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REAL ENGLISH Probably
A. (🎧1-45) Listen and read. Then repeat the conversation and replace the words in blue.
B. Practice with a partner. Replace any words to make your own conversation.
1. increase - go up
Do you think temperatures will rise a lot in the future?
Probably. Global warming is a serious problem.
2. deserts will expand - freshwater levels will fall
How will it affect us?
Well, when it gets hotter, farmlands will shrink.
3. deserts expand - freshwater levels fall
And what will happen when farmlands shrink?
Do you really want to know?
4. Are you kidding - Are you joking
There will be less food!
What? Are you serious? We should do something to stop global warming!
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| MAKING PREDICTIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE-SIMPLE FUTURE (P. 158) |
| What will the future be like? | It will be hotter and drier. |
| Will there be a lot more people? | Yes, there will. There will (probably) be a lot more people. No, there won't. There (probably) won't be a lot more people. |
| Do you think food prices will increase? | Yes, I do. I think they'll increase. No, I don't. I don't think they'll increase. |
| COUNT NOUNS (P. 159) | NON-COUNT NOUNS (P. 159) |
| Zero article There will be more wildfires. There will be fewer animals. | Zero article There will be more pollution. There will be less food. |
| the What do you like most in the summer? | The The seawater here is getting less and less salty. |
| a, an It's going to be a rainy day. Remember to bring an umbrella. |
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C. (🎧1-47) Complete the information. Use will and a word from the box. Listen and check.
| be disappear hold go (not) be need rise |
Global warming is very real to the people of the Maldives. Scientists think it's likely that-sometime this century-the island nation (1) _______ because of global warming. When ice melts, ocean levels (2) _______. This (3) _______ a huge problem for the country. On average, the islands are only 1.3 meters above sea level. Because ocean levels rise about 9 millimeters per year, experts predict that many people (4) _______ able to stay in their homes. No one knows exactly where they (5) _______, but they (6) _______ to find a new place to live. To attract attention to their problem, the government underwater. The president joked that it's where they (7) _______ recently held a meeting
D. Circle the correct words.
1. There will be (less / a) drinking water in the future.
2. There will be (less / more) electric car users than there is now.
3. I think there will be (fewer / less) trees in our forests.
4. Soon, (more / a) people will travel to space.
5. There will be (the /a) rise in (the /a) sea level here.
their meetings in the future.
6. (The / A) government will give (the / an) order to stop electrofishing next month.
E. Turn to page 133. You are going to take a survey to see if you are an optimist or a pessimist.
Government officials held an underwater meeting in the Maldives.
