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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abdumaliks
accelerating pump
allegorising
anishinabe
anticatholic
antispectroscopic
As you brew, so you must drink.
beacon scaffold
bioshelter
block list
boundary layer phenomenon
buccodistal
Catonian
Cebidichthys
centre of dispersal
chammy
clav-
clud(s)-
collagenase-1
colorados cerro
combined object-oriented language
Corpus phalangis
dicephalus dipygus
doltishly
fabricated rumour
fat splitting enzyme
fieldlings
Fittleworth
front axle truing guage
gleditsia formosana hay.
Grangemouth
hawklikest
hemic systole
high-frequency transformer silicon steel sheet
high-pressure chemical vapor deposition
highwaywoman
Hongwǒn
hook scraper
hydrostatic ga(u)ge
imaginary elastic body
in vino veritas
indiffusible
jees
jewish-christian
juniperlike
Juruti
lacquered
Leptodermis ovata
line-up record
lotts
loudnesses
low pressure safety injection system
main mooring line
Mamet
matier
multicolor laser
Murghob
net floor area
nonrubber
offset drilling
oleophosphoric acid
pericaecal
petious
petroleum base additive
piece
pooeys
power-plays
ppk
precision plotter
probated
put in an appearance
rami ascendens
recursive transition network
registry of merit
research foundation
retina ganglia
ring form corrosion
sedule
sepultural
shepherd's pies
showak (shuwak)
side-stroke rake
simple solid
skip feed
solid matte
split flap
spoine
swainishness
throw-backs
time-average method
torque balance device
two counter machine
two-pin
unhopefully
varda
virtual addresses memory map
viti-
want one's bread buttered on both sides
whitche
wire-coil wrapping machine
wire-wrap boards
Yaguachi