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Future predictions

We use wil l, wontand mightto talk about predictions based onopinions: something that we believe or calculate.

We use mightwhen we are not sure about something.

Adverbs like certainly, pr obably, d efini telyare used to say howsure our prediction is.

We use going tofor predictions based on evidence.

1. Watch a short segment form Deep Impactand complete the sentences from the Presidentsspeech with wi l lormight.

a) It's a bit complicated, so it (1)__________ take some time, so I hope you (2)___________bearwith me, hear what I have to say.

b) If this comet continues on its path around the sun and keeps its present course, sometime onAugust 16th roughly a year from now, there's a chance that we (3) __________have impact.

c) In 2 months, they (4)__________ leave on the shuttle "Atlantis" to board the "Messiah". This is thecrew that (5) ___________ stop the comet.

d) Our society (6)___________continue as normal. Work (7)___________go on. You (8)_________pay your bills. There (9)__________be no hoarding. There (10)__________be nosudden profiteering. I'm freezing all wages, all prices. What a bottle of water cost you yesterday... it

(11)__________cost you tomorrow.

2. Make your own predictions on what you think will happen after the Presidents speech.a) __________________________________________________________________________b) __________________________________________________________________________c) __________________________________________________________________________

3. Now watch another segment of the film and complete the extract with wil lorgoing to.

We're on, Mr President.

Our missiles have failed. The comets are still headed for Earth... and there's nothing we can do to stop

them. So, this is it. If the world does go on... it (1)__________not go on for everyone.We have now been able to calculate the comets' final trajectories, and we have determined where they(2)____________strike. The smaller of the 2 comets, Biederman, (3)__________hit first, somewherealong the Atlantic Seaboard probably in the waters off the coast of Cape Hatteras in just under 12 hours at4:35 p.m. Eastern daylight time. The impact of the comet (4)_____________be... Well, disastrous.There (5)______________be a very large tidal wave moving quickly through the Atlantic Ocean. It(6)_____________be 100 feet high, travelling at 1100 miles an hour. That's faster than the speed ofsound.

As the wave reaches shallow water, it (7) _____________slow down, but the wave height, depending onthe depth of the shelf off the coast,(8) _____________be anywhere from 1000 to 4500 feet high. Where

the land is flat, the wave (9) _____________wash inland 600 to 700 miles. The wave (10) ___________hit our nation's capital 40 minutes after impact.

New York City, Boston, Atlanta, Philadelphia... all (11)____________be destroyed. If you have anymeans of getting away from the path of this wave, leave now.

The impact of the larger comet (12) ____________be nothing less than an extinction-level event. It(13)_____________ strike land in Western Canada 3 hours after Biederman. Within a week, the skies(14)_____________ be dark with dust from the impact and they (15) ____________ stay dark for 2 years.

All plant life (16) ____________ be dead within... 4 weeks. Animal life within... a few months.

So that's it.Good luck to us all.

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Teachers sheet

1. Segment 1 script. 5 minutes long. Film time26min:30sec 31min:05secStudents watch the segment and complete the gaps in the sentences accordingly.Good evening.A few minutes ago the United States ambassadors to every country in the world told the leaders of thosenations what I am about to tell you.(a). It's a bit complicated, so it (1) will take some time, so I hope you (2)will bear with me, hear

what I have to say.A little over a year ago, American astronomers, Marcus Wolf and Leo Biederman, working on a mountaintop in Arizona... Saw something in the night sky that caused them great concern.

A comet But the comet was, well... There was a remote possibility that the comet was on a path thatcould bring it into direct contact with the Earth.

Now... we get hit all the time by rocks and meteors, some of them the size of cars, some no bigger thanyour hand. But the comet we discovered is the size of New York City. From the north side of Central Parkto the Battery. About 7 miles long. Put another way, this comet is larger than Mount Everest.It weighs 500 billion tons.

Now, chances are...Comets begin far out in space. They're what's left over from the creation of the solarsystem after the planets were formed billions of years ago. These chunks of space debris are in anelongated orbit around our sun, but every now and then one of them gets bumped like a billiard ball on a

pool table and is knocked into a different orbit.(b) If this comet continues on its path around the sun and keeps its present course, sometime on

August 16th roughly a year from now, there's a chance that we (3) might have impact. So for the past8 months, the United States and Russia have been building the largest spaceship ever constructed. It'sbeing built in orbit around the Earth. And we call it the "Messiah". Right now a team of Americanastronauts and one Russian are at Cape Canaveral in Florida.(c) In 2 months, they (4) will leave on the shuttle "Atlantis" to board the "Messiah". This is the crewthat (5) will stop the comet.(d) Our society (6)will continue as normal. Work (7)will go on. You (8) will pay your bills. There(9) will be no hoarding. There (10) will be no sudden profiteering. I'm freezing all wages, all prices.What a bottle of water cost you yesterday... it (11) will cost you tomorrow.

2. Having watched the 1st segment students make their own predictions on what they thingwill happen.

3. Segment 2 script 2nd.3,5 minutes long. Film1h:28min 1h:31min:30sec

We're on,Mr President.Our missiles have failed. The comets are still headed for Earth... and there's nothing we can do to stopthem. So, this is it. If the world does go on... it (1)willnot go on for everyone.We have now been able to calculate the comets' final trajectories, and we have determined where they(2) are going tostrike. The smaller of the 2 comets, Biederman, (3) will hit first, somewhere along theAtlantic Seaboard probably in the waters off the coast of Cape Hatteras in just under 12 hours at 4:35 p.m.

Eastern daylight time. The impact of the comet (4)is going to be... Well, disastrous.There (5)will be a very large tidal wave moving quickly through the Atlantic Ocean. It (6) will be 100 feethigh, travelling at 1100 miles an hour. That's faster than the speed of sound.

As the wave reaches shallow water,(7) it's going to slow down, but the wave height, depending on thedepth of the shelf off the coast, (8) will be anywhere from 1000 to 4500 feet high. Where the land is flat,the wave(9)willwash inland 600 to 700 miles. The wave (10) willhit our nation's capital 40 minutes afterimpact.New York City, Boston, Atlanta, Philadelphia... all (11) will be destroyed. If you have any means of gettingaway from the path of this wave, leave now.

The impact of the larger comet (12)willbe nothing less than an extinction-level event. It (13)willstrikeland in Western Canada 3 hours after Biederman. Within a week, the skies (14)willbe dark with dust from

the impact and they (15) will stay dark for 2 years.

All plant life (16)willbe dead within... 4 weeks. Animal life within... a few months.

So that's it.Good luck to us all.