1 Match the words in the left-hand column with those in the right to make common collocations.

gridlocked

genetic

human

virtual

global

reality

village

traffic

genome

modification

2 What do we call ...

1 food which has been grown by interfering with plant genes?

2 an identity card that holds every possible kind of personal information about you?

3 the experience of near-reality you can get with certain computer programs?

4 an exact genetic copy of something?

5 creatures from other planets?

6 the process of altering human and animal genes?

7 the process of treating defective genes to get rid of diseases?

8 a baby whose genetic features have been chosen by its parents?

3 Rewrite the underlined words in these sentences using expressions from the a,b,c.

1 The worst possible prediction for human society is that we will destroy ourselves with nuclear weapons.

2 Travelling to other planets may become normal m the coming centuries.

3 Doing business via a computer will become more and morу normal .

4 The team of scientists is doing research into the index of all the genes in a human being.

4 Which words or phrases from a,b,с are associated with these sentences?

1 These tomatoes will stay fresh for several months.

2 A typical family is often said to consist of husband, wife and 2\.4 children.

3 This sheep is identical in absolutely every respect to the sheep standing next to it

4 Doctors will be able to cure most diseases within the next one hundred years.

5 The world is becoming a very small place in terms of economics and communication.

6 Soon you'll be able to decide what you watch and when you watch it on TV.

5 Only one of the following ideas is actually not true. Can you guess which one?

1 A Canadian businessman is developing a way of breaking up and melting Arctic icebergs so that he can sell very pure mineral water.

2 Russian scientists want to put a vast mirror into orbit that will be half as bright as the moon, to light up dark parts of the earth (e.g. Siberia in the winter).

3 Small, low-lying islands in Florida will be raised on huge metal stilts to protect them from rising sea-levels due to global warming.

4 Computer scientists are developing fully-functioning computers that can be worn on the wrist like a watch.

6 Write a short composition (about 100-150 words) entitled

My vision of the future. Consider the future in terms of technology, the environment and society.