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4. Read the following forecasts. 4
PHYSICS OF THE FUTURE:
HOW SCIENCE WILL SHAPE HUMAN
WEATHER FORECAST TODAY DESTINY AND OUR DAILY LIVES
BY THE YEAR 2100
1 Last night it rained and this Driverless car
Graphic components however the weather today will also be able to safely surf the
morning we woke up to fog,
In the near future, you will
be fine. It’s going to be partly
cloudy in the morning, and then
web via your contact lens while
we are going to have a mostly
driving a car. Commuting to work
won’t be such an agonizing chore
sunny afternoon.
because cars will drive themselves.
Driverless cars
2
are already using GPS to locate
Aquarius
their position to within a few feet
(January 21-February 19)
and can drive hundreds of miles. 1
These days you’ve been busy and a
Michio Kaku (2011). Physics of the
1
little bored. However, you’ll soon
future: how science will shape human
have things to do, at your school,
destiny and our daily lives by the year
at home, and with your friends.
session 2 Your lucky number is 13. commuting
2100. Doubleday: New York, p. 21.
Your health will receive a blow
if you stay up late too often. In
your love life, you’ll soon meet
(n.): trayecto para
someone who will drive you crazy.
ir al trabajo
driverless
(n.): sin conductor
GPS (n.): sistema de
posicionamiento global
(sistema que emplea Remember
satélites para ubicar
objetos, lugares o Function of graphic
personas)
rope (n.): cuerda and textual elements
Title: It is a
description of the
My Se r t if it’s a girl, they will name content for the
3
reader. It summarizes
Diary
her Samantha. You know?
the text.
I want her to be born
completes the title
soon, because I will have Subtitle: It
another cousin to play or gives additional
Saturday, January 17th
with. I will teach her to information.
Dear Diary, play soccer and to jump Illustrations: They
My aunt is pregnant. rope. I’m so thrilled. support, depict or
We just got the news give an example of
yesterday. Mom says she what the text says.
will have a baby boy; but Dates: They show
they don’t know yet. If it’s time lapses to guide
a boy, my aunt and uncle depict readers.
Glossary on
will name him Francisco; page 182 Bold letters: They
highlight a part of
the text.
Uppercase letters:
5. Comment on which text(s) are difficult to understand and They are used to
highlight, after
why. Use the information below as a hint. certain punctuation
and for certain
word types.

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