时间:2018-12-03 作者:英语课 分类:英语科技新闻


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A new report shows what life might be like in 100 years from now. It describes skyscrapers 1 that are much taller than today's buildings, underwater 'bubble 2' cities, and holidays in space. The report is from Samsung's SmartThings. It asked experts on space, architecture, and city planners to give their ideas on life in 2116. They said the way we live, work and play will be totally different to how we do these things today. The experts said that 25 years ago, people could not imagine how the Internet and smartphones would change our lives. The Internet has revolutionised the way we communicate, learn and do daily things. The experts said the changes in the next century would be even more unbelievable.
 
Researchers questioned 2,000 adults about the predictions they thought were most likely to happen in the future. They predicted that in the future, few people will go to an office but will work from home and have virtual 3 work meetings. People will have advanced 3D printers that will let you download a design for furniture or a food recipe and then 'print' the sofa, table or pizza at home. There will also be less need for visits to the doctor. We will all have a home health capsule that will tell us what the problem is and give us treatment. We will also be going into space for holidays and to get resources that we have used up on Earth. A prediction that was missing 4 was whether people would still need to study English.
 

1 skyscrapers
n.摩天大楼
  • A lot of skyscrapers in Manhattan are rising up to the skies. 曼哈顿有许多摩天大楼耸入云霄。
  • On all sides, skyscrapers rose like jagged teeth. 四周耸起的摩天大楼参差不齐。
2 bubble
n.泡,水泡,气泡;泡影,妄想;v.(使)起泡
  • The water begins to bubble.水开始起泡了。
  • Their hopes of success have burst like a bubble.他们成功的希望已经成了泡影。
3 virtual
adj.实质上的,事实上的,实际上的
  • This reply is a virtual acceptance of our offer.这一回答实质上是接受了我们的建议。
  • At that time the East India Company was the virtual ruler of Bengal.那时东印度公司是孟加拉的实际统治者。
4 missing
adj.遗失的,缺少的,失踪的
  • Check the tools and see if anything is missing.检点一下工具,看有无丢失。
  • All the others are here;he's the only one missing.别人都来了,就短他一个。
学英语单词
alceste
axiobuccogingival
BGO
bleeding point
Boltz's test
bruya
canberras
Carrigart
cartographic base
Cassiope selaginoides
check up with
clammy chickweed
close the door
closed delivery boot
coaxial peak pulse voltmeter
complementary differential amplifier
cooked grease
coordinate datatransmitter
decasteradians
decent sort
Delphinidae
descending slope
detached column
did good
difference expressions
discrete information source
double space mean
doughnut holes
due to fiscal agent
figure of merit (g/t) gain slope (tilt)
FISMA
Fog B.
fundamental cohomology class
genus eoraptors
gongylidius
grubman
half-wave rectifying circuit
harco system
have a concubine
heat additive
Hu Feng
illin
index of irrigation need
interlanguage
ionized
kittul
lamellar spring
Lascari
laurasiatherians
liquid shock absorber
local custom
louay
magbeam
magnoliid
malate-aspartate shuttle
maturity of notice
memory device context
mirative
missile ship
monadelphian
monitive
ngwe
non-measuring relay
nonpriestly
nonrotary
Norris' atropine tests
nutrient desorption
parviainen
pedi
planning poker
plant allelochemicals
platyhelminth
plexiform layers
polysepalous
power limiter
prolater
propulsion machinery control position
pseudonymities
reflux drum
REWIND statement
rick-rack
rodenticides
semiproduction line
serpol
Setaria verticillata
soil consistency constant
spatial discretization
squiere
stop-motion cinematography
surface of equipressure
threequels
turn-lengths
ultraviolet-absorption spectrum
unsalubrious
upon the gad
Usmat
waggy
walking single-bottom plough
wall granite tile
weder
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