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。
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acid condiment
anholonomy
antitauons
artemisia leaf
average expenditure
beer bottles
beflowers
bibliomystery
Binet-Simon Scale of Intelligence
bring something into disrepute disrepute on someone
british literature
buckles down
cardeck
celophlebitis
Chennault, Claire Lee
comprehensive understanding
copper oleate
Coxeter-Dynkin diagram
crinophage
crude test
cubiertas
Czecho-
dichroscopes
dies iraes
discrete cosine transform (dct)
drink your fill
Duty to Inspect Towlines
efficacy, efficacity
electrical chain
elliptic meridian
excellent time
executive lunch
expressive
extremer
feel empty
form definition division
frositbite of auricle
General MIDI
green PC
has advantage over
heat-resisting cement plate
independent form description language
interference between longer and shorter circle path signal
invidia
jetsons
jourer
laying-in
linne
Little Sitkin Island
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ma nishtana
matters of law
metaloxide
minipiggy
mirror fugue
mixed-race
MTEC
nestle box
non-circulars
nonfilamented
nonmatrix
outdreamt
parametric recognition
PCTE
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pedunculate oaks
pegwood
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permanent awning
permanently accessible
photogene
physical limit
plywood-covered
precieuse
presettling
Prince George's
psychohydraulics
pull-away
pulse crest factor
reauthenticate
ridgefields
sarrault
scatoscop
semi-direct maintenance
single-core oil-filled cable
sneaking
soloisms
Somalize
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sparingly
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stiglers
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strontium rhodanate
subsidiary coin
tagless
Township Enterprise Law
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wagonlit
Walpurgis Night
white-topped aster
wild-men