Module 1 Introduction+vocabulary+listening

materials
Metal materials
Non-metal materials
aluminum
brick
concrete
glass
mud
plastic
rubber
steel
wood
Choose the building material to complete the sentences. P1A2
I: So we 12)___________________more time in the bath. G: Just as other people have done in the past, like in the days of the ancient Romans, when the bath had an important social function… I: What about furniture? G: Well, a lot of furniture will be the same- we 13)____________________ in chairs and using cupboards to keep things in, but the technology will be different. I think a single computer will 14) ________ most of the functions in the house, and it will have a voice recognition system.
Aluminum 1. __________________ is a very light metal. Steel 2. ______________ is a very strong metal. rubber wood 3. Both _____________ and __________ come from trees. Plastic 4. ________________ is light, strong, very popular, and man-made.
I: Will the houses of the future be 18)___________________? G: Yes, 19)____________. We’ll be using machines which use less energy. An example could be a dishwasher which doesn’t need water. I think everyone 20)__________________to take care of the environment. I: Does that mean you’re 21)________________the future? G: Oh yes, very definitely.
G: I think they’ll look 6)____________________they do today, at least from the outside. But hey will be different inside. I: 7)______________? G: 8)____________, they’ll be more flexible. That means we 9)________________ move the walls to create bigger or smaller rooms when we want to. So the dining room and living room as we know them would disappear. I: And the kitchen? G: The kitchen 10)_____________the most important room in the house! We11)______________________, and we’ll probably be using the kitchen more as a family room. And bathrooms will be bigger.
It is made of/from…
ice
It is made of /from…
• A picture drawn by a child, trying to bring out the imaginary house in the future.
Welcome to the future house
c) walls
4. The most important room will be the _____.
a) bathroom
b) kitchen c) living room
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Listen and answer the questions.
5. The ___ will be bigger.
a) bathroom b) dining room c) toilet
6. The house will be controlled by a ___. a) computer b) robot c) telescreen 7. If machines are “smart”, they are_____ . a) clean b) invisible c) clever
Extra-Listening
Fill in the missing parts according to what you hear.
on I: Good afternoon everybody and 1)____the programme this afternoon is an expert on American 2) domestic architecture Mr. Simon Oppenheim who’s ______________________, going to talk to us about the house in the future. So shall we be living where 3) ____________________in twenty years’ time? isn’t a long time. We 4) G: Twenty years 3) _____ won’t be living underground or in space. We 5) _______________ will be living houses and flats as we do today. _____________in I: What will the houses look like?
What is a family?
Father and mother, I love you! A material complete family must be What can we use tomade builtup a shelter?
of father ,mother and kids.
It will move higher or lower depending on who uses it.
4. what will the dishwasher be able to do?
It will wash the dishes without water.
Extra-Listening
stone
It is made of /from…
wood
It is made of /from…
straw
mud, straw
It is made of/from…
bamboo
brick
It is made of /from…
Concrete, glass, aluminium,
2. He thinks houses in the future will be different ___.
a) outside
b) inside
c) outside and inside
3. Houses will have _____ which move.
a) floors
b) ceilings
Material Size and number of rooms Technology
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Listen and answer the questions.
1. He describes what houses will look like in ___ years later? a) twenty b) thirty c) forty
1. what could happen to the dining room and the living room? They will disappear. 2. how will people switch on the lights?
The computer will do it.
3. what will the toilet be able to do?
8. The architect is _____ optimistic about the effect of the house on the environment. a) not at all b) not very c) very
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Work in pairs. Try to remember what the architect says about
I: So we’ll just have to say Switch on the Light and the light comes on? G: Yes, that’s right. And the technology will be smarter. I: Smarter? G: Yes. For example, if we 15) ____________ something, like there’s 16)_________milk left in the fridge, the computer will tell us. Maybe a shopping list would appear on a screen on the fridge. And the toilet will move higher or lower, 17)_____________who uses it – a child or an adult.