Vocabulary

to rescue, to be fired, to risk one’s life, a good deed, to do a favour, to be grateful to smb

to burst into a bank, to rob, to steal, a thief, a shoplifter

to follow/ break a rule/ a law, in a loose manner, to be aware of, to complain, to take a risk, to be/not to be supposed to, to be allowed to, to have to do smth, to be forced to do smth, a flexible attitude to the law, to introduce a new law

to be fined, to be arrested, to be sent to prison, a serious/ minor crime, to charge with an offence, to be involved in the incident,

Questions:

1. Do you think it is important to thank people for helping you?

2. Do you try to think of others before yourself?

3. Do you do a lot of favours to your friends?

4. Would you risk your life by diving into a river to save someone? What about other situations?

5. How are you supposed to behave in these places? (a workplace, a university, at home, a café or canteen)

6. Where you live, what are the laws about these things? (road rules, speed limits, buying cigarettes or alcohol, smoking in public)

7. In your country, what laws are there to protect people’s health and safety?

8. Do you agree with the laws? Why? Why not?

9. Do you follow these laws? Give examples.

10. What do you do if other people don’t follow the laws?

What would you do if you saw someone stealing someone’s wallet or bag?

What would you do if you saw someone pushing an old man in the street?

What would you do if you saw someone robbing a shop or a bank?

11. Do you agree that “A law is a law, but laws can be interpreted differently”?

12. Have you ever regretted something that you’ve said or done? (think of any of these: buying things, education, work, friends and family)

What did or didn’t you do?

Why was it a mistake?

What should or shouldn’t you have done?

What could you have done differently?

Unit 14

Society and the future

Vocabulary

Population change, genetic engineering, further/latest developments, researches in, a major problem

A leading scientist, to consider the possibility of, some academics believe that…, it is likely to, to become common practice, to put into practice, to be used in many ways, to be used to benefit society, to create better-quality food for more people, to help science and technology to move forward, available, physically interactive computer games, to reduce obesity, to help people with brain injuries,

Opinion: That makes sense, it’s got potential I’d go for this one, this one looks promising

Questions:

1. What have you heard on the news about recent developments?

2. Are your predictions about the future generally optimistic or pessimistic?

3. What fields of science and technology look most promising?

4. What are the major problems in society today?

5. What areas need urgent changes?

6. What improvements in social life do you look forward to?

7. Do you think that the use of genetic engineering in sport would be fair?

8. Do you think genetic engineering could benefit society? Why? Why not?

9. What changes will happen in the following years? (think about family life, education, medicine, robots and computers)

10. Do you agree that people in 2050 will be the “lucky generation”?

11. What will change in the political sphere? Are we likely to have a new superpower?

12. What is going to happen in the field of space engineering and exploration?

13. Do you think that the idea of Mars colonization has got potential?

14. Would you like to try an expedition to other planets?