Make Your Way 7, Schulbuch mit Audio-CD

Future science Language for discussion Some of the things which scientists are working on now could lead to some very great changes in your lifetime. Predicting the future 4 Look at these predictions in small groups and decide how likely they are to happen. • If you think they are possible, write in the third column when you think they might happen (in the next ten years, in the next fifty years, in the next hundred years, and so on). Choose the prediction which you find most interesting and write a short paragraph • about the consequences, beginning, for example: If life were discovered on another planet, … It’s certainly possible. It’s not beyond the bounds of imagination. I can’t ever see … I wouldn’t be surprised if … … is bound to happen someday or other. I doubt we’ll see … There’s no way there’ll ever be … yes no when   1   A cure for cancer will be found.   2   People will live to be 500 years old.   3   Scientists will be able to recreate extinct animals.   4   Life will be discovered on another planet.   5   A machine will be invented that can teach you a foreign language in one week.   6   There will be no more wars.   7   It will be possible to travel from Europe to the USA in less than one hour.   8   A solution will be found for global warming.   9   A human being will travel to Mars. 10   It will be possible to grow a new heart if you have a heart disease. 11   All money will be electronic. 12   Time travel will be possible. 197 6 Compact unit 6: Science Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv