UNITATEA 1: THE FUTURE OF OUR WORLD IN THE NEXT MILLENIUM

La sfârşitul acestui curs, studentul va putea: − să îşi însuşească cîteva elemente de vocabular care vizează tipurile

psihologice − să utilizeze Future Tense Simple

Cunoştinţe privind formarea lui Future Tense Simple

Engleza pentru admitere, Bantaş, Andrei, Ed. Teora, Bucureşti, 1995, vol. 1;

Practise Your Tenses, Adamson, Donald, Longman, 1996;

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Pre-reading: 1.Word Web: words related to the key word “FUTURE” (E.g.: anticipate, forecast, foretell, predict, prognosis,…). 2.Dialogue between an optimist and a pessimist (pages 123-124, Changing Times, Changing Tenses). Fill in the dialogue (use the right replies). Reading Text “The Car of the Future”, (Changing Times, Changing Tenses, pages 120-121). LANGUAGE FOCUS New Vocabulary: to be in trouble, ask,/look for trouble, troublesome, troublemaker/shooter, to get someone into trouble, troublous, disturbed, to fish in troubled waters; air conditioning; gas (A.E.) vs petrol (B.E.); lights, headlight, light vs darkness, light/dark colour (blue), light (adj.) vs heavy; foot – feet (goose, tooth); 1 mile = km; to be short of, shortage; supply, to supply. GRAMMAR FOCUS 1.Expressing comparison with: “as + adj….as + noun”: (see Penny Ur, op. cit., page 57). E.g.: “as thin as ice”, “as white as snow”. 2.Expressing future time I. The Simple Future

Use: to express: ü an action we are not sure about (use of “probably”); ü hopes, fears, threats, on-the-spot decisions, offers, promises, warnings,

predictions, comments (with expect, hope, believe, I’m afraid, I’m sure, I know, I think probably);

ü a prediction or a future action or event which may or may not happen. Time Expressions: tomorrow, tonight, next week/year/.., in two days, the day after tomorrow, soon, in a week/fortnight, on the 1st of June, in 2003, a.s.o.. Form: Affirmative: S + shall/will + verb ….(short form: ‘ll). Interrogative: Shall/will + S + verb ….? Negative: S + shall/will + not + verb ….(short form: shan’t/won’t). 3. The verb “take” + preposition: after = to resemble down = to write/record for = to mistakenly assume that sb/sth. Is sb./sth. else For granted = to assume as a fact that does not need any confirmation In = to receive, admit; to reduce the size of; to include/comprise off = to remove; to depart (aeroplanes) over = to take control/possesion of…

to = to adopt as a habit/practice/hobby Practice Grammar exercises (G. Gălăţeanu, op. cit., Ed. Albatros, 1980, - v. şi alte ediţii, pag. 216-228) from various grammar books or from the suggested references. Speaking Briefly express (in approximately 200 words) how you imagine the future of psychology in the next millenium. (group or individual work, as best suitable). Suggestions: machinery development and human brain, coping with physical impairments: deafness, dumbness, blindness, mental retardness, a.s.o..

Pessimist vs optimist