Unit17Lifeinthefuture未来的生活.doc

高二下册Unit 17 Life in the future第17单元 末来的生活Lesson 65 1 Dialogue第65课1 对话Jenny and Mei Ge are computer experts at the same factory.They are discussing future plans.詹妮和梅格是同厂的计算机能手。她们正在讨论末来的计划。JENNY:Do you think our manager is going to have a new factory built? People have been talking of it a lot recently.詹妮：你认为我们的经理要打算建造一家新工厂吗?近来人们对此谈得很多。MEI GE：I simply dont know.He may have plans，but he hasnt yet spoken to me about them.梅格：我一点也不知道。他也许有计划，却他还没有跟我谈他的想法呢。JENNY:Do you think its possible that it will happen?詹妮：你认为有可能建厂吗?MEI GE:Of course. Right now we cant produce goods quickly enough for all our customers. Many of them have to wait six months for their goods.梅格：当然可能了。现在我们还不能很快的为我们所有的顾客生产出商品。许多顾客需要等半年才能拿到他们所需的商品。JENNY:Whats theproblem with building the new factory then?詹妮：那么,建新厂有什么问题吗?MEI GE:The problem is finding land for it. The majority of people in the town want to encourage new industry in the area. New jobs are needed because a number of people are out of work. But some people dont want good farmland to be built on.梅格：问题是给它找个地皮。城市里的大多数成年人都希望新工厂在区域内。因为新工作需要很多失业的人。但是有些人不愿把好的农田用来建厂房。JENNY:I can see the problem.What do you think is likely to happen?詹妮：这个我知道.你认为最有可能发生的是什么事?MEI GE:I think our manager will persuade the government to let him built a new factory. Its quite likely that a decision will be made before the end of the year.梅格：我认为我们的经理要说服政府让他建立新工厂。很可能年底前会做出决定。JENNY:Is there anything that we can do?詹妮：有什么需要我们帮忙的吗?MEI GE:I dont think so.We just ave to trust our manager.梅格：我想帮不上吧。我们只能相信经理了。Lesson 66 Reading comprehension第66课1 阅读理解How many of the ollowing subjects are mentioned in this article? space travel computers industry agriculture health education research food下面这些科目有多少个在这篇文章中被提到.空间 旅行 计算机 工业 农业 健康 教育 研究 食物LIFE IN THE FUTURE(1)末来的生活(1)Throughout the world,computers will be used more and more in the future. They are already being used in agriculture and industry. For example,many farms now use computers to control the growing conditions of vegetables and other plants. In glasshouses,computers control the watering of the plants as well as the light and the temperature. Its possible to work out whether you will save or lose moneyby increasing the temperature by 1 degree centigrade.将来全世界会越来越多地使用计算机。当前计算机已经用于农业和工业。比如说，许多农场用计算机来控制蔬菜的和其它农作物的生长条件。在温室里，计算机既控制着作物的灌溉，也控制着的光照和温度。温度增加一度你会赚钱还是蚀本计算机就可能算得出来。In their personal lives people will also use computers more and more. Instead of going to the bank,they will use a computer and a telephone to change money and to pay their electricity bills and so on. Houses will be controlled by a central computer. Lights will go off if no one is in the room. The idea that computers can recognize human voices surprises many people. You will be able to telephone home half an hour before returning and,by speaking into the telephone, you will be able to tell the computer to turn on the heating and the hot water. The computer will recognize your voice and carry out the instructions.在个人生活中，人们也将越来越多地使用计算机。人们不用上银行，他们可以用计算机和电话就可以换钱、付电费等等。房屋将由一台中央计算机来控制。如果没有人在房里，灯就会自动熄灭。计算机可以识别人的声音，这种想法使很多人感到惊奇。你可以在回家的半小时前给家里打电话你对着电话机说话,你可以叫计算机打开取暧器和热水器。计算机可以别你的声音，完成你的指示。The possibility that the majority of the labour force will work at home is often discussed. It will be much more convenient than spending a lot of time travelling to work every day. People will be able to use the videophone for conferences. They will be able to do drawings and send them by mail or by fax.大多数劳动力可以在家工作的可能性人们经常讨论。在家工作比每天去上班在路上花大量时间要方便得多。人们可以用可视电话来开会。他们将能在家里制图并通过邮件和传真把图纸寄出去。Computers will be used more and more in transport. Railways in Japan already use them to work out the best distance between trains. Trains will be operated by computer and many of them will have no drivers.在运输方面也将越来越多地使用计算机。日本的铁路部门已经有计算机算出列车之间的最佳距离。火车将由计算机来操纵，其中许多将会是无人驾驶的。Space travel will become much cheaper. In 1993 a new space rocket with no wings was developed in the USA. This type of rocket is able to return to the earth and land on its legs. As a result,costs will be reduced by as much as 90%.太空旅行将会更便宜.1993年美国研制了一种新型的滑有机翼的太空火箭.这种火箭能够反回地面,用它的腿着陆.因此,火箭的成本将会降低90%之多.In the fields of education,health and research, computers will continue to play an important part. It will be part of everyones education to learn computer skills. Information records,for example of patients with the same illness, are now kept on computer. It is possible to have group of these records collected and printed. Computer programs for storing whole texts are already well developed. You can type the name of a subject,e.g.Printing in China,and the computer will give you a worldwide list of magazine and book titles. The next step is to search the titles for more information. Finally you can choose certain textsand read them on your computer screen. If you want a copy of the article or page,it can be printed out and sent to you.在教育，健康和科研领域里，计算机将会继续发挥重要作用。学习计算机技术将会成为每个受教育者的一个组成部分。信息档案，比如说患相同疾病的病人档案，现在都保存在计算机上。也有可能把一组这样的档案收集并打印出来。存储本档案的计算机程序已经研制完备。你打一个课题的名称，比如说，中国的印刷术，计算机就会给你提供一份全世界有关这方面的有杂志名和书名的清单。下一步就是查标题，以获得更多的信息。最后你可以选某几篇文章，在计算机屏幕上阅读。如果你想需要一份这样的文章或其中的一页，计算机还可以把它打出来送给你。Lesson 671 Reading comprehension第67课1 阅读理解LIFE IN THE FUTURE:ANOTHER OPINION (2)末来的生活另一种意见(2)At present,many people in western countries spend too much money on new possessions that they do not need,such as lots of new clothes. This is a waste of money,energy and materials,and also causes pollution. 目前，西方国家的许多人花费太多的钱来购置不必要的新物品，例如大量的新衣服。这是浪费金钱、能源和材料，并且造成污染。Many people,both young and old,are against this expensive way of life. They believe that the basic needs of the worlds population should be satisfied first,like food and medical care. Possibly in future the wealth of the whole world will be shared more fairly among countries than it is now.许多人，包括年轻的年老的，都反对这种大手大脚的生活方式。他们主为全世界居民的基本需要，象食品和医疗，应该首先得到满足。整个世界的财富将来有可能比现在更加公平合理地在国与国之间分享。Take health for example.Western countries spend a lot of money on treating sick people.They do expensive operations to give people new hearts.It would be more practical to look after the health of people before they get ill! So people will be advised to keep fit in many ways.They will be encouraged to eat healthy foods,not to smoke and to drink less beer and wine.以医疗卫生为例。西方国家花费大量的金钱给病人治病。他们给病人作耗费巨资的心脏移植手术。而在患病之前注意卫生保健可能会更加实际一些。因些，将来要劝告人们多方面地注意卫生保健，要鼓励人们吃有利于健康的食物，不要抽烟，要少喝酒。At present developed countries use too much energ