1 Cyberspace
In this module you will...
Read about the internet and virtual reality. الواقع الافتراضي
Practise telephoning and making suggestions.
Write an Internet page about your area.
Learn how to make predictions تتنبأ about the future; learn about conditionals.
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Key words alien, android رجل آلي, cyberspace الفضاء الإلكتروني , genetic engineering الهندســة الوراثية , global warming, الاحتباس الحراري , science fiction, virtual reality الواقع الافتراضي world flooding
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A large number of writers tried to make their own predictions about the future. For example, in 1818, Mary Shelly wrote about a scientist who creates an artificial اصطناعي human in Frankstein. In 1890s H.G. Wells wrote about the Martian invasion غزو سكان المريخ in The War of the Worlds. In 1932, Aldous Huxley predicted virtual reality and genetic engineering. |
| Module 11 Tomorrow's World عالم الغد Grammar Focus
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The future of Cyberspace
In the last thirty years, the Internet has grown grown dramatically. بشكل هائل . In 1983, there were only 200 computers connected to the Internetm; now there are around 50 million and this growth is clearly going to continue. Some expert are pessimistic مُتَشَائِم about the future. One worry is the activities of cybercriminals مجرمو الشابكة . Even now , young hackers can get into the computers of banks and governments. In the future, cyberterrorists إرهابيو الشابكةmay 'attack ' the world's computers, cause chaos يحدثون بلبلة and make planes and trains crash.
However, many people are optimistic مُتَفَائِل about the future of the Internet. Already, users can buy books , find out about holiday offers, book tickets and get all sorts of information from the Internet. In the next few years, 'says Angela Rossetto of Cyberia magazine, ' it is clear that we are going to see سنشهد an explosion of shopping on the Internet التبضع عن طريق الشابكة . Some scientists see our future in virtual reality- the use of computers with sounds and images that make you feel as if you are in a real situation. Everyone thinks that virtual reality will become part of our modern life. حياتنا المعاصرة We will live and work in virtual offices.
Match the vocabulary from the text with definitions
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Key words Cybercriminals مجرمو الشابكة , cyberterrorist, hacker , Internet, virtual realityالواقع الافتراضي
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1 a criminal who uses the Internet
2 someone who uses the computers for violent political demands.
3 computer system that allows millions of people around the world to exchange information.
4 a person who enters your computer with permission.
5 images produced by computers that surround the person looking at them and seem to be real.
Answers: 1 cybercriminals 2 cyberterrorist 3 Internet 4 hacker 5 virtual reality
PREDICTIONS will and going to
We use will + infinitive المصدر without to when our prediction is based on intuition, knowledge and experience.
I think we will be able to have holidays on the moon in 20 years' time.
We use be going to +infinitive without to when our prediction is based on evidence دليل or facts وقائع that we can observe now.
Look at the clouds. It's going to rain.
Which comment is better in each situation?
1 You're planning to buy a computer.
a) I hope it will be cheap.
b) It is going to be cheap.
2 It's the last ten minutes of a basketball match between Syria and Bahrain. The score النتيجة is 102: 56 to لصالح Syria.
a) Bahrain will lose.
b) Bahrain is going to lose.
3 You're going on holiday in Italy.
a) It probably على الأرجح won't rain.
b) It's not going to rain.
Answers:
1 a 2 b 3 a
Complete the text with going to or will.
| Earth Report! Futurologist Carla Wright speaks to our journalist. ' We have clear evidence that in the next few years The earth's climate (1)............... change. I' m afraid that this probably means that many species أنواع of animals, such as the Bengal tiger, (2)..............disappear soon. Climatic changes (3)............... certainly affect people's lives, too. Because of the global warming, the sea has already destroyed parts of the British coastline and some coastal villages. It is obvious that this destruction (4)................ become more dangerous in the future. We have to take immediate action نتخذ إجراءات فورية, or I fear that life on earth (5)............... get worse.
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Answers: 1 is going to 2 will 3 are going to 4 will 5 will
Write optimistic and pessimistic predictions about life in 30 years' time.
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I believe the Internet will invade the whole world. |
I think the climate will be hotter. |
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I think scientists won't be able to stop global warming. |
I think books will disappear. |
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I think transport will be faster. |
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