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
alanine (ala or a)
alchemise
archegone
arrastra
asebopurpurin
automatic stero warehouse
batpay
Beck's paste
bhagavata mela nataka (s. india)
c.a
Cech
cladding mode
Cortisoni
derebey
DIFC
direct irradiance
electro-conductive rubber
electron-diffraction camera
electrosalivogram
erotographomania
evocatively
false reference axis
featherer
fuckweasels
functional testing
Garibashvili
gas-invaded zone
givn
goods awaiting shipment
Grasset-Bychowski sign
heat-conductive material
high-temperature fuel cell
history of biology
in equity
inverse transform
keepings
kemer (sertac)
Koebner's phenomenon
linscott
liquid blocking
luggerheaded
maasvlaktes
magnetizing power
Markova
meridional exchange
metopius (metopius) rufus browni
Mujang
multiprecision arithmetic
nettastoma solitarium
no-live load
nocturn
noise level of atmospherics
notebooklike
Okkang-ri
Phlomis pararotata
phlorhizoside
pink snappers
planetary-gear
pocket expenses
power-handling capability
precision annealing
pseudocrater
purified oil
pussella quadrispinosa
ring accumulator
roof-space
Schwarzeneggeresque
secret-sacred
semiproof
SIBC
somatotrope
special format
specific heat (capacity)
spontaneous subluxation of cervical vertebra
sprag
stepille
stibylene
Sulfona-Mae
super-structure
superconducting accelerator
susperior aurioular muscle
take order with
thermophysiology
tool palette
trait'es-lois
trn
twittle-twattle
two-tier tender
tyres
Uraria lagopodioides
usdaws
ventral ramus (or ventral branch)
ventralizing
verifying the extenaions
vibrating compactor
vmg
Voltolini's tubes
wax ring
Whixley
with your eyes closed
xerotocia
xuxas