Unit 8

Listening (1a)
1) Listen to 5 situations and decide if the statements are True or False.
..\1.mp3 Situation 1 The girl forgot to turn something off. _____________
The boy forgot his school things. _____________
..\2.mp3 Situation 2 The girl’s mum usually books train tickets online. _____________
You can’t go online in the grandma’s cottage. _____________
Her grandma got the tickets by her phone. _____________
..\3.mp3 Situation 3 It’s Michael’s birthday tomorrow. _____________
The boy’s brother will have a birthday party in the castle. _____________
Michael won’t go the party because he’s playing basketball that
evening. _____________
..\4.mp3 Situation 4 The boy has broken mum’s favourite wooden box. _____________
The boy’s grandma will be upset. _____________
..\5.mp3 Situation 5 The weather will be wetter. _____________
It will be warmer. _____________

Reading (1b)
1. Read the text and complete it with phrases A-F.
A had to build a robot
B making and using robots
C started organizing events
D how to build the robot
E become interested in science
F started to use them
Robotics
Robotics is the science of 1_____. The first robot was a mechanical bird built more than 2,300 years ago by the
Greek mathematician Archytas. In the 15th century, Leonardo da Vinci designed the first robot that looked like a
human. However, robots didn’t become popular until the 1960s, when American car companies 2_____ in their
factories. After that robots continued to develop and today we use them not only in the car industry, but also in
medicine, science, space exploration and even entertainment.
In recent years, schools, science museums and other institutions 3_____ where anyone can learn how to design a
robot. There are a lot of robotics competitions for young people, too. One of the biggest is the First Global
Challenge – an international competition for students aged 15 to 18. In 2017 more than 160 teams from 150
countries participated in the competition, including a team from the Kyiv Polytechnic Lyceum in Ukraine.
The three members of the team 4_____ and teach it to identify the difference in colour between blue and orange
balls and to separate then into different places. It may not sound very difficult, but the students had to work out
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_____, program it and test it. The competition took place in Washington, where the judges decided which
team’s robot worked best in a series of tests over two days. The Ukrainian team did very well and came 19 th in
the competition.
The aim of the First Global Challenge goes beyond a competition. The organisers want to inspire students, and
especially girls, to 6_____, technology, engineering and mathematics. They also want to encourage young
people from different countries to work together using the tools of science and engineering to find solutions to
global challenges.
 2. Read again and decide if the sentences are True or False.
1) Leonardo da Vinci built the first robot about 500 years ago. ______________
2) Robots first became popular in Greece. ______________
3) Adults can’t take part in the First Global Challenge. ______________
4) More than 160 countries took part in the international competition. ______________
5) In the competition, the team’s robots had to paint balls in two different colours. ______________
6) The Ukrainian team didn’t win the competition but were in the top 20. ______________
Interaction (2a)
Student A
Work with your partner. Ask him / her 6-8 questions about his / her life in twenty years’ time. Include the
information about:
 age
 family life (married or single, children)
 job
 home
 free time activities and holiday
Student B
Answer the Student’s A questions.
Interaction (2b)
You have read a message on a website from someone to themselves in the future and decided to write to the
future you in 2035. Write a message answering the questions:
 Will you be married or single?
 Will you have any children?
 How old will you be?
 Where will you live?
 What job will you do?
Start your message like this:
Hello future me!
This is how I think your life will be in 2035.
You...
Write between 70-110 words
Speaking (3a)
Imagine that you are going to travel in the future. Tell about who you will travel with and write about five
things you will take with you. Explain what these things will be and why you want to take them with you. Say
10 sentences.

Writing (3b)
You are going to write a letter for a time capsule. What do you think the world will be like in 100 years?
Make 8-10 predictions with will /won’t. Use also, too and as well to add more information.
Include the information about schooling, homes, transport and technologies.
Write 90-110 words.