Giải bài tập sách bài tập (SBT) tiếng anh lớp 10 Explore new worlds unit 8 Making Plans Lesson E

A. Read about future trends and answer the questions in your notebook. Then fill in the charts.

One population trend is the increase in one-person households. A one-person household is a home where someone lives alone. In the entire world, 15% of households have only one person and 85% have two or more people. In Japan, the average is higher. There, 32% of households have one person, and 68% have two or more people. In the future, the number of one-person households will probably increase to 38% and the number of households with two or more people will decrease to 62%.

What will increase? What will decrease?

B. Look at the charts in A.plete the paragraph with the words from the box.

certain     decrease     definitely     increase     probably 

It is (1) ___________ that the population is going to increase. The number of people living alone will probably (2) ____________. The number of people living with others will probably (3) ___________ There (4) __________ won't be enough houses and apartments for more people to live in one-person households. There will (5) _________ be a need for more houses and apartments.

C. Look at the information about how many schools require students to study English and, in your notebook, write a description (120-150 words) of the future trends. Use the paragraph in B as a model.