Escucha el audio y concéntrate en la entonación y ritmo de las
frases.
Woman1:
Work? In the future? Well, I think unemployment is going to keep
getting worse.
Man1:
I agree. As companies get more efficient and more computerized,
they're finding ways of using less staff.
Woman1:
So I guess people will find it hard to get a good job unless they
have excellent qualifications.
Man1:
Mmm, yeah. I think that's probably true. But I also think that
because of computers, more and more people will be working at
home instead of going into an office.
Woman1:
Wow, I'd really love that. Can you imagine – spending most of your
work week in the comfort of your own home?
Man1:
Personally, I would get so much more done. And with e-mail, faxes,
and conference calls you can still keep in touch with everyone
you need to.
Woman1:
Well, I'd certainly enjoy it, but I don't know if I'd get more
done or not. I'm afraid I might just turn on the TV and zone
out!
VOCABULARY
unemployment:
desempleo, falta de puestos de trabajo;
getting worse:
empeorando;
computerized: informatizadas;
less staff:
menos dotación de personal;
will find it hard:
les resultará difícil;
unless:
a menos que;
qualifications: aptitudes;
because of:
a causa de;
conference calls: debates de conferencia (reuniones de
trabajo por Internet);
keep in touch with:
mantenerse en contacto con;
turn on:
encender; zone out:
despreocuparse.
The future 2
El futuro 2
Escucha el audio y concéntrate en la entonación y ritmo de las
frases.
Woman2:
Every day you hear about some new medical breakthrough on the news.
Man2:
Yeah. Who knows what they'll have done in the next 50 years?
Woman2:
I hope that in the next 50 years new drugs will have been discovered that
will enable people to stop smoking permanently, or to lose
weight permanently – without dieting!
Man2:
And hopefully they will have found cures for many of the diseases that are
around today, so people will live longer.
Woman2:
How much longer do you think?
Man2:
I bet that within the next 50 years, most people will live to be over 100.
VOCABULARY
breakthrough: avance, adelanto, progreso;
enable:
posibilitar;
lose weight: perder peso;
without dieting:
sin hacer dieta;
hopefully: optimistamente; cures: cura, antídotos; diseases:
enfermedades, dolencias;
will live longer:
vivirá por más tiempo;
I bet:
apuesto a que; will live to be over
100:
vivirá más de cien años.
Activity 120:
Basándote en los comentarios anteriores, selecciona las
opciones más adecuadas. Verifica luego las respuestas correctas.
1.
Dialogue # 1 suggests that ...
unemployment is going to keep
getting worse. employment
quality is going to improve.
unemployment will get
more computerized.
2. Dialogue # 1 also
suggests that ...
people at companies will get more efficient. more people
will keep going into offices. more people
will be working at home.
3.
Dialogue # 2 suggests that ...
drugs will enable people to go
on a diet. drugs will enable people to stop
smoking. people
will be able to keep on smoking.
4.
Dialogue # 2 also suggests that ...
a drug will enable people to live to be over 120. cures for
many diseases will have been found. people will
be able to live to be 90 or 100.
Ahora otras dos personas conversan acerca de
los cambios en los próximos 50 años.
