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
aglossia
aircraft component
arensons
aromatic extracts liquid
auditory masking
aulopus japonicas
band to band tunnelling
Basselinia
Brofessional
buffer beam
cabinet drier
cancer genetics
carabinero
carrying velocity
casso insurance
catoes
chick pea
chinese braille method
collection requirements management
conspiratological
cotton spotted bollworm
crack-loo
crank-and-rocker mechanism/crank-rocker
crib groin
crochet-work
cupric oleate
cystadenomatous carcinoma
diplomatized
direct transition type semiconductor
dosis non-neutralisata
double coconut
dry containment
engrain
Fanlo
fart around
fastness to weather
femtosecond
fine stiller
five-parts
gamma-ray compensated chamber
glavis
gloeosporium crini bubak et kabat
hypoosmolar
input panel
instantiate live controls
intermediate systems
jack-in-the-pulpits
jacketed pump
jattas
Kangxi radical
legendization
lily-pad
limiting spot
lower-cased
lusinski
magistrate
marine waste shredder device
Maritime, Reg.des
Maunda
mercury ballistic
metropolitan opera
microscopic eletrophoresis
Muju-gun
national council for vocational qualifications (ncvq)
Nitroerthrol
number arriving in one unit of time
Object Data Management Group
out-of-line procedure
outcrop
P220
pak
phytoseius minutus
piereson
pinots
positive going sawtooth voltage
premade
psychal
reactive hydrogen
reordained
rerun tower
revolving credit account
risk of acceptance
selfconscious
shaft position encoder
sindhi cattle
smokestack hood
sodium soap
south porch
stubble-goose
Sysola
Talanta
temperature control system
tempteth
Testudinidae
top layer
tortillon
two-impulse trajectory
umbilical region
unanimous
under-hangman
undissolute
x-ray spectrum