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8       Expectations








































                    Speaking

                 A. Discuss with a partner. How likely is it that these things
                   will happen in your lifetime?
                   • People will start living on Mars.
                   • We will have proof of life on other planets.
                   • There will be a war with aliens from outer space.
                   • Spaceships will be able to cross the galaxy.

                    8.2
                 B.     Match the two halves of the sentences. Listen to
                   the recording and check your answers.
                   1. As                          a. chance!
                   2. Don’t                       b. fly!
                   3. Never                       c. hold your breath!
                   4. No                          d. in a million years!
                   5. No way,                     e. if!

                   6. Not                          f. José!
                   7. Yeah, and pigs might        g. likely!
                   8. You should be               h. so lucky!

                 C.  Work in a group of three and write a dialogue to discuss
                   one of the following statements. Use at least four of the
                   phrases from exercise B.

                   • We will all be using driverless cars in the next twenty
                     years.

                   • People will be living on Mars by the end of this century.
                   • Everyone will be following a vegetarian or vegan diet
                     by the time you’re fifty.



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