الفصول الدراسية
What the future holds
1. PRE-READING
• What do you think cities will be like in the future?
• What are the advantages and disadvantages of working
or studying at home?
2. READING FOR GIST
The magazine article on the right is about predictions
made by a group of scientists about what life will be
like in the future. Read the article quickly without
paying attention to the missing sentences and
compare the information in it with your answers to
the questions in the previous activity.
3. RECONSTRUCTING A GAPPED TEXT
Discuss.
Α. Think of all the possible benefits of working or
studying from home!
Β. Together they set out to discover and predict the future.
C. There are also several disadvantages that one needs to
keep in mind.
D. Most public services and big businesses are located in
or somewhere near the city centre.
E. One aspect of the future that they focused on was what
future cities will look like.
F. So, you will be able to send one to take notes at your
lecture and one to find information for an assignment
you need to do while you stay at home to cook dinner.
G. Think of how much time we could save if we didn’t
have to move around!
H. The reason for this is that most of what we do today is
aimed at some kind of benefit or outcome in the future.
