Predictions that never came true People have always imagined what could happen in the future. But many of these predictions never came true, and nowadays, people often laugh about them. a) Match the words and phrases below. 2000 1. television • broadcast a) to space 2002 2. everyone • travel b) as large as apples 2014 3. people • live c) only 23 letters without C, X or Q 2008 4. strawberries • be 1 d) images, sound and smells 2010 5. wild animals • live e) in underground cities 2012 6. alphabet • have f) only in zoos b) What did people think about the future? Write down their predictions and use the words and phrases from above. In the year 2000, television will broadcast images, sounds and smells. c) Have these predictions come true? Now you know better. Make sentences. In the year 2000, television didn’t broadcast smells. My predictions Make your own predictions about the future. Use some of the ideas below. 1 2y2y88 2 fridge • shopping • automatically stop • using nuclear energy work • only four hours per day have • robot butlers see dinosaurs • in zoos check messages • with contact lenses print • our own clothes doctors • cure • any disease What if …? New things • Predictions • If-sentences • Giving advice • The next generation • Pronunciation: sounding unsure Unit 9 71 seventy-one Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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