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
amoako
Anelytry
arabinopyranoside
aromatick
arvs
baby carriage
bargaining experiments
base constituent of lubricating oils
Bengal fire
blade control
boiler
Castletownshend
chenopodium vulvarias
Chungam-dong
cladment
clip cord
closed drain tank
cold dark matter
conel
Conenine
consider that
coparcenies
CSMPS
cubic-approximation method
d-mark
directrix of conic
dispergement
diurn
Dmitrivka
double-bank
enterostomy
erabutoxins
erythema enematogenes
events-per-unit-time meter
evodia lepta (spreng.) merr.
extra x-ray reflection
fathers-in-law
flatter ribbon-like fibre
fresh water zone
genitally mutilating
great snipes
Ham-sur-Sambre
hardware availability ratio
hydrocarbon core
hysterical paralysis
illicium
indentedness
infrared receiving set
kirsti
ladle capacity
linear aerial array
load transient
Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley
medusiforms
misty blue
modelling program continuous system
mormyrid
newly-named
one strike and you're out
online control
outworlds
owney-oh
patriality
peucedanum terebinthaceum (fisch.) fisch. et turcz.
photocolo(u)rimetry
pielous
pool count
porcheddu
precommissioning test
prominens taiwanensis
pseudomeningitjs
pulse hologram
pumpido
quater-centenary
radula oyamensis
randiness
renvoi
rtpi
sebum secretion
sell-program
shale bituminous
shita
slice sth off
Sobral do Campo
sodium periodate
Sons of Freedom
standing member of the Security Council
standing pouch
star coupling
static bottom hole pressure
study scheduled patient time point
surface interventions
table worker
turbinaria peltata
Urul'ga
volo
wall-plaques
war exclusion clause
xiphyplastron
Y-delta starting method
zelkovas