Tiếng anh 10 - Practise listening 2

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1. The fridge will even advise on recipes based on what you’ve got in stock. LET’S PRACTISE – 02 Domestic chores just got a lot easier! (*[]*) In the future such homes will be available for everybody! ~ [1] A NEW NOAH’S BOAT? [3] T = Tom R = Rick I’LL COME WITH YOU, SWEETIE! R: Come on, we’re going to be late for school. What are,you reading? E = Emma O = Oscar T: Oh, it’s one of Dad’s business magazines. Have you seen the plans for this O: What a week! I’m exhausted. I’m glad it’s Saturday. Freedom ship? E: Well, don’t relax too much; we need to do some food shopping. We don’t R: No, what is it? even have coffee. T: Well, it’s just a concept at the moment, but they’re planning to build a huge O: Don’t we? Well, you could’ve said something earlier. How am I supposed to ship that looks like a floating tower block with an airport on top. function without coffee? R: That sounds a bit unstable if you ask me. Let’s have a look. Oh, that’s E: Er well, you should’ve noticed yourself if it’s so important to you. amazing. It looks like a multi-storey car park! I wouldn’t like to be on it in bad Anyway, there’s a food market on West Street today. I say we get there early. weather. Are they really going to build it? O: What, you mean leave the flat? T: Only if it can be profitable, so if you ask me, I’d be surprised. They need E: Well, how else do you suggest we do the shopping, Oscar? billions of dollars to even start, so it may never happen. It says here that there O: Er online? I really can’t be bothered to go out, Emma. Going to the market are people with disposable income who want to invest in the project and use it as is time consuming and takes effort, but shopping online is quick and convenient. their second home, but I shouldn’t think many people would want to live on it. Click, click, click and it’s done. Miraculous! It’s the only way of shopping that They want to make it nearly two kilometres long – nearly two kilometres long! allows you to stay on the sofa and therefore, it’s clearly the best choice. That doesn’t sound possible! Another reason is that, instead of carrying heavy bags half-way across town, R: Where will it dock? someone will deliver everything to the door. What could be easier? T: According to this article, no ports will be big enough for it to enter, so it’ll E: You are so lazy, Oscar! OK, when you compare the two, shopping online just be sailing around the world non-stop with 80,000 people on board. might require less effort, but I wouldn’t choose it because you can’t actually R: Well, I won’t be one of them! Come on, it’s time to go. pick the fresh food yourself, can you? If you order online, they can send you all the old stuff. That’s why I’d opt for the market. On top of that, it is actually good [2] to leave the house and interact with other real people sometimes, you know? SMART HOMES FOR THE POOR? NO WAY! O: Hmmm? Today I’m reporting from The House and Home show and I’m going to start E: I mean, I prefer going to the market simply because it’s a colourful and lively with a question – where will you be living twenty years from now? Well, that’s place to spend some time. Also, shopping online isn’t the best choice if you pretty obvious. You’ll be living in a fully connected smart home! consider the environment – all those delivery trucks speeding round the city. Smart homes and smart technology have now become reality, not the future. Plus, don’t forget it’s much more likely that the food at the market is locally How do they benefit our lives? OK, a smart home can be rewired so household grown and it’s definitely the cheaper option. appliances such as fridges, light fixtures, security systems and thermostats can O: OK, OK! I get the message. How about you go to the market and I stay here? be controlled by the homeowner using a mobile device. One benefit is that the E: That’s fine, Oscar. You can clean the kitchen and the bathroom while I do the smart home can save energy costs – even when you’re not at home. With the tap shopping. of a finger on your mobile phone, you can switch off lights, close windows and O: On second thoughts, I’ll come with you and help carry the bags. control the heating. With the smart home you gain more hours in the day – when E: Oh, my hero! you’re running low on milk, your fridge can order more and it can be programmed to manage all your shopping. TQT LET’S PRACTISE 02