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Children will not go to school every day.

They will learn at home with computers.

People will not travel by bus or car. They

will have flying machines.

I will not waste time cooking and eating.

I will take nutritious liquids and tablets.

If I want to talk to my friends, I will use

a video phone and see their faces.

We will get our electricity from the

power of the sun.

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Do you think there will be machines like this in the future?

1. What machines does the Communicomatic have in it?

2. What machines does the Kitchenomatic have in it?

3. What can you do with the Communicomatic?

4. What can you do with the Kitchenomatic?

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These are some of the things that people say about the future. Finish the

sentences.

1. In the future we will not read books because ...............

2. In the future children will not go to school because ...............

3. In the future there will be no teachers because ...............

Many people say that in the future

we will not use books and libraries

because we will get all our

information from computers.

Perhaps one day children will not

go to school. The students will

learn at home, so there will be no

teachers, no uniforms and no

playgrounds! Do you think this will

happen? What do you think about

it?

Look at the two pictures and find three differences between the two pictures.

Speak about them.

Look at the picture on the right.

This is how many classrooms in Sri

Lanka look today. What can you see

in the classroom?

Will we read books in the future?Will we read books in the future?A

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1. What is the name of the newspaper?

2. What date is there on the newspaper?

3. On what page does the news item appear?

4. Is the article about a school, a hospital or a hotel?

The new “Galaxy” hospital will be opened on 20th May this

year. This will be a great advance in medicine. Everybody is

excited to see how it will work. There will be no people working

in the hospital. Machines and robots will do everything for you.

Dr. Roy Pieris explains what to do:

page 19 WONDER NEWS 12th May 3000

FUTURE

EVENTS

a. Go to the next room and you will see a

robot chair there. Sit on the chair and

press the number of the section you want

to go to. The robot chair will take you to

that section.

b. Enter room number one and go to the

computer. Type in your name and health

insurance number. The computer will

give you a print out of your medical

history.

c. Go to room number six now and type in

your name and health insurance number

again. Then the robot dispenser will give

your medicine.

d. Insert your health insurance PIN card

and when the door opens enter room

number two.

e. In room number four feed your medical

history sheet into the robot doctor and

tell him briefly about your illness. The

robot doctor will tell you where you must

go by flashing a number.

f. Here a specialist robot doctor will scan

you and prescribe medicine.

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Where did these animals live?

For example, Koala bears lived in Australia.

a. This was a grey animal with no tail. It lived in trees.

b. This was a very big animal with thick skin and a horn on its nose.

c. This animal lived in water and had a rough knobbly skin. It was very dangerous.

d. This was a big animal which lived in the forests. It had black and yellow stripes.

e. This was a black and white sea bird. It had wings, but couldn’t fly. It used its wings forswimming.

f. This animal was a mammal, but it lived in the sea. It was a friendly and playful animal.

PenguinAntarctica

RhinocerosAfrica and India

CrocodileAfrica, India,Sri Lanka,Australia

TigerIndia

Dolphinshow in various oceans, Indian Ocean, Atlantic,Pacific

KoalaAustralia

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RhinocerosAfrica and India

CrocodileAfrica, India,

Sri Lanka,AustraliaTiger

India

Dolphinshow in various

oceans, Indian

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Pacific

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For example, Tigers disappeared

because they were hunted for their

skins and their homes were

destroyed.

a. They were killed for food.

b. Their homes were destroyed.

c. They were hunted for their skins.

d. Parts of their bodies were used for medicine.

e. They were killed as dangerous animals.

f. They were killed for their tusks.

g. They were hunted for their shell.

h. They were killed for sport.

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All of these things help us to live in a “GLOBAL VILLAGE”. What do you thinkthis means?

a. Everybody will live in towns and cities.

b. People in different countries will communicate with each other easily.

c. Everybody will have a computer.

d. People will live in one village in space.

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What are they? What dothey do?

a. A machine that sendspictures and wordsacross a telephoneline.

b. A system that sendsmessages to otherpeople using a computer.

c. A computer systemthat helps people tofind and exchangeinformation easily.

d. A vehicle that travels throughspace.

e. A machine that issent to space andgoes round the earth.It is used for radio,television and electronic communication.

f. An electronic machinethat can store a lotof information.

g. An aeroplane that cantravel faster thanthe speed of sound.

In the future the following will be things in our day-to-day life.

supersonic planecomputer

networkrocket/

space craft

e-mail

communication

satellite

fax machinecomputer

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Say the rhyme

1

Say the rhyme and do the actions!

I can help you everywhere,

Bedroom, kitchen, I don’t care.

Sweep the floor or paint the door,

Iron your clothes or even more.

Wash the dishes as you wish,

Cook some curry, fry a fish.

Sew a shirt or knit a hat,

Throw a ball or use a bat.

Make your tea or bake some peas,

I can do it all with ease.

I can work for hours and hours,

Without stopping. I have powers.

All day long I do my best,

And you can sit and have a rest.

People say that in the future everyone will have robots to do the work at

home. Perhaps they will be like Roland the Robot in this rhyme …

How many things can this robot do? Read the rhyme and make a list.

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Who do you think Mrs Busy will choose?

To clean, cook, wash and sew for a big family.

Experienced robots only can apply.

Send e-mails with photographs to Mrs Busy.

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Domestic robot Mrs Busy has received

many e-mails with

photographs, but they are

all mixed up. Help her to

find the right photograph

for each e-mail.

I am Mr Polish. I have four

robot arms. I can sweep, brush,

mop and sponge at the same time.

I polish the floor as I move

through your house.

I am Mrs Cooky. I have spoons on

my head and a knife hand and a

fork hand. I move on three wheels.

I am Mrs Do-it-All. I do cooking,

washing, cleaning, dusting,

brushing and all the cleaning

work you want. I have six robot

legs and two robot arms. I move

quickly like a spider.

I am Mr Clean. I have six hands

altogether, two each for

sweeping, brushing and mopping.

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So many problems! Can you think of some solutions to make things better on

Planet Earth?

Find the problems mentioned in the article

Will we go to

another planet

one day?

Every year there are

more and more people

on Planet Earth. Every

year we use more and

more oil and other fuel.

Every year the air

becomes more and more

polluted. People think

that the temperature of

the Earth is going up and

up, and one day

perhaps the ice at the

North and South Poles

will melt! Then there will

be big trouble. The sea

will rise and many places

will be under water.

Some people think that

we should find a new

planet to live on. Other

people hope that we will

make things better on

THIS planet.

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This story happens in the future! The people from the different planets are

holding an inter-planetary conference to discuss the problems their planets are

facing and the solutions to those problems.

A. I am from planet Koffo. On my planet there is no clean air to breathe, so we buy bags of

air from other planets.

B. I come from planet Pleno. The population on our planet is about 250,000 million.

There is no place for us to grow our food. So we buy food from other planets. We want

to find a new planet to live on.

C. I live in planet Caldo. Our planet is very hot, so we all live in big refrigerators.

D. My planet’s name is Fesso. On our planet robots do all the work and computers do all

the thinking. Our problem is we do not have anything to do, and we are now all very

bored!

E. You’re lucky. On our planet we have all of those problems! Help. I’m from planet

Earth!!

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1. What is the problem on planet …………… ?

2. What is the solution to the problem?

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a. A scientist has discovered a new

vaccine. It will help to cure cancer.

b. An engineer in Japan has

invented a flying car. This will solve our

traffic problems in the future. Or will it?

c. A group of architects has constructed an

underwater city. Twenty thousand people

have already decided to live in it.

d. A professor in India has experimented

with a new medicine. It will keep us

young for ever.

DRIVING IN THE SKY

AN IMPORTANT NEW VACCINE

LIFE UNDER THE SEA

TAKE YOUR MEDICINE AND STAY YOUNG

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Tell your friends the 3 ideas that you chose. Are they the same or different?

Do you agree or disagree?

Ruwan is writing an article for the school newspaper, but he hasn’t finished it.

Look at his notes and decide which three ideas are the best for the article.

What must we do in the future?

Flying cars and underwater cities are very interesting, but

perhaps other things are more important.

There are many problems in our world today. Here are

some problems we must solve very soon.

We must protect the natural world. We mustn’t cut down

all the forests. We need them and the animals need them!

We must grow enough food for everybody in the world.

People must try to be friends with people from other

places.

We must find a clean way of travelling.

No more oil and petrol! Perhaps we can

have electric cars.

We must keep our rivers and lakes

clean. Everybody needs clean

water to drink.

pollution

education

war

houses

drugs

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Cover the story and only look at the pictures. Try to tell the story again to your

friends. You can use your own words.

One day, Roy, Nizar, Ruwan, Kusum, Amali,

Meena, Pancha, Kandu and Windy Wheeler

went on a trip to the forest.

On the way, they stopped by a river and had a

nice meal.

Then they went into the forest. Kandu went first

and all the others followed him.

They heard birds singing and monkeys

chattering. They were all very happy.

Then they saw a herd of elephants.

The elephants all lifted their trunks and called to

Kandu. “Come and join us”.

Kandu looked at his friends. “I must go,” he said.

“I must join them”. And slowly and sadly he

walked into the forest to join his elephant

friends.

Then came a group of monkeys. The monkeys

hopped from tree to tree and called Pancha to

join them. Pancha slowly and sadly went to join

them.

Roy and his friends were very sad to leave Pancha

and Kandu, but Roy said “It’s sad, but the time

has come. Don’t worry, the forest is the place for

Kandu and Pancha to live in the future. It’s their

natural home, and we must protect it”.

“Goodbye. Goodbye.”

said Kandu and Pancha.

“Goodbye,” said the children. “Thank you for being

our friends for all these years,” they said.

“We won’t forget you!”

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