- •21St century lifestyle Things you can’t live without
- •1 Match the words with their definitions and associations.
- •2 Match a word or phrase from a with a phrase from b.
- •Old and New
- •The 1900 House
- •2 Which member(s) of the family:
- •Making predictions
- •1 Look at the descriptions of inventions predicted for the next few decades.
- •2 Make 3 predictions about social, economic and personal consequences of such inventions. Compare your ideas with the experts’ ones below.
- •3 Discuss these questions.
- •2 Work in pairs. Answer the following questions according to the author.
- •3 Read about the ten candidates. Decide which six candidates you want to take. Underline the reasons that make them suitable to travel and put a line through any things that make them unsuitable.
- •5 You are one of the people travelling to Hero. You have just landed on the new planet. Write a message to a friend back on Earth. Write about:
- •2 You are going to create a 'time capsule', not to be opened before the year 2250, to help future generations understand life at the beginning of the 21st century.
5 You are one of the people travelling to Hero. You have just landed on the new planet. Write a message to a friend back on Earth. Write about:
the planet.
the journey there.
the other people you are with and what you think of them.
how you feel at the moment.
what you want to say to your friends and family back on Earth.
‘Time capsule’ for future generations
1 If you could travel in a time machine, which era(s) in the past would you choose to visit? Why?
2 You are going to create a 'time capsule', not to be opened before the year 2250, to help future generations understand life at the beginning of the 21st century.
a) Read the guidelines and spend 5-10 minutes making your list of ideas individually
• It will be the size of a suitcase, and can be sealed so effectively that even fresh food will be perfectly preserved.
• You can put in whatever you like, remembering that the technology may no longer exist to play our CDs, videos, etc.
• Aim to include about 15 items which best represent the most typical aspects of modern life.
• Think about which of these things you want to represent/include, and the main ideas that you want to get across:
- culture and entertainment
- food and drink
- fashion/design
- politics and important events
- technology and media
- everyday objects
- interesting documents, etc
b) Present your list to the class, taking it in turns to explain why you have chosen those items. One person in your group should write your list up on the board.
c) Vote for the best individual group's time capsule (you can't vote for your own!) or vote on the 15 best objects overall. Each student has five votes.