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    Life in the year 3044 is very different1life in the 2lst century. We still do many of the things you did, but we do them2. For example, we now have e-friends to help us and keep us company. An e-friend is a machine that looks just3a human being. It can walk and talk and can do almost4we human beings do. My e-friend is a lot like me and we have5fun together. She helps me6my homework and we often go swimming. She is programmed to take care of me if anything7, so I always feel safe when we are together. She can also send me messages, just like old-fashioned emails, and I can download information from her memory. It's great8an e-friend—I am never lonely and I always have someone to talk9.

    I would like to tell you more about life in the year 3044, but I have to send my e-friend to clean up my room. Maybe10I will be able to travel back in time and visit you.

    What would the future life be like? I think we can travel faster and safer around the world and into space. We will have new energy（能源）that doesn't make pollution. Possibly, people will find ways to use cleaner things, such as sea water, to make energy without polluting the Earth.

    Put a cake on the machine and it makes a new one. We can send food and presents to our friends easily with a fax machine.

    Now we have to press a key or type a word to make a machine work. But in the future, if we think of something, the machine can make it for us.

    We can go into computer games and films, and everything will feel real. Maybe, one day we can collect our dreams and put our dreams on DVDs.

    Everybody hates rats. But rats may soon be man's new best friends.

    What happens after an earthquake? We send in rescue (援救) dogs. Why? Because they can smell people. Dogs save lives. They help rescuers to find living people. But dogs are big and they can't get into small space. So now a new research project is using a smaller animal to save lives: the rat.

    How does it work? First, the rat is trained to smell people. When this happens, the rat's brain gives a signal. This is sent to a small radio on its back, and then the rescuers follow the radio signals. When the rat's brain activity jumps, the rescuers know that someone is alive. The rat has smelled that person.

    Although there are already robots which can do this job, rats are better. "Robots' noses don't work well when there are other smells around. Rats are good at that," says a scientist. Rats can also see in the dark. They are cheaper and quicker to train than dogs, and unlike robots, they don't need electricity.

    The "rat project" is not finished, but a scientist says, "It would be fantastic. A rat could get into space we couldn't get to and a rat would get out if it wasn't safe." Perhaps for the first time in history, people will be happy to see a rat in a building (but only after an earthquake, of course).

    "What do you think, Rashid? We'll be the first people to live on Mars (火星)!" said Rashid's brother, Sean.

    Rashid didn't think it was a good 1 to live on Mars. "But Sean," he said. "We'll have to stay there for at least two years. And it will 2 six months or more to get there and the same to come back. 3 we'll be away from home and friends for three years-or longer! It'll be 2051 when we get back, and I'll be sixteen 4!"

     "But Rashid, we'll be able to spend a lot of time together as a family."

     Rashid said, "Taking this 5 is probably unhealthy, too. The deep-space-radiation (深空辐射) is dangerous. And 6 the life in th planet's low-gravity (低重力) environment. For example, what will we do 7 fun? I don't expect we'll find swimming pools or reaurants!"

Sean 8 all these, but he really wanted to go. He was sure that 9 would be OK. "Just think how exciting it would be," he said. "No one did that before."

"I'm not that 10 to bring back something special from that planet. I'll go to play basketball with my friends now," said Rashid.

    Nowadays, there are already many robots working in factories. They can help to build cars, and finish doing simple jobs . Fewer people will do such jobs in the future because they are boring, but robots will never

. Some robots in Japan can walk and dance. There will be a lot more robots in the future. Some scientists believe that we can make robots move like people, and also it will be possible to make them really think and talk like a human. However, it may take years. The robots in the future will have many different shapes, humans, plants, animals . Do you think you will have your own robot in the future?

If the population of the earth continues to increase , there will not be enough resources (资源) left to keep life on the planet. We will use up all the oil that drives our cars sooner or later. One possible way to work out the problem, has recently been suggested by an American scientist, Professor Carl Sagan.

Sagan believes that before the earth's resources are completely used, it will be possible to change the atmosphere of Venus (金星) and create a new world almost as large as Earth itself. The difficulty is that Venus is much hotter than the earth and there is only a little water there.

Sagan suggests that algae organisms (海藻组织) can live in very hot or cold temperatures and at the same time produce oxygen. They should be bred (养殖) in conditions similar to those on Venus. When this has been done in a short time, the algae will break down the carbon dioxide into oxygen and carbon.

When the algae have done their work, the atmosphere will become cooler, but before man can set foot on Venus it will be necessary for the oxygen to produce rain. The surface of the planet will still be too hot for man to land on but the rain will finally fall and in a few years something like earth will be reproduced on Venus.

    Life in the 22nd century will be different from life in the 21th century, because many changes will take place in the new century. But what will the changes be?

    The population is 1 fast. There will be more and more people in the world and most of them will live 2 than before. 3 will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in every home. And computer studies will be one of the important subjects at 4.

    People will work fewer hours than they did in the 21th century, and they will have more free time for sports, 5 TV and traveling. Traveling will be more 6. And many more people will go to other countries for holidays.

    More land will be used for building new towns and houses. Then there will be less room for cows and sheep, so 7 will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat it every day, 8 they eat more vegetables and fruit. Maybe people will be healthier.

    Work in the future will be 9, too. Dangerous and hard work will be done by robots. 10 of this, many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem.

After a long day's study at school, you are very tired. So after school you go home to relax. When you get home, a robot greets you. He is happy to see you and helps you take your school things to your room. He listens to you talking about your school life and tells you a new joke. And he tells you to call your cousin and to say "Happy Birthday". And then he helps you with your homework.

This is your future, and the robot's name is NAO. NAO has a small body, two big eyes and a large head. He can walk and dance. He can listen and talk, and he can even learn and think for himself. His creators (创造者) predict that this kind of robot will be in people's homes before 2040.

This robot is $16，000. He knows who you are. NAO can even express his emotions(情感). He is a self-guided robot. A self-guided robot can sense (感觉)，think and act. Other robots might do two out of the three. For example, a robot might sense things using cameras and thinks using computers. But with no arms, he can't act. Another robot can move and sense things, but he can't think for himself. These aren't self-guided robots. But NAO can do them all.

Self﹣driving cars

Do you like cars?will the car be like in the future? Maybe we can sit in a car that can drive(it).

About 40 years ago, scientists from the United States(start) to develop self-driving cars. The most famous one(make) by Google in 2012. There are cameras and radars(雷达)on the top of the car. They allow the computer in the car(draw) a 3D map of the environment. Chinese scientists have also(successful) developed a self﹣driving car. The car made a tripChangsha to Wuhan.

Is a self﹣driving car safe? A recent study shows that robots make(safe) drives than humans. If 10% of cars on the street are self﹣driving ones, 1, 000 lives will be saved every year.  If 90% of vehicles（交通工具） are self﹣driving ones, 21, 7000 lives will be saved a year. , a self-driving car is expensive and each costs about ＄100, 000. So it is (possible) to be very popular in the near future.

Have you ever imagined what life will be like in 2060? An international group of forty scientists have made some surprising predictions. They said that in the next forty years, our lives would change beyond our wildest dreams.

Firstly, humans can grow body parts themselves. Dr. Ellen Heber-Katz is one of the forty scientists. He says, "People will think it common that sick organs (器官) can be repaired. It's just like the way we fix a car." Damaged parts will be taken away. Scientists could use human cells (细胞) to grow new organs. New technologies like this will also help people to live longer. Within forty years, most people will be able to live up to one hundred years.

Secondly, the scientists have predicted that a machine will be invented to "read" the minds of animals. In 2060, we will be able to "talk" to animals. Scientists say that humans may first "talk" with mammals (哺乳动物) and then other vertebrates (脊椎动物) such as fish.

Our houses might also change beyond our imagination. Dr. Susan Greenfield predicts that when you enter the living room, sensors (传感器) will know you. They will turn on the lights. If you talk to the lights, they will change to the color of your choice.

But what would be the biggest breakthrough (突破) over the next forty years? A number of scientists believe it would be the discovery of aliens. NASA scientist Chris Mckay says, "We may find aliens in space and talk with them." He believes marks of alien life may even be found here on Earth.

Does life in 2060 sound cool to you? Let's wait and see what will really happen then!

Welcome to Share Ideas! I'm Tony Brown. This is Professor Lin. He is a scientist. He has many exciting ideas about life in the future. Let's listen to what he has to say.

"I think in the future, traveling will be much cleaner and safer. Most cars will run on solar energy. That way, there will be less pollution. Those cars will be driven by computers and there won't be an accident. All of the computers will work together with radio signals."

"I also think that people will be able to go back to the past through a time tunnel, If they do something wrong, they will be able to go back and do it again and try not to make the same mistakes."

"Housework will become much easier because you'll just tell a robot to do it."

"In the future, people will be able to talk with each other on the phone more easily, and you'll be able to see the person you're talking to on the screen of the cell phone. The telephones that we have today will seem out of date. "

What do you think life in the future will be like? Send us a letter

Welcome to your future life!

You get up in the morning and look into the mirror. You look young. In 2035, many people can live to be about 150 years old. So at the age of 40, you're not old at all. And your parents look the same age as you!

You say to your clothes, “Turn red.” It changes from blue to red. In 2035, “smart clothes” can change the color or style as you like.

You walk into the kitchen, You pick up the milk, but you hear the voice, “You shouldn't drink that!”Your fridge remember the information about the milk. It knows that the milk is not fresh. In 2035, every household appliance (家用电器) is like your secretary(秘书).

It's time to go to work. In 2035, cars drive themselves, Just tell your “smart car” where to go. On the way, you can call a friend with your watch. Such “smart technology” is all around you.

So will all these things come true? “All these will come true, even better,” says a scientist. I couldn't agree more with the scientist. I am looking forward to the new life.

What will life be like in the future? How will things change? Here are some ideas. Which one will come true?

In the future, a change of weather won't mean a change of clothes. We'll wear a new kind of clothes. They'll be warm when we're cold, and cool when we're hot.

There will be no more light(轻的)rain and cold wind in spring. The weather will be quite warm or hot all year, without heavy rain or wind. The sea level(海平面)will be much higher.

We won't travel by bus or by bike any more. Every family will have a small plane. No more expensive as—it'll be cheap to travel everywhere by plane, not only over land(陆地), but also over the sea or into space. Maybe there will be traffic jams(交通拥堵)in the air.

Do you like long holidays? Well, you're going to like the future because machines and robots will do all the heavy and difficult jobs, and we'll only do light and easy work. Working hours will be short so people will have long holidays.

Imagine this. You come back home from school and your robot housekeeper is already waiting for you at the door. It turns on the lights, air conditioner and television. While you are having dinner, it cleans the floor. Before you go to sleep, it tells you the weather report, then reads you a bedtime story. Alpha 2 can make all these things possible – and perhaps even more. Alpha 2 was a star at the 2017 World Robot Conference.

More than 150 universities and companies from around the world brought their robots to the event. Some robots work in factories. Some robots can explore outer space(外太空) or the deep ocean. But the highlights(亮点) of the event were service robots.

This kind of robot is more useful for common tasks. From cleaning to teaching, music to sports, service robots have been used to do many kinds of jobs.

Teotronico is also a popular service robot, as well as an artist and music teacher. His 53 fingers allow him to play the piano. He played John Lennon's song Imagine at the conference.

There is another service robot called Bestic. It acts as a human arm to feed people with a spoon. It can be a good helper for little kids, the elderly and those who have difficulty using their hands.

    What will the schools of the future look like? 5G smart campuses(校园) are being built all over the world. They help students learn more effectively, as well as bring convenience(方便) to teachers.

    The University of British Columbia has created Canada's first 5G smart campus. The school worked with a technology company to build a 5G network across its campus. Their researchers can use the network to test 5G software.

    At Staffordshire University in the UK, many students enjoy talking to Beacon and asking it questions. Beacon is an AI robot which can chat with you. It is like a personal assistant for students at school. They can ask it questions, such as whether or not one of their classes is cancelled.

    5G smart campus will be a big help for students who take online classes. Many people live in poor areas where there are no schools. But with 5G, this will change. With virtual(虚拟) reality systems, students will be able to see places like the Great Wall without leaving their classrooms.

    In Australia, for example, many students live far away from schools. They use cameras to talk to their teachers online, but sometimes it's a poor experience because of unstable (不稳定)connections. With the speed of 5G network, their teachers will be able to teach without worrying about their connection, according to technology radar.

What are you going to be when you grow up? Last Sunday, I asked my four classmates this question, and here are their answers.

Read the comments about changes in the future. How much do you agree with them?

Alex is reading a book about AI, artificial intelligence (人工智能). He finds the book a little difficult but very interesting. Though the word AI is very popular now, he enjoys reading it very much. He has learned a new idea about AI from the book.

When people ask AI a question, it answers the question in a very short time. So people may feel that AI can think and answer questions as human beings do. Before Alex read this book, he believed this, too. However, this book says it will never happen. Actually, AI only uses a lot of information to get the best answer. So when it has more information, the answer will be much closer to the perfect one. AI technologies will be clever tools for human beings to use. This book also says almost half of our jobs will be done by AI technologies in the near future. People will soon find more AI technologies in our lives, such as checking the tickets, the price, people's faces and fingers.

So, we believe that we will have much happier lives with these AI technologies around us.

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Mandy is an English girl. She has a dream one day. In her dream, people's life in the future won't be the same as it is today.

In the dream, Mandy sees many airports on the roof（楼顶）. It is easy for people to go to other countries by plane. Mandy also sees many underground stations in the dream. Lots of people take the underground to work or to school. Because the underground runs fast and there's no traffic jam. It helps people save much time.

In Mandy's dream, many people are busy with their work. They don't have lots of time to do exercise. It's difficult to stay healthy. But there is a new way to help people be healthy. People can take the small exercise equipment with them and they can exercise everywhere when they want.

Mandy also sees some robots at schools, in shops and at people's homes in her dream. These robots help people do many things. But some people may lose their jobs because of those robots. Their life will be more difficult.

All in all, the new changes in Mandy's dream help people a lot, but not all the changes are good.