Cities in the future

I can understand a text about cities in the future.

1. Match the abbreviations with their meaning.

(Nối các từ viết tắt với ý nghĩa của chúng.)

2. Read the texts (A-C) and match the titles with the texts. There is one extra title.

(Đọc các văn bản (A-C) và nối các tiêu đề với các văn bản. Có một tiêu đề bị thừa.)

1 Life is impossible without internet

2 Life is better with green energy

3 Life is a reflection of activities

4 Life is a collection of skills

A

I live in a remote village, quite far from the big cities, so I am not quite sure what a future city should be like. I think it should be an environment-friendly city where green energy is the first choice. Natural resources provide wonderful energy such as wind power, hydropower, solar power, geothermal energy. They have become popular now, but they will be dominant source of iranty/source energy in the future. All of these powers will be used in all city offices, schools, buildings... They will certainly be cost-effective and limitless. People in big cities will no longer worry about the amount of energy they use or the money they will have to pay. What they care about will be how to keep their city forever green.

B

The future cities in my eyes would be a place where people will not go out often. They work, study, shop, visit each other through internet. People in the cities will be as busy as they are now, but the difference is they will do everything online. Working from home or online studying will not save city dwellers time. They will save time from travelling, but they instead will surf internet, participate in online discussions, or play esports. To me, life of the people in the future will be less fun, more stressful and more monotonous. There will be little or no direct contact and people may never know how one colleague or classmate actually looks outside.

C

I love living in a big city, and I can't imagine leaving it one day. I guess the city life in the future will be very different and maybe more difficult to every citizen, particularly youngsters. City people will have to work harder, train harder to meet the demands of the future jobs. Those jobs will certainly involve all kinds of new skills, for example, human-robot interactive skills. People have to try harder and harder due to rapid technological advances. Skill after skill will have to be learned, adapted and then replaced. City people will have no chances to feel bored.

3. Read the Reading Strategy. Then match the texts (A-C) with statements (1-4). One text matches with two statements.

(Đọc Chiến lược đọc. Sau đó nối các văn bản (A-C) với các câu phát biểu (1-4). Có một văn bản khớp với hai câu tuyên bố.)

1 There seems to be no free time for city people in the future as it is often guessed.

2 People will become more concerned about the environment.

3 Adaptation is one of the important skills of the city people in the future.

4 Energy may cost next to nothing in the future.