Bài giảng Tiếng Anh Lớp 11 (Global Success) - Unit 3: Cities of the future. Lesson 6: Writing

 LESSON 6 WRITING
 WARM-UP Story starters
 • Task 1. Decide whether the ideas are pros 
 or cons.
 PRE-WRITING
 • Task 2. Read the article and match its 
 parts with the correct descriptions.
WHILE-WRITING Task 3. Write an article about advantages and 
 disadvantages of living in a smart city.
 POST-WRITING Peer review
 • Wrap-up
 CONSOLIDATION
 • Homework PRE-WRITING
 Read the following ideas and decide whether they are advantages or 
 1 disadvantages of living in a smart city.
 Advantages Disadvantages
Smart technologies make people’s lives easier by reducing 
household chores.
Without training, people will not know how to use the 
technologies in the smart city.
People have limited privacy due to the cameras installed 
everywhere in the city.
The negative impact on the environment is less.
Smart technologies help the city operate more efficiently.
People become worried because their personal information 
might not be protected. WHILE-WRITING
 3 Write an article (120-150 words) about other advantages and disadvantages of 
 living in a smart city. 
 Suggested answer
 Smart cities are built on new technologies to improve people’s life. The idea of living in one of 
them sounds very exciting. But is a life controlled by smart technologies good or bad for us? 
 Let’s start with the advantages. Living in a smart city can reduce the negative impact on the 
environment. Future smart cities will be built in new urban areas with a lot of green space. City 
dwellers will also care more about the environment, so they will try to find ways to make their 
cities greener and more sustainable, for example, by growing vegetables in their roof gardens.
 What about the disadvantages? Smart cities can also affect people’s private life. When 
cameras are installed for security purposes, city dwellers will lose their right to privacy. They may 
think that someone is watching them all the time, and feel uncomfortable. 
 In conclusion, there are both advantages and disadvantages of living in a smart city. In my 
opinion, the benefits are greater, and people will find a way to adapt to the new lifestyle and 
overcome the challenges. CONSOLIDATION
 1 Wrap-up
 What have you learnt today?
 • How to write and an article about advantages and disadvantages 
 of smart cities