Unit 11 Vision of the future.doc

Unit 11 Vision of the futurePart I Warming upA Vocabularyclerical worker 办公室工作人员 client 顾客，当事人1. There will be no more telexes, and business will only use fax and electronic mail.2. Office cleaning will be done by robots. They will also replace production workers.3. People will have to retrain for new skills every ten years.4. Computers will replace clerical workers.5. There will be much more unemployment.失业6. People will buy their food from home.7. They will be less need for transport, as people will work from home.8. Most consumer advertising will be delivered directly to the home.9. Business travel will be replaced by live video meetings.现场直播的视频会议 There wont be any need to go to see the client any more. TapescriptIinterviewer MMan WWoman I: What do you think might happen in the business world in the next 20 years or so?W: Um there will be no more telexes, businesses will only use fax and electronic mail.M: Mm Office cleaning will be done by robots.W: Well, there will be much more unemployment.M: Well, I think, people will have to retrain for new skills every ten years.W: I think robots will replace production workers.W; Computers will replace clerical workers.M: People will buy their food from home.W: There will be less need for transport, as people will work from home.M; Most consumer advertising will be delivered directly to the home.W: Well, business travel will be replaced by by live video meetings. There wont be any need to go to see the client any more.BKey wordsMars火星 court 法庭 nuclear 核心的，原子核的Vocabularydome圆屋顶 tower block塔式高层大厦TapescriptI think Ill probably be in a spaceship on my way to the planet Mars.I may be in charge of a robot court, judging some robots.I think the population will have gone up so much that either everyone will be living in big plastic domes in the Sahara Desert 撒哈拉沙漠or else theyll be living under the sea.Obvious nuclear war worries me, but I dont think thatll happen. Because I dont think that any human being canis capable of actually pressing some button(s) that release all the nuclear arms.核武器Perhaps we will be able to convert brain waves into radio waves and then change them back to brain waves, so you could actually have a conversation with someone without talking.And there will be so many people I think there mayunless they have another planet to go tothere will be roads and loads of tower blocks for people to live in.Itll probably be computers that are running the country by then.CKey wordsMercury水星 Venus金星 Mars火星 Jupiter木星 Saturn土星 Uranus天王星 Neptune海王星 Pluto冥王星Vocabulary diameter直径C11. Mercury 2. Venus 3. the earth 4. Mars 5. Jupiter6. Saturn 7. Uranus 8. Neptune 9. PlutoC2. a. the Earth diameter 8,000 milesb. distance between the Sun and the Earth 93,000,000 milesc. time taken for the Earth to complete one circuit绕行一周 around the Sun 365 14 daysd. distance between Mars and the Earth 35,000,000 milese. distance between Venus and the Earth 24,000,000 milesf. distance between the Moon and the Earth 14 million milesTapescriptThe earth is a planet just under 8,000 miles in diameter, moving round the Sun at a distance of 93,000, 000 miles, and completing one circuit in 365 14 days. It is not the only planet; eight others are known, all with their own special points of interest. Mercury and Venus are closer to the Sun than we are; Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto are farther away. Of course, the nearest to us are Mars, which may approach the earth to within 35,000,000 miles, and Venus, which has a minimum distance from us only about 24,000,000 miles. Mars and Venus are also the only two planets which do not appear to be overwhelmingly hostile敌对的，不友善的. However, they are much more remote than our one natural satellite, the moon, which moves round the Earth at a mean distance of less than a quarter of a million miles.Part II The Times capsuleKey words Time capsule 时间舱 be passed on 传递所谓“时间舱”（time capsule），就是人们把一堆现代发明创造的有代表意义的物品装入一个容器中，密封后深埋到地下。等到几十年、上百年甚至上千年后供那个时代的人们再挖掘出来研究用。人们把这项工作就叫做放置“时间舱”。现在，埋下一个自己的“时间舱”，已经成为每个世博会主办城市的惯例。 Vocabularycopper铜 aluminum 铝stainless抗锈的 non-rusting 不生锈的leakproof防漏的 humidity湿度 Zimbabwe津巴布韦（非洲东南部国家）ATapescriptTime capsules are special devices built to protect papers and other objects usually for 100 years. The purpose is to help people in the future understand what is important when the time capsule is closed.The device is usually made of copper, aluminum or stainless steel. It should be non-rusting, leakproof and durable.耐久的Contents to be placed in the time capsule should be conditioned to a low humidity level习惯低湿度. Include items that do not require any technology or equipment other than the eye and hand to use and interpret. Todays computer discs and similar electronic media may not be playable in the future.Finally, the capsules location should, of course, be dry as well.B.Name: The Time capsulePurpose: helping people in the year 3000 understand about life in the world today.Designer: an architect from SpainSize: one and one half cubic meters 立方米of space inside with 8 separate partsAppearance: a flower; a feeling of mysteryClosing time: AprilPermanent home: outside the entrance of the Natural History MuseumC Items Description6 magazines describing last 1,000 yearsa recording sounds of life in New York City/9:09/9/9/1999picture what people in new York were doing /9:09/9/9/1999a container of fresh water from a river in Brazila medal American militarya ceremonial chair from Zimbabwea doll beanie （小孩及学生戴的）无边便帽baby/popular with collectorscigarette Marlboro 万宝路（香烟品牌）TapescriptHave you ever thought about what you would save from today to show to people in the future? Some people are thinking about it. They are involved in a project to save objects in a container that is not to be opened until New Years Day 1,000 years from now. The container is a time capsule. The idea for this time capsule came from the people at the New York Times纽约时报 newspaper. So it is called the Times capsule. The papers and objects to be put in it are to help people in the year 3000 understand about life in the world today. First, a container was needed to keep the material safe. So the newspaper invited 48 architects and designers from around the world to take part in a design competition. An architect from Spain Santiago Caltravo won. His winning design is a shiny steel container. It has one and one half cubic meters of space inside. It is shaped like a flower with eight separate parts. Mr. Caltravo says he wanted the container to be beautiful yet create a feeling of mystery. Some of the things that will be placed in the Times capsule have been chosen. They are being shown along with the Times capsule at the American Museum of Natural history in New York City.Among the objects are six magazines published by the New York Times which described the last 1,000 years, a recording of the sounds of life in new York City made at 9:09 in the morning of the 9th day of the 9th month of 1999, pictures taken of what some people in New York were doing at the same time, a small container of fresh water from river in Brazil, and the American military medal, a ceremonial chair from Zimbabwe, a beanie baby doll popular with collectors. Marlboro cigarettes. Other things will be chosen to represent life at the present time. Visitors to the museum can use two computers to enter their own suggestions. The objects chosen by a special committee will be placed in the capsule before it is closed in April.Then the large steel container will be moved to its permanent home outside the entrance of the Natural History Museum.Although the Times capsule is not to be opened for 1,000 years, it should not be forgotten. A guard will be paid to watch over it and remind people of why it is important. The creators of the project hope the guard duty will be passed on from person to person through the next ten centuries.Part III. Predictions on tomorrowAVocabularyimpose 征收，加负担给某人，强制处理diagnosis诊断 scalp头皮1. Your 21st century futureThe future is determined by the actions of the present day. The responsibility we have for the future begins when we recognize that ourselves create the future that the future is not something imposed upon us by fate or other forces beyond control.2. Your 21st century doctorMore and more doctors will use computers for medical diagnosis and treatment instead of their textbooks. Computers in your home will enable you to answer interactive questions about your health and show the alternative results which will affect you if you act in a certain way.3. Your 21st brainYour bravewaves may be used to check out whether you are busy, tired, or doing your work properly. Bosses could measure brain activity through the scalp and tell whether a worker is performing well, working hard, or too tired to do the job properly. Ongoing computer analysis could tell whether a worker is seeing all the activity they have to monitor clearly enough.Tapescript1. Your 21st century futureThe future will not determine itself. The future is determined by the action of the present day. Edward Cornish, the editor of The Futurist magazine published by the World Future Society, says, “The responsibility we have for the future begins when we recognize that ourselves create the futurethat the future is not something imposed upon us by fate or other forces beyond our control.2. Your 21st century doctorMore and more doctors will use computers for medical diagnosis and treatment.You will visit your doctor, and find that he uses a computer screen and visual information about your condition instead of his textbooks.Computers in your home will enable you to answer interactive questions about your health and show the alternative results which will affect you if you act in a certain way.3. Your 21st brainYour bravewaves may be used to check out whether you are busy, tired, or doing your work properly. Psychologist Arthur F. Kramer, at the University of Illinois, tested volunteers working on arithmetic problems. He found that he could predict their performance from the strength of the brains electrical activity. This is measured through the scalp.The future? Bosses could measure brain activity through the scalp and tell whether a worker is performing well, working hard, or too tired to do the job properly. Ongoing computer analysis could tell whether a worker, such as an air traffic controller, is seeing all the activity they have to monitor clearly enough.B. Key wordforecast 预测，预报tourist arrivals游客Vocabularylong-haul 长途的World Tourism Organization 世界旅游组织WTO long-term forecast tourism 2020 Vision 远见，远景Tourism 2020 Vision is the World Tourism Organizations long-term forecast and assessment评估 of the development of tourism up to the first 20 years of the new millenniumInternational arrivals: 1.56 billiona. Intraregional 地区内的travelers: 1.18 billionb. Long-haul travelers: 0.38 billionTop three receiving regions: 接待游客最多的三个地区a. Europe: 717 millionPercentage of world arrivals in 2020: 46%b. East Asia and the Pacific: 397 millionPercentage of world arrivals in 2020: 25%C. Americas: 282 million Percentage of world arrivals in 2020: 18%World average growth per year : 4.1%Growth in East Asia and the Pacific, South Asia, the Middle East and Africa per year: 5%TapescriptWTO long-term