English 2B2
Unit 8-Session 1
Warm-up
Today, you’re going to speak about scientific or technological breakthroughs. Use the
statements and questions in exercises 2 (p. 106) and 5 (p. 111) as a starting point in
order to prepare the session. Try to use the vocabulary and structures that you have
learnt up to now. Remember you should try to provide your classmates with as much
information as you can. This is an informal conversation, so act natural (as far as
possible): give reasons; make questions; ask for clarification; explain; etc.
1. There will be a music festival one day where all the performers are robots.
2. Every car on the road will be driverless by 2050.
3. People will stop using social media sites because of data and privacy issues.
4. More and more food will be grown in laboratories to cope with the increase in
the world’s population.
5. People will use online doctors rather than visiting them face to face.
6. There will be no need for students to go to a university building in the
future as all lessons will be available online.
7. Would you like to live in a smart home (like the one you read about on page
110)? Why/ Why not?
8. What other gadgets can make a home smarter (apart from the ones
mentioned in the article)?
9. Do you agree with the journalist’s opinion at the end of the article that
more technology in the home might make us lazier?
Speaking Card
DIALOGUE: TECHNOLOGY
In a real exam, your conversation should last about 5-6 minutes. Today you can speak
for as long as you want.
Listen to your partner, take part and avoid short answers.
Your partner’s information is the same as yours.
Use the ideas below
Advantages and disadvantages of technology.
Technological advance changing the world
(education; daily life; world of work; etc.).
Effects on culture.
What recent scientific discovery or invention has
been most important to society? Why?
Cristina Más Marín (2022)
