it into flash disk. Sometimes I use my brother’s hard disk when I want the better resolution with over 1 Giga Byte per episode.’
2. Complete the definitions using the words in red in exercise 1.
1. The ________ is another term for the internet.
2. An ________ allows you to find materials on internet.
3. A ________ is the small version of portable computer.
4. ________ is a size of video.
5. ________ can fit bigger files than ________.
6. ________ allows you to have ________ with someone you cannot meet directly.
7. ________ is a kind of ________.
8. To draw a vector with fingers you may use ________
instead of computer.
9. You can ________ if you have a ________ at home.
10. ________ is a computer software that performs a specific function such as CorelDraw, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator.
3. Match the two parts of the sentences.
1. If you have WiFi at home.
2. If you type in your password.
3. If you have a hard disk.
4. If you haven’t got any design applications.
5. If you haven’t got online.
a. You can log onto website.
b. You can get online.
c. You will not be able to do a video call.
d. You cannot make design graphics on your computer.
e. You will be able to save big files.
4. Speaking
Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions.
1. How often do you use gadget equipment?
2. What do you use it for?
3. How has the way you use a computer changed in the three five years?
B. GRAMMAR
Talking about future
Speculating and predicting
0%---> 100%
Won’t >> might/could>>may>>will probably>>will 1. To talk about possibility in the future, you
can use may, might or could followed by a base form. Might and could suggest a weaker possibility than may.
She may/might/could/buy a computer.
2. We use may not or might not for the negative – we do not use could not.
3. To make predictions, we can use will. When we are not certain, we use I think or probably.
It will probably rain tomorrow.
Point this!
1. Look at the numbers in the chart and the key below. Write sentences about Hana’s future using will/ won’t, may, might, and could.
1. She’ll learn to drive.
1=yes 2=possibility
3=weaker possibility 4=no
Will you? Hana Your partner 1 Learn to drive? 1
2 Get married? 2 3 Have children? 2 4 Have two or
more children?
4 5 Move abroad? 3 6 Stay fit? 1
The first conditional is used to express the future consequence of a realistic possibility now or in
the future. For example:
If I miss the train, I’ll take the next one.
There is a 50% chance that the first part of this sentence (the action following ‘if’) will happen.
And if it happens, the second part is 100% certain.
Point this!
2. Speaking
Complete these predictions about the future with your own ideas them tell the class. Do you agree?
1. If mobile phone become more intelligent than humans,
…
2. If everyone lives past the age 100, … 3. If the world’s climate becomes colder, …
4. If computer games start to look and feel exactly the same as real life, …
C. CULTURE
1. Look at the posters for a political party. What issues do you think this party campaigns for? Make a list of your ideas?
2. Read the text. Does it mention any of your ideas from exercise 1?
The young’s people of the entire world, including in more than 20 cities in Indonesia are participating and getting them involved in one of the biggest environmental movements on this planet. Global Climate Strike or known as (GCS) is a momentum for the entire young people on this planet to demand for climate justice and environment repairment. Indonesia is one of the biggest tropical countries and is the centre of forest lungs in the world. In this chance, a movement organised by a collective movement in Indonesia called “Climate Justice Indonesia”
has succeeded in bringing the euphoria and the fire of a national movement to deliver 4 kinds of demands towards environmental circumstances.
The G20 Presidency who hold by Indonesia this year can be a momentum to put climate crisis on the top issue. With the theme “Recover Stronger, Recover Together”, we hope that G20 this year can be the turning point, particularly for the G20 Members who globally polluted the world the most. Due to the size of G20 members' economies, the
pollution and the negative impact from the G20 members industries has polluted the world. So, we really hope that Indonesia highlighted this point and put it as the first issue above the economy.
Because the role of the Indonesian presidency is really necessary to determine the future of the world. Indonesia can be the first country of G20 members who put forward the climate crisis issue above all issues that will bring on then. So, Indonesia has a crucial position as the country that will hold this G20 presidency this year.
The grand theme of this year of Indonesia Global Climate Strike is “Business As Usual Was Sacrificed Our Live” and using hashtag #PeopleNotProfit, #ClimateJusticeNow and
#KrisisIklimKrisisKehidupan as a collective hashtag to present the national movement and tagging the GCS activity in Indonesia. Furthermore, there are several statements from the coordinator of each GCS region in Indonesia as long as they do the GCS in their own region : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EhoQUpWLTaK5 VoWcZ0i7HxUfaIwn09LG_Ys7AG8sKY/edit
3. Are the sentences true or false?
1. CGS is for eldest people to ask for climate justice.
2. Four kinds of demands were delivered by Climate Justice Indonesia towards environmental circumstances.
3. G20 members’ economies donate pollution in the world.
4. It is not necessary for the Indonesian presidency to determine the future of the world.
5. Indonesia got an extremely important position to hold G20 presidency this year.