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We will get our electricity from the
power of the sun.

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People will not travel by bus or car. They
will have flying machines.

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I will not waste time cooking and eating.
I will take nutritious liquids and tablets. D
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Children will not go to school every day. If I want to talk to my friends, I will use
They will learn at home with computers. a video phone and see their faces.

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2. What machines does the Kitchenomatic have in it?
3. What can you do with the Communicomatic?
4. What can you do with the Kitchenomatic?

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Do you think there will be machines like this in the future?

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Will we read books in the future?

A

Look at the picture on the right.

This is how many classrooms in Sri
Lanka look today. What can you see
in the classroom?

Many people say that in the future

B we will not use books and libraries
because we will get all our
information from computers.
Perhaps one day children will not
go to school. The students will
learn at home, so there will be no
teachers, no uniforms and no
playgrounds! Do you think this will
happen? What do you think about
it?

Look at the two pictures and find three differences between the two pictures.
Speak about them.

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These are some of the things that people say about the future. Finish the
sentences.
1. In the future we will not read books because ...............
2. In the future children will not go to school because ...............
3. In the future there will be no teachers because ...............

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1. What is the name of the newspaper?

2. What date is there on the newspaper?
3. On what page does the news item appear?
4. Is the article about a school, a hospital or a hotel?

page 19 WONDER NEWS 12th May 3000

FUTURE
EVENTS

The new “Galaxy” hospital will be opened on 20th May this

year. This will be a great advance in medicine. Everybody is
excited to see how it will work. There will be no people working
in the hospital. Machines and robots will do everything for you.
Dr. Roy Pieris explains what to do:

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a. Go to the next room and you will see a
robot chair there. Sit on the chair and
press the number of the section you want
to go to. The robot chair will take you to
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5 b. Enter room number one and go to the

computer. Type in your name and health
insurance number. The computer will
give you a print out of your medical
history.
c. Go to room number six now and type in
your name and health insurance number
4 again. Then the robot dispenser will give
3 your medicine.
d. Insert your health insurance PIN card
and when the door opens enter room
number two.
e. In room number four feed your medical
1 history sheet into the robot doctor and
tell him briefly about your illness. The
robot doctor will tell you where you must
2 go by flashing a number.
f. Here a specialist robot doctor will scan
you and prescribe medicine.

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Read and find

7th April 3004

Animals of the last millennium

Dolphin
Dolphin
showshow in various
in various
oceans, Indian
oceans, Indian
Ocean, Atlantic,
Ocean, Atlantic,
Pacific
Pacific
Crocodile
Penguin Africa, India,
India, Koala Tiger Rhinoceros
Antarctica
Antarctica
Sri Lanka,
Lanka,Australia
Australia
Australia
Australia India Africa and
and India

a. This was a grey animal with no tail. It lived in trees.

b. This was a very big animal with thick skin and a horn on its nose.
c. This animal lived in water and had a rough knobbly skin. It was very dangerous.
d. This was a big animal which lived in the forests. It had black and yellow stripes.
e. This was a black and white sea bird. It had wings, but couldn’t fly. It used its wings for
swimming.
f. This animal was a mammal, but it lived in the sea. It was a friendly and playful animal.

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Where did these animals live?

For example, Koala bears lived in Australia.

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ha t d isap peared:
Animals t
t hey d i s a p pe a r?
W hy d i d

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For example, Tigers disappeared d. Parts of their bodies were used for
because they were hunted for their medicine.
skins and their homes were e. They were killed as dangerous
animals.
destroyed.
f. They were killed for their tusks.
a. They were killed for food.
g. They were hunted for their shell.
b. Their homes were destroyed.
h. They were killed for sport.
c. They were hunted for their skins.

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In the future the following will be things in our day-to-day life.

What are they? What do
they do?
a. A machine that sends
pictures and words
across a telephone
line.
b. A system that sends
messages to other
people using a
computer supersonic plane computer.
rocket/
network
space craft c. A computer system
that helps people to
find and exchange
information easily.
d. A vehicle that
travels through
space.
e. A machine that is
e-mail sent to space and
goes round the earth.
It is used for radio,
television and
electronic
communication.
f. An electronic machine
that can store a lot
[email protected] communication of information.
satellite
g. An aeroplane that can
travel faster than
the speed of sound.

computer fax machine

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All of these things help us to live in a “GLOBAL VILLAGE”. What do you think
this means?
a. Everybody will live in towns and cities.
b. People in different countries will communicate with each other easily.
c. Everybody will have a computer.
d. People will live in one village in space.

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Read and find

People say that in the future everyone will have robots to do the work at
home. Perhaps they will be like Roland the Robot in this rhyme …
How many things can this robot do? Read the rhyme and make a list.

I can help you everywhere,

Bedroom, kitchen, I don’t care.
Sweep the floor or paint the door,
Iron your clothes or even more.

Wash the dishes as you wish,

Cook some curry, fry a fish.

Sew a shirt or knit a hat,

Throw a ball or use a bat.

Make your tea or bake some peas,

I can do it all with ease.

I can work for hours and hours,

Without stopping. I have powers.

All day long I do my best,

And you can sit and have a rest.

Say the rhyme

Say the rhyme and do the actions!

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Read and match

Domestic robot Mrs Busy has received

To clean, cook, wash and sew
many e-mails with

for a big family.

photographs, but they are
all mixed up. Help her to
Experienced robots only can apply. find the right photograph
Send e-mails with photographs to Mrs Busy. for each e-mail.

1
A
I am Mr Polish. I have four
robot arms. I can sweep, brush,
mop and sponge at the same time.

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I polish the floor as I move
through your house.

B
2
I am Mr Clean. I have six hands
altogether, two each for
sweeping, brushing and mopping.

3
I am Mrs Cooky. I have spoons on
my head and a knife hand and a C
fork hand. I move on three wheels.

4
I am Mrs Do-it-All. I do cooking,
washing, cleaning, dusting, C
brushing and all the cleaning
work you want. I have six robot
legs and two robot arms. I move
quickly like a spider.

Think and say

Who do you think Mrs Busy will choose?

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Find the problems mentioned in the article

W ill we go to
another planet
one day?

Every year there are

more and more people
on Planet Earth. Every
year we use more and
more oil and other fuel.
Every year the air
becomes more and more
polluted. People think
that the temperature of
the Earth is going up and
up, and one day
perhaps the ice at the
North and South Poles
will melt! Then there will
be big trouble. The sea
will rise and many places
will be under water.

Some people think that

we should find a new
planet to live on. Other
people hope that we will
make things better on
THIS planet.

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So many problems! Can you think of some solutions to make things better on
Planet Earth?

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This story happens in the future! The people from the different planets are
holding an inter-planetary conference to discuss the problems their planets are
facing and the solutions to those problems.

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E

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B

A. I am from planet Koffo. On my planet there is no clean air to breathe, so we buy bags of
air from other planets.
B. I come from planet Pleno. The population on our planet is about 250,000 million.
There is no place for us to grow our food. So we buy food from other planets. We want
to find a new planet to live on.
C. I live in planet Caldo. Our planet is very hot, so we all live in big refrigerators.
D. My planet’s name is Fesso. On our planet robots do all the work and computers do all
the thinking. Our problem is we do not have anything to do, and we are now all very
bored!
E. You’re lucky. On our planet we have all of those problems! Help. I’m from planet
Earth!!

Ask and answer

1. What is the problem on planet …………… ?

2. What is the solution to the problem?

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Dreams of the Future

Read and find

a. A scientist has discovered a new

vaccine. It will help to cure cancer.
b. An engineer in Japan has
invented a flying car. This will solve our
traffic problems in the future. Or will it?
c. A group of architects has constructed an
underwater city. Twenty thousand people
have already decided to live in it.
d. A professor in India has experimented
with a new medicine. It will keep us
young for ever.

LIFE UNDER THE SEA

TAKE YOUR MEDICINE AND STAY YOUNG
DRIVING IN THE SKY
AN IMPORTANT NEW VACCINE
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Read and choose

Ruwan is writing an article for the school newspaper, but he hasn’t finished it.
Look at his notes and decide which three ideas are the best for the article.

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What must we do in the future
are very interesting, but
Flying cars and underwater citiesimportant.
perhaps other things are more
world today. Here are
There are many problems in our y soon.
some problems we must solve ver
ld. We mustn’t cut down
We must protect the natural wor the animals need them!
all the forests. We need them and
everybody in the world.
We must grow enough food for
h people from other
People must try to be friends wit
places.
velling.
We must find a clean way of tra we can
No more oil and petrol! Per hap s
have electric cars.
es
We must keep our rivers and lak
clean. Everybody needs clea n
water to drink.

drugs
war
pollution houses
education

Tell your friends

Tell your friends the 3 ideas that you chose. Are they the same or different?
Do you agree or disagree?

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D Look at the pictures and read the story

O ne day, Roy, Nizar, Ruwan, Kusum, Amali,

Meena, Pancha, Kandu and Windy Wheeler
went on a trip to the forest.
On the way, they stopped by a river and had a
nice meal.
Then they went into the forest. Kandu went first
and all the others followed him.
They heard birds singing and monkeys
chattering. They were all very happy.
Then they saw a herd of elephants.
The elephants all lifted their trunks and called to
Kandu. “Come and join us”.
Kandu looked at his friends. “I must go,” he said.
“I must join them”. And slowly and sadly he
walked into the forest to join his elephant
friends.
Then came a group of monkeys. The monkeys
hopped from tree to tree and called Pancha to
join them. Pancha slowly and sadly went to join
them.
Roy and his friends were very sad to leave Pancha
and Kandu, but Roy said “It’s sad, but the time
has come. Don’t worry, the forest is the place for
Kandu and Pancha to live in the future. It’s their
natural home, and we must protect it”.
“Goodbye. Goodbye.”
said Kandu and Pancha.
“Goodbye,” said the children. “Thank you for being
our friends for all these years,” they said.
“We won’t forget you!”

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Cover the story and only look at the pictures. Try to tell the story again to your
friends. You can use your own words.

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