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
across bulkhead
all round turret
angle of obliquity
approximate lethal dose
arrears in taxes
baffle block
bruels
bupleurums
Campania
change of route
China Economic and Trade Consultants Corp.
climatic instability
coal non-caking
cobollers
conceptual analyzer
D-mulsin
decimal field
decory
dialogos
disembitters
double-layer glass
electrician welding helmet
embryotoxicity
emergency overspeed governor
equipment of pumping station
ereuthropbobia
Esmarch's culture
executive placement
eye-liners
fenchenes
fertility clock
flat mouth tongs
flaw-free length
gold price fluctuations
Harbin white pig
hemagglutinating antigen
Hemiolic
hook,line,and sinker
i-hudde
IFME
independent joint action
inorganic chemist
Kalsenakke
killing by somebody
Lasegue's syndrome
lenticular aphasia
level depletion
limy ore
magnetic-disc memory
mandarin collar
matsyendras
midcareer
Mitchell's screw anchor
NANBSAG
navigation meshes
nested logit model
non-uniform circulation
nose for
nucleation power
obseity
Oryzopsis songarica
PAL system
phenyl carbonate
pitching coach
pongpanits
powellised
Preangiosperm
Putnam, Hilary
quadratic programming problem
railroad ticket
resource demand pattern
rheumatic psychiatric disease
ruinous price
Semsol
shamboks
shovelloader
Siderocapsa
sleeping carriage
sleeve armature
sniggerings
source-receiver product
storm cell
straight-line fixed repayment
sulmona
thin film battery
thrombin,thrombase
Tiglath-pileser I
torsional frequency
translation software
unbacked shell
undercut weld
unfry
unsequentially
whiddett
WHRC
width-thickness ratio
Winkler stonecrop
wounden
xenobiosis
Yekaterinodar
zero-lash valve lifter
zigzag molding