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Vocabulary
1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in parentheses.
1 People have always made ____________________ about the end of the world, but they have all been wrong so
far! (predict)
2 When I first met Salma, we immediately made a ____________________ and we have been friends ever since.
(connect)
3 Scientists think they will make some important ____________________ when they explore the bottom of the
Atlantic Ocean next month. (discover)
4 Ernesto did not get a good grade on his essay because he made too many ____________________ and had
few details in his explanations. (general)
5 What ____________________ have you made during the experiment? (observe)
6 It’s time to make a ____________________: where are we going to go on holiday this year? (decide)

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2 Choose the correct words to complete the dialogue.

Liv Why aren’t you working today? I thought you said it was very busy at your office?
Tara It is, but you have to rest now and 1 now / then / later.
Liv That’s true. I haven’t had a day off in ages. What’s it like to be out and 2 about / out / over on a Tuesday?
Tara Great! I think it’s 3 more / less / once or less six months since I last had a vacation. I was starting to feel
really tired every day.
Liv Yes, it’s not good for you to do the same thing over and 4 over / about / more again.
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Later / More / Sooner or later, it will make you sick.
Tara That’s right. Sometimes I think I should stop work once and 6 at / for / to all, but I need the money. So I’ll
just enjoy my day off!

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3 Complete the sentences with a word or phrase from below.

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1 Do you think that a rise in crime goes hand in ____________________ with poverty?
2 It looks an easy problem, but don’t take it at ____________________ value. It’s more complicated than
it looks.
3 Chris is the manager of the company, but Helen usually calls the ____________________.
4 I think everyone should go to college. That would create a more level ____________________.
5 My parents did not have many rules at home, so my sisters and I were given free
____________________ most of the time.
6 Both of the soccer teams are really good, but I think the home fans will give the Reds the
____________________ over the Blues this time.

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4 Answer the questions with your own ideas. Write full sentences.
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1 What do you think is the most important discovery that people have made in the last 50 years?
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2 What do you think is the most important decision you have ever made?
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Grammar
1 Complete the sentences with will or would.
1 Do you expect that people ____________ live longer in the future?
2 People once imagined that you ____________ fall off the edge of the Earth if you sailed too far west.
3 Kiera predicts that her college experience ____________ be fun next year.
4 Ashraf doubted that he ____________ like the new museum, but after his visit he said it was great.
5 I guess we ____________ not be staying in expensive hotels when we go traveling?
6 Jasmine never anticipated that she ____________ live in such a big house by the sea.
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2 Change the statements into predictions using the words in parentheses.

1 Adam isn’t going to come to the party on Saturday. (doubt)
___________________________________________________________________________________
2 The roads are quiet, so we won’t have any problems getting to the hotel. (predict)
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3 Malik knows what will happen at the end of the movie. (guessed)
___________________________________________________________________________________
4 The weather won’t be cold when we go to Turkey. (imagine)
___________________________________________________________________________________
5 Scientists say technology will develop quickly in the future. (predict)
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3 Choose the correct verbs to complete the sentences.

1 There was a great movie about Mars on TV last night. You could really doubt / imagine / expect what life
would be like there.
2 We are expecting / imagining / guessing difficult weather conditions, so please remain seated during
the flight.
3 The media forecasted / expecting / guess that the Green Party would win some seats in the election.
4 My sister foreseen / guessed / expected which was my favorite book before I even told her!
5 Scientists anticipate / expect / guess climate change getting even worse in the future.
6 Women are guessed / imagined / predicted to have better paid jobs in the future.
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4 Answer the questions with your own ideas. Write full sentences.
1 What are you expecting to do next summer?
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2 What technology do you doubt will change much in the future?
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3 When you were younger, what did you imagine your life would be like now?
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Listening
1 3.07 Listen to a conversation about roboethics. Are the sentences T (true) or F (false)?
1 Problems with robots are only in science fiction movies. T/F
2 There are international laws to make sure robots have ethical values. T/F
3 Harry worries that we might lose control of robots one day. T/F

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2 3.07 Listen again. Answer the questions.

1 What are roboethics?
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2 What took over people’s work in the last industrial revolution?
___________________________________________________________________________________
3 What sort of people could robots be used to help in the future?
___________________________________________________________________________________
4 Why do scientists suggest that robots should have black boxes in them?
___________________________________________________________________________________
5 What does Harry say will eventually happen with a driverless car?
___________________________________________________________________________________
6 Who was Isaac Asimov and what laws did he write?
___________________________________________________________________________________
7 What does Nadya doubt will happen in the future?
___________________________________________________________________________________

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Reading
1 Read the text. Choose the best title.
a Technology can now foresee all tsunamis
b Satellites may help to predict tsunamis
c Scientists doubt we will ever predict tsunamis
d Old technology may be the best way to predict tsunamis

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One of the worst tsunamis in recent history was in 2004. It happened after a very large earthquake off the coast
of Indonesia, which sent a series of huge waves across the Indian Ocean as far as East Africa. Some of the waves
were 9 meters high when they hit the coast. Around 225,000 people died in countries including Indonesia,
Thailand, Sri Lanka, and India, and there was billions of dollars’ worth of damage to buildings.

A tsunami is a very large wave (or series of waves) that hits land and often goes hand in hand with an
earthquake, which usually happens deep under the sea. The effects of a tsunami can be terrible, so it is very
important to try to anticipate when one might happen. But if earthquakes are hard to predict, it is even harder to
foresee what might happen after one. So how are scientists trying to protect people from tsunamis?

For many years, scientists have been able to give some warning of tsunamis. The usual way of doing this is by
putting tracking devices on floating balls called buoys in the ocean. These devices measure the size of waves far
out to sea. If they detect unusual activity like larger waves than normal, they send a warning at one-minute
intervals to a satellite. Information is then sent to the warning centers, which can then use local stations to
measure changes in the height of the sea. If the sea starts to rise, they can warn people to leave coastal areas.
Another common way to track tsunamis is by using devices at the bottom of the sea. These devices, called
Deep-Ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis (DART), measure changes to the water pressure and
temperature.

The problem with both these systems, however, is that the warning time is very short and neither system is
very effective because they only work if they are in the correct part of the ocean at the right time. If the
tsunami happened where there was no measuring device, nobody would know about it. The buoys, for example,
only work if they are in water deeper than 3,000 meters, and are not too close to the epicenter of an earthquake.
And in somewhere like Indonesia, which has over 17,000 islands and frequent earthquakes, where should you
put the buoys?

After the 2004 tsunami, scientists started working even harder in their attempt to improve this technology.
They realized that current technology is not able to warn people quickly enough about such a large and
damaging event.

The latest technology for predicting tsunamis is by using satellites. Scientists discovered that satellites had
recorded changes in the atmosphere during another recent earthquake in Indonesia. This was an important
discovery, as satellites can record what is happening over a large area, rather than only the small area around a
buoy.

Making use of new technology is wonderful, of course, but it must be used with other methods to help protect
people. Local people living in an area where there might be a tsunami need to be taught what to do when there is
a tsunami warning. The technology is there for warnings to be sent on cell phones, but cell phones often don’t
work if an earthquake affects the network. So sometimes, more traditional methods are more effective. For
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example, in Bangladesh, people send warning alarms from bicycles, so local people know they have to make plans
to leave when they hear the bells.

The technology for predicting tsunamis effectively is in its early days and it will probably take many years before
we can truly forecast when a tsunami is going to happen once and for all. However, what we do know is that
sooner or later there will be another tsunami, but there is a good chance that technology will save more people’s
lives than during the terrible event of 2004.

2 Read the text again. Choose the best answers.

1 It is usual / unusual for a tsunami and an earthquake to go together.
2 It is usually harder / easier to predict a tsunami than an earthquake.
3 Floating buoys can measure the size of earthquakes / waves in the sea.
4 It is very difficult to know where to put buoys when there is DART technology / are a lot of islands.
5 The satellites measure changes in wave size / the atmosphere during an earthquake.
6 Scientists doubt / predict that satellite technology will be better than buoys at predicting tsunamis.
7 Earthquakes sometimes improve / interfere with cell phone networks.
8 The article states that technology for predicting tsunamis is developing step by step / very quickly.
9 The article concludes that in the future, we probably will / won’t be able to predict tsunamis.

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Writing
TASK Write a description of the line graph below.

*Atmospheric CO2 (parts per million) = how many parts of air are CO2 per million parts of air

1 Make a paragraph plan for your description using the guide below.
1 Introduction: Summarize what the graph shows.
2 Main body: Describe the most important trends shown in the graph.
3 Conclusion: Make a general statement about the graph and what it tells you.

2 Use your paragraph plan to write your first draft. Write 140–190 words.

3 Read through your first draft. Check it and revise it if necessary. Then write your final draft.

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