V4 Insight 7A

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V4 Insight 7A

What does this make you think of?
What kind of vocabulary?

Remember your 'bucket list'

Imagine you will never die. Would your objectives be the same or different? 

Why/why not? 

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Question

Is eternal life as attractive as it sounds? What would be the consequences of immortality?

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Read along -> SB pp. 82 & 83

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Let's check your understanding

Dimitry Itskov claims that only powerful people will benefit from his project.

1. True
2. False

At the end of his long life, Jiroemon Kimura was tired of living.

1. True
2. False

The writer says immortality would result in more crime.

1. True
2. False

He believes that longer lives would mean more opportunities to explore different careers.

1. True
2. False

He thinks that older generations usually prevent progress and societal evolution.

1. True
2. False

The writer predicts that in an immortal world, there would be fewer differences between people.

1. True
2. False

He claims that immortality would offer us infinite, exciting possiblities.

1. True
2. False

He believes that it is a mistake to try and control our destinies.

1. True
2. False

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 What would be the consequences of immortality?

It's hardly surprising we want to put off the inevitable.

It will put even more pressure on our planet's already strained resources.

 Other problems would stem from the effects on society. 

A few years in prison would no longer deter criminals.

Something could result in severe depression.

The novelty of life might one day wear off.

By accepting life is finite, we're able to give more value to the time we have. 

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More Vocabulary

Creative Writing

Monday: Shakespeare (AKU)

Tuesday: 30 seconds vocabulary  + grammar 7B (FKW)

After that, Ms Kurtz will take over again

More Vocabulary

Do exercises 4, 5, 6 on pp. 83 and 84

Done? 

Take a look at exercise 7 and consider your answers to these questions. Which of these four questions could work well as a prompt for a creative writing task? 

Creative Writing

Use one of the prompts from exercise 7 to write a creative piece, i.e. you will write a story about the main milestones in life, the prime of life, a situation of life or death or about a charmed life. You can decide which point of view it will be written from (I/we, you, he/she/it/they) and which verb tense. It is most common to use the past tense, however. 

For example: You can write a story about a(n) person/animal who is experiencing a milestone in their life and their feelings around it / longing to be (back in) the prime of their life / who finds themselves in a situation of life or death / who has been living a charmed life which abruptly ends or which they consider boring, etc, etc. 

You can be as creative as possible as long as you imagine appropriate scenes and use appropriate language.

Use this in your work and underline them when you do:

- At least four phrasal verbs from exercises 4 and 5

-At least two of the phrases from exercise 6

Strategy

Ex 3. Sb P. 82

With your neighbour, make a list of the pros and cons presented in the article. 

1. Does the writer present a balanced argument? 

2. Can you think of any other pros? 

3. Do you agree with the writer's conclusion? Why or why not?

4. Would you want to live eternally? Why or why not?