(將來) cookers will be ready for you to cook a meal at the touch of a switch(開關(guān)).It seems that a(2)
(仆人) is helping you.TVs will tell you prices at the shops and news.Videophones will bring pictures as well as sound.Machines will control temperature(溫度),lighting,(3)
(環(huán)境),washing and gardening.Lighting will also play a(4)
(部分) in making your home beautiful.For example,it will serve as wallpaper to make your room look nicer. Robots will take over most jobs in the(5)
(工廠).Some can help to build cars,and some can do jobs like working in dirty or(6)
(危險(xiǎn)的) places.Working hours will(7)
(減少) to less than 30 hours a week.Holidays will get longer. There will be more foreign travels. (8)
(太空) travel will be cheaper.Some people even fly to other planets by(9)
1587.In some science fiction movies,people in the future have their own robots.They help with the housework,and do the(1)
unpleasant jobs. Some scientists believe that there will be such robot,and they think that robots will be(2)
to talk to people in the future.But James White thinks it will(3)
(difficult) for a robot to do so.However,they agree it may (4)
( take) hundreds of years .They are now trying to make robots look like people,and do the same things(5)
us.There are already robots(6)
( work) in factories.They do simple jobs over and over again.They will never get bored.In the future,there will be more robots everywhere and humans will have
(little)work to do.New robots will have many different(8)
(shape).Some will look like humans and(9)
might look like snakes.They could help look for people under buildings (10)
an earthquake(地震).That may not seem possible now,but we never know what will happen in the future!
1589.(1)What's the relationship between Betty and Helen? A.Sisters. B.Good friends. C.Teacher and student. (2)What are Betty and Helen going to do? A.Do some shopping. B.Do the dishes. C.Do some cleaning. (3)What do Betty and Helen buy at last? A.A birthday present. B.A pair of shoes. C.Nothing.