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L1 Hannah Jones looks 1___________the future.
I love talking about the future-and I am not the only one 2_________ the centuries, people have always 3__________(疑惑) about the future. some like to read 4__________(科幻) stories and imagine what the world will be like in 10,50 or even 1,000 5_________( year) time .others write about the future themselves ,in the 18th and 19th centuries ,especially the 6_________ (late), the most common theme in science fiction novels was the future. Some authors even 7___________(预测) things that have since happened, for example, 8_______(land) on the moon! but for some people, thinking about the future is not just for fun .they plan the future of the world for a living. These people are called 9_____________(未来学家). This weekend, hundreds of futurologists are meeting at Newcastle university .the 10__________(研讨会) starts on Friday and the experts will be discussing the 11____________（无穷的）12_______________(possible) of the future. The future is now big business and many people will 13___________ the seminar with dreams of 14___________(开创) news enterprises 15________(base) on the predictions they will hear this weekend. I 16_________ into the websites of a few futurologists and here’s what they’re predicting: •In the next few years, computers will become 17________(handy). 18_________(不久之后) all of us are going to use our voices to give 19____________(instruction) to computers. We will be able to 20_____________（下载） any file or 21__________（更新）our computers just by saying a few words. •By the year 2015, the clothing industry will have produced new types of material that will remain 22____________(无锈的) no matter what you 23________（泼出） on them. Red wine stains will no longer ruin clothes. Garments will also be so strong that they will never get old and worn.
•By the year 2025, no one will die of 24_____________（饿死） because there will be food for everyone. No one will have to live on 25________（福利） as everyone will have jobs and discrimination will be a part of the past. There will therefore no longer be any conflict and people will be able to live together in peace and 26_____________ (equal). •By the year 2030, development in biochemistry and medical science will have made it 27______________(theory) possible for us to live for at least 150 years. Tiny, insect-like robots may be sent around the cells of our bodies to 28________(评估) our health and carry out repairs to keep us 29_____________(health). •By the middle of the century, computers that are millions of times smarter than us will have been developed. We will be 30_________(link) our brains to these computers and a huge database. A new type of electronic human might have developed! •By the end of the century, we will have discovered other places in our 31______(太阳) system 32___________(适合) for living and we will have discovered ways to go 33_______ (far) into space.
I’ll be there in Newcastle this weekend. At nine o’clock on Saturday morning, I’ll be sitting in the front row and listening to the great professor Willard talking about the future of my brain. If you can’t 34_________(拒绝) the future, join it –it’s the 35________(黎明) of a new world.
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