1.Write the connotations of the following words
Pollution:Intense and harmful contamination of water or air that is produced by industrial or biological waste.
Future:Will happen in a time after the present.
2.Now is time to think
What do you think about the future?Will it be good or not?
I think the future will be bad because now in the present there is a lot of pollution, people no longer have that humanity and the planet is already showing that it will not last for more years if we continue like this.
What will be the most significant changes in our lives?
I think the changes will be bad, there will not be so much vegetation and there will be more pollution so the health of living beings will deteriorate therefore the diet would lose its natural nutrients since our diet would be based on chemical foods, animals will not They could be eaten since they would lose their food development cycle due to totally chemical foods and all of the above will lead to new diseases.
What will be vital for us to live in the future?
A mental change where nature is respected, birth control must also be done, but let us understand that if we continue like this we will have nowhere to live.
How will people survive if the changes will not be in favor of mankind?
I'm not sure but the majority of humanity will not survive and the other part will survive and it will be the upper class people, that is, the millionaires since they have the money subsidy, since if there is no oxygen they would buy masks to be able have it using technological advances so that middle and lower class people will not be able to acquire them and if the planet cannot be revived, the rich will be able to go to other planets that can be habitable since they would pay for that.
3.Tell how you see this image as a representation of the future or not.
For me it represents the future since it will see too much technological advances but it will lead to the end of the world due to the contamination that there will be, so it will bring the destruction of resources to survive.
4. Add another picture that suits your expectations for the humankind’s future.
If people strive for global environmental change we would have a better future.
5.After reading the story,do you believe in the authors claiming that he refuses to be pessimistic about the future?Tell your reasons.
I think he is not pessimistic since at the beginning of the story he says that his time is like hunky-dory which is good so to speak, that people are living their life to the fullest but later he begins to talk about the problems that there will be giving us advice , as if trying that we can change that vision of a pessimistic future.
6.Match the words with their meanings
a)Vicinity:The area immediately surrounding something
b)Hunky-dory:Satisfactory and pleasant
c)postulated:Claimed
d)Quaint:Attractive because of being unusual
e)Retrospect:An act of thinking about past
f)Beleaguered:Worried,tormented
g)Schism:Division
7.Put the words below under their grammatical categories.
8.If you were the author of this short story,what else would you advise the people of the future?
It would be that they try to take care of the resources that the earth gives us and be able to open our eyes to be able to visualize the reality that will await us if we continue like this
9.How the situation may be in A.D 2100.List at least five things that you expect to happen.
Be ready for a overpopulation
We will fail to make meaningful headway to reduce emissions
Earth as we know it disappears.
There will be a lot of mortality with the diseases that will appear.
Nothing will be left of the natural resources.
10.The author wrote this story to address the citizens of America in A.D 2029.write a letter to the citizens of your country in A.D 2029 to give advice ,and inform them about your country and the situation we are now going through.
Hello, my name is Jazmin and I am from Colombia, I have been worried about everything that is happening in my country, right now we are experiencing a very problematic situation and it is climate change, one of the causes is deforestation that is causing a massive loss of nature, air pollution, changes in land use and invasions of non-native species,To counteract all this is for governments, businesses and ourselves to work together to address the root causes of these problems by reducing gas emissions and also for adults to teach children for most of their lives that we must take care of the environment because if we continue like this by 2029 we will not exist.
11.Write an argumentative essay about the topics given below:
Technology and its effects
How humanity consumes the resources
Life has been made easy for us since the beginning of our era; We are part of nature although our role in life is to destroy what is around us for reasons that we have not yet finished formulating. Over time, new technologies have been transforming our way of life, habits, communication, work and intellectual training.
Technology is penetrating all areas of life in which we spend most of our time watching the screen of our smartphones or sitting in front of a computer. Although technology absorbs us and is leading us to spend more time than necessary connected to virtual media in that, if we combine this with the consumption of natural resources, there will be an Ecological Footprint in which it will measure the amount of natural resources of the planet that are consumed in each country and the point at which the earth's capacity to regenerate what is consumed is exceeded, however, currently consumption levels have skyrocketed so much that we are totally outside the sustainable limits, as of today we need a planet and a half to supply the consumer needs of humanity.
By showing that humanity had different changes, according to the times, man has reinvented himself and has attended to the different needs of this. We see that science and technology have been present in many stages of humanity and more and more needs are created, man through his intelligence has invented multiple machines and advanced in different technologies, humanity exhausted all the resources that the earth is capable of regenerating in one year, the problem that arises for future generations is the depletion of resources, environmental degradation and climate change that pose fundamental threats to human security. Separately or in combination with other factors they can destabilize life forms, negatively affecting ecosystems and undermining peace and development.
12.Fill in the blanks with the suitable prepositions.
I wish I could report to the future that our current status is hunky-dory.
Until recently,it was possible for Americans to believe that.
The people of the United States have enjoyed the highest standard of living.
Sometimes,we’ve ever been wasterful of human life itself
Lately,we’ve begun to realize that we’re in trouble.
We’ve poured so much fifth into our water that much of it is undrinkable,and no life can live in it.
Even the life of the ocean,the great mother of us all,is threatened.
We continue to depend on unrenewable resources.
13.Fill in the blanks with the suitable words below.
There is no hospital in the immediate vicinity.
They postulated a 500 year lifespan for a plastic container.
In the west part of the country,there are some quaint villages.They are very old,but pretty as well.
Perhaps,in retrospect.I shouldn't have gone.
You can’t lose your temper one minute,and then expect everything to be hunky-dory again.
The arrival of the fresh medical supplies was a welcome sight for the beleaguered doctors working for the refugee camps.
There is a widening schism between church leaders and politicians.
