1 Only 40% of German female graduates have had children.
2 German women have an average of 1.37 children.
3 Few parents have more than one child.
4 A university professor believes that German employers do not have modern attitudes.
5 The government will pay each parent 1,800 euros a month so the father can take time off work.
6 Ms von der Leyen's ideas are not popular with everyone.
What do you think of Ms von der Leyen's plan?
LESSON 2
SPEAKING
Are these statements true about your country?
a) More people are now making friends over the Internet.
b) People are living longer than before.
c) People are having more holidays abroad.
d) People are using robots in their homes.
READING
Read the advert. Who uses the institute and its services? Why?
1 politicians 2 business people 3 academics
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3. Find words in the text that mean:
a) someone who studies the future
b) fashions or changes over time
c) opinions about what will happen in the future
VOCABULARY
What age do you think these people are?
an adolescent a middle-aged person a young adult a thirty-something a child an elderly person a teenager a retired person
What is life like at these ages? What responsibilities do people have? What kind of things do they spend their money on? Which is the best age to be?
Choose the correct word in these predictions according to your opinion for your society twenty years from now.
1. More / Fewer people than now will leave their country to find work.
2. People will definitely / may spend more time using the Internet than watching TV.
3. More / Fewer people will probably live alone.
4. Most people will / won't retire at the age of 55.
5. The differences between rich and poor people will probably be greater / smaller.
6. People will have more / less free time.
Compare your ideas with a partner, and explain your predictions. Which of the predictions are positive or negative for your country?
Write a short paragraph about your predictions for your society.
UNIT 2. HOUSE
LESSON 1
VOCABULARY AND SPEAKING
Look at the photos. Which building do you think is the strangest? Which do you like best? Why?
Check the box below. Which of these things can you find in the photos?
| a balcony a chimney an attic room the ground floor the first floor a roof a detached house a semi-detached house an apartment block a four-store house a terrace a basement a traditional house |