7FUTURE

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VISIONS of the

A Pizza Robot

How important
is your cell phone?

Music Sharing

The Secret of
the Pyramids

1. What is this city like? How is it different from our cities today?

2. How do you think people communicate in this city?

3. Would you like to live in a place like this? Why or why not?

UNIT CONTENTS
Vocabulary Computers and communication; technology verbs
Grammar Will and won’t for predictions; adverbs of possibility; first conditional with will (not),
may (not), and might (not)
Listening They’re always coming out with something new.
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 Vocabulary: Computers and communication
1. Match the words (a–i) with the correct pictures.
a. a keyboard d. a printer g. a touch pad
b. a flash drive e. a smartphone h. a touch screen
c. a mouse f. a tablet ✓ i. Wi-Fi

1. i 2. 3. 4.

5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

2. Listen, check, and repeat.

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3. Circle the correct words.

1. Do you usually use Wi-Fi / a touch pad or a mouse? 7.02 Say it RIGHT!
The letters ou can sound like the
2. You can save your work on a flash drive / a touch pad. /uh/ or /ow/ sound. Listen to the
sentence.
3. You use Wi-Fi / a printer to go on the Internet.
My cousin has three computers in
4. You use a mouse / a keyboard to type an email. her house.
Which words in Exercise 1 have the
5. You can carry a smartphone / a touch screen easily in letters ou? What sounds do they
one hand. make?

6. I prefer a flash drive / a mouse to a touch pad.

Speaking: A computer quiz

4. YOUR TURN Use the words from Exercise 1 to give information about you.
Something I use:
• at school: • every day:
• to do homework: • to play games:
• at home: • to communicate with friends:

5. Work with a partner. Share your answers to the quiz in Exercise 4.

I use Wi-Fi, a printer, and a touch pad at school.

Workbook, p. 44

Reading Computers: A Big Past, A Small Future; How do you think people will listen to music in
the future?; Television Grows Up . . . and Down!
Conversation Asking for and giving instructions
Writing An opinion paragraph
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 The Future of
Technology
Computers: A Big Past, A Small Future
Over 65 years ago, the world’s first computer was “born.” Scientists called it “The
Baby,” but it was huge. It filled an entire room! Three people made the computer
and programmed math problems for it. On June 19, 1948, the computer solved
its first math problem – in 52 minutes! At that time, this was amazing.
Computers are now much smaller. With touch-screen technology, many
computers don’t need extra things, like a keyboard or a mouse. In the future,
computers probably won’t need these things at all. Some computers, like the
smartphone, can fit in one hand. Computers are also more powerful today. There
is more computing power in a smartphone than there was in all of the computers
on Apollo 11, the first spacecraft to take people to the moon!
How else will computers change in the future? A computer’s “brain” is a chip
inside the computer, and in the future, people will definitely be able to save much
more information on a computer chip. So, computers will be smaller and even
more powerful. Perhaps they’ll even think like humans! Maybe we won’t need to
tell computers what to do because they’ll decide for themselves!

Reading: An article about computers DID YOU

1. Work with a partner. Look at the photo of an old computer.
KNOW . . .?
How was it different from modern computers? There are more
than two billion
2. Read and listen to the article. What was the first personal computers
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computer like? including tablets
and smartphones.
3. Read the article again. Circle the correct answers.
1. The first computer fit in .
a. a hand b. a room c. a building
2. The Baby found the answer to math problem(s) in 52 minutes.
a. 1 b. 3 c. 65
3. The computers on Apollo 11 were a smartphone.
a. more powerful than b. less powerful than c. as powerful as
4. Today, many computers don’t have .
a. keyboards b. chips c. touch screens

4. YOUR TURN Work with a partner. Think of at least five things you think computers
should do in the future.
Computers should clean our houses in the future. They should . . .

5. YOUR TURN Join another pair. Share your ideas from Exercise 4. Which idea do you
think is the best?

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Grammar: will and won’t for predictions
6. Complete the chart.
Use will and won’t to predict future events.
Wh- questions Affirmative answers Negative answers
What will my smartphone do in the future? Perhaps it’ll think like a human. It drive a car.
How computers change? They be smaller. They won’t be bigger.
Yes/No questions Short answers
my smartphone think like a human? Yes, it will. No, it .
Will computers change? Yes, they . No, they won’t.
Contractions: I will = I’ll you will = you’ll he will = he’ll she will = she’ll it will =
we will = we’ll they will =

Check your answers: Grammar reference, p. 112

7. In 1900, an American engineer made these predictions. Complete them with will or
won’t and the correct verbs.

buy eat not be not cook ✓ not live not wait talk

1. Animals won’t live in the wild.

2. People on wireless phones.
3. We all of our own meals. We them in stores.
4. The letters C, X, and Q in the alphabet.
5. We until summer to eat vegetables. We them in winter.

8. Work with a partner. Which predictions in Exercise 7

are true now?

9. Write sentences about the future with will and won’t. Adverbs of possibility
How sure are you? Use definitely, certainly, probably,
maybe, or perhaps.
1. we / have / Wi-Fi connections in our clothes Sure Pretty sure Not as sure
We’ll probably have Wi-Fi connections in our clothes. definitely probably maybe
certainly perhaps
2. cars / not need / human drivers Use adverbs of possibility to say how sure you are
about a prediction. Definitely, certainly, and probably
come between the subject and will or won’t, or
3. people / live / to be 120 years old between will and the base form of the verb. Perhaps
and maybe come before the subject.
They definitely will think like humans.
4. we / not use / pens and pencils They’ll probably think like humans.
Perhaps they will think like humans.

Speaking: Predictions about my future

10. YOUR TURN Work with a partner. Ask and answer questions about
the future. Make predictions about the items below or your own ideas. Find out about a new
technology. How do the
BE
people get pizza?
your school/job your friends/family your town/city your computer (Workbook, p. 84)

What will you do in the future?

I’ll probably write software for computers.

7.1 A PIZZA ROBOT

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 Using
a

TECHNOLOGY
Listening: They’re always coming out with something new.
b 1. Do you and your friends play video games? What do you play?

2. Listen to Jenna and Karl talk about a video game. Who wants to work
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with computers in the future?

3. Listen again. Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)?

c 7.04
1. Karl has a new game console.
2. There aren’t any boy characters in Cyber Chase.
3. Jenna and Karl play Ocean World.
4. Jenna wants a game console for her birthday.

d 5. Karl thinks Jenna should get a Ztron 2100.

6. Karl is taking a computer class.

Vocabulary: Technology verbs

4. Match the pictures with the correct sentences. Then listen and check your answers.
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1. c To see the bottom of the web page, scroll down. To go back to the top,
e scroll up.
2. Click on the item you want.
3. To see more of the city on the map, zoom out. To look at your street,
zoom in.
f 4. You can sign into your web page from any computer. Don’t forget to
sign out when you’re done!
5. Do you shut down your computer at night?
6. Turn on your computer with the power button.
g 7. I back up my files every day.

5. YOUR TURN Work with a partner. Tell your partner how to do one of these things
on a computer. Use the phrases in Exercise 4.
listen to music read a blog watch a video write an email

Turn on your computer. Then sign into your email account. Next, . . .

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Grammar: First conditional with will (not), may (not),
and might (not)
6. Complete the chart.
Use the first conditional to show results or possible results of future actions.
Use if and the simple present in the main clause and will (not), may (not), or NOTICE IT
might (not) and the base form of a verb in the result clause. The if clause can come
at the beginning or end of
Statements
the sentence. Use a comma
You’ll see all of the choices if you zoom out. after the if clause when
it comes at the beginning.
If I make games, they won’t be boring.
If you scroll down, you’ll see
I ask my parents, they might get it for me for my birthday. more characters.
You’ll see more characters
I may not get the Ztron 2100 a newer model comes out. if you scroll down.
Questions
What kind of games you make if you’re a designer? Action games.

If I beat you, will you do my homework? Yes, I will. / No, I .

Check your answers: Grammar reference, p. 112

7. Circle the correct words.

Get it RIGHT!
1. If Joe learns / might learn to write code, he gets / might get a
Do not use the simple present in the
great tech job. main clause with the first conditional.
2. If my parents get / will get a new computer, they don’t buy / I’ll win if we play that game.
NOT: I win if we play that game.
won’t buy a tablet.
3. You don’t lose / won’t lose your files if you back / may back them up.
4. I buy / may buy a new smartphone if I get / will get enough money
for my birthday.
5. Will I get / Do I get to your blog if I click on / will click on this link?
6. If my computer stops / will stop working, I don’t finish / may not finish
my homework.
7. If you decide / will decide to get a printer, which one do you buy /
will you buy?
8. Your tablet shuts down / will shut down if you click on / will click on that.

8. Complete the paragraph with the simple present or will (not).

If I 1 pass (pass) all of my exams, my parents 2 (buy) me a
new tablet. If I 3
(get) a new tablet, I 4 (start) my own
website. I 5 (post) a video of my dog riding a skateboard if I
6
(make) my own website. If one million people 7 (like) my
video, I 8
(be) famous! I 9
(not be) famous if no one
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(watch) my video. If I 11 (fail) any of my exams, my
parents 12 (not buy) me a tablet. I should start studying!

Speaking: A lot of Ifs!

9. YOUR TURN Ask and answer questions with the ideas below or your own ideas.
Use will (not), may (not), or might (not).
If I have a website in the future, . . . If I buy a computer in the future, . . .
If I make a video in the future, . . .

What will you post if you have a website in the future?

If I have a website, I’ll post funny videos.

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REAL TALK 7.2 HOW IMPORTANT Tech
TRENDS
IS YOUR CELL PHONE?

Conversation: Using your cell phone

1. REAL TALK Watch or listen to the teenagers. How many think their cell phones
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are important? How many don’t think they’re important? Write
the numbers.

Important Not important

2. YOUR TURN How important is your cell phone? Tell your partner.

3. Kendra is telling her grandmother how to make a call on a smartphone. Listen and
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complete the conversation.

USEFUL LANGUAGE: Asking for and giving instructions

you need to all you have to how do I How does it work?

Grandma: Can I borrow your phone to call Grandpa?

Kendra: Sure. Here’s my smartphone.
Grandma: 1

Kendra: First, 2
press the round button to turn it on.
Grandma: Like this?
Kendra: Yes. That’s it. See . . . it’s a touch screen. Now, click on the
phone icon.
Grandma: OK. So, 3
make a call?
Kendra: Click on the contacts icon and scroll down to Grandpa’s name.
Grandma: OK. Now what?
Kendra: 4
do is click on his name.
Grandma: I see. That was easy!

4. Practice the conversation with a partner.

5. YOUR TURN Repeat the conversation in Exercise 3, but change the words in purple.
Use the information in the chart for one conversation and your own ideas
for another.

My ideas

Task text Aunt Linda

Type of icon text message

Task send a text

scroll down to Aunt Linda’s name

Step 1 and click on it

Step 2 type your text and click on “send”

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 TechIt Question of the Week:
How do you think people will listen to music in the future? Marcus Howard posted 10/18

In my opinion, people will listen to music from computer chips in their

clothing. One reason is that it will be an easy way to listen to music.
People won’t need to carry MP3 players or even smartphones for
music. Small computer chips will be in sunglasses, hats, jackets, and
shirts. Another reason is that some of this technology exists already.
For example, you can buy sunglasses that play music. If this trend
continues, it will be popular in the future. In conclusion, I think people
will listen to music in their clothing, and it will be great!

2 0

Reading to write: An opinion paragraph

6. Look at the title and the photo. How does Marcus think Writing: Your opinion
people will listen to music in the future? Read his paragraph
paragraph to check.
PLAN
Focus on CONTENT Choose one of the topics about the
In an opinion paragraph, include: future or your own idea. Write notes
- A an introduction to the topic and your opinion about it.
- B reasons for your opinion
How do you think people will . . . in
- C facts and examples to support your reasons
- D a conclusion with your opinion
the future?

communicate with listen to music

7. Read Marcus’s paragraph again. Label the sentences in each other shop
the paragraph with the items in the Focus on Content read books use their
box (A–D). travel smartphones

Topic and opinion:

Focus on LANGUAGE
You can use these phrases in opinion pieces: Reason Fact / Example
To give opinions: In my opinion, I think (that)
I believe (that)
To give reasons: One reason Another reason
is (that) is (that)
To conclude: In conclusion, For these reasons,

WRITE
8. Find examples of the phrases in the Focus on Language box
Write an opinion paragraph about your
in Marcus’s paragraph.
topic. Use your notes to help you.
9. Complete the paragraph. Write at least 80 words.

another reason is that I believe that one reason is that CHECK

for these reasons in my opinion Check your writing. Can you answer
“yes” to these questions?
1
, people will ride in cars without drivers • Is information for each category
in the future. 2 it will make streets safer. from the Focus on Content box in
The cars will drive themselves with new technology. If people your paragraph?
don’t drive, accidents won’t happen. 3
it will save people a lot of money. The cars will be electric, • Do you use the expressions
and people won’t have to buy gas. 4 from the Focus on Language box
this will happen because the technology already exists. correctly?
5
, people won’t drive cars in the future.

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 Television Grows Up . . . and Down!
People in every country and every culture watch television. You watch TV differently than
your parents and grandparents did. And TV watching will probably be different in the future.

The story of TV started How will people watch TV in the

over 80 years ago. In future? Some newer inventions are
1936, there were only 3D television and smart TVs with
about 200 televisions. Wi-Fi connections. Some people say
Sixty years later, there our TVs at home will get even bigger,
were one billion TVs while the gadgets we watch TV on
worldwide. The first will get smaller; for example, there
TVs were big, square are “TV watches” and “TV glasses.”
boxes, and the TV Most people agree that TV watching
shows were in black and white. People had will definitely stay popular.
to get off the couch to turn on the TV and In 1973, the first big-screen TV was in
change the channel with a button on the stores. Today, TVs are getting bigger
front of the TV. Color TVs arrived in the – and smaller. People have huge
1950s. Today, all TVs are in flat-screen TVs, and some have
color, and people change the surround sound. It’s like being at a
channel with remote controls. movie theater at home. “TVs” are
And there are more channels. also getting smaller. Many people
When TV started, there were watch TV shows on their tablets
only a few channels, and now and smartphones. Some shows
there are hundreds! are only available online.

DID YOU
KNOW . . .?
The remote control
arrived in 1956.
Culture: How we watch TV Surround sound,
sound that comes
1. Look at the photos. How are TVs today different than they from speakers
were in the past? instead of just
the TV, was first
2. Read and listen to the article. What is the main idea? available for TVs
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in 1982.
a. how we watch TV today
b. the history of TV watching
c. the future of TV watching

3. Read the article again. Are the sentences true or false?

Write T (true), F (false), or NI (no information).
1. The first TVs were in color and black and white.
2. In 1996, there were about one billion TVs in the
world.
3. Today, there are over 500 TV channels.
4. Big TVs aren’t popular today because people watch
shows on their phones.
5. There are some shows you can only watch online.
6. In the future, everyone will watch 3D TV shows. Find out about Napster. What is
BE
it? (Workbook, p. 85)
4. YOUR TURN Work with a partner. How do you watch TV
now? How do you think you’ll watch TV in the future?

Workbook, p. 85
7.3 MUSIC SHARING
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UNIT 7 REVIEW
Vocabulary 4. Match the phrases to make sentences.
1. If you’re going to a. if your computer
1. Label the photos with the correct words.
be late, breaks?
2. If you get a smaller b. I won’t pass my
computer, test tomorrow.

3. If I don’t study c. will you send me a

1. 3. tonight, text message?

4. What will you d. it will be easier to

do carry.

Useful language
2. 4.
5. Circle the correct answers.
2. Circle the correct words. 1. A: This is a great new video game.
1. How often do you scroll up / back up your B: How does it work / need / do?
files?
2. A: What / How / Who do I send an email
2. If you zoom in / sign into, you can see my from my phone?
house on the map.
B: First, sign into your email account.
3. Will you please turn on / shut down my
3. A: Can you help me download this app?
computer when you’re done with it?
B: Sure. First, you need to / click on /
4. Click on / Zoom out that link to see the
will to go to the app store.
photos I posted.
4. A: How do I shut down my tablet?
Grammar B: All you like to / don’t have to /
3. Write sentences about the future with will or have to do is hold that button down for a
won’t and the word in parentheses. few seconds.
1. Everyone works at home. (probably)
Everyone will probably work at home.
2. People have robots in their houses. (perhaps)

3. Students don’t use flash drives. (definitely)

4. We go to the moon for vacation. (maybe)

PROGRESS CHECK: Now I can . . .

■ talk about computers and technology. ■ ask for and give instructions.
■ make predictions about the future. ■ write an opinion paragraph.
■ talk about how to use technology. ■ talk about how I watch TV today and in the future.

CLIL PROJECT
7.4 The Secret of the
Pyramids, p. 119

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