will have run out of essential materials, like oil and coal. We may even have run out of water to drink. They believe that we will be living like chickens- living in little boxes, and eating artificial food.
But those who are more optimistic say that life in the future will be much better than it is today. We may be living in well-designed , systematic communities. We may be getting more sunlight, breathing fresher air, living in a better environment and leading far more pleasant lives than we are today.
Life will certainly have become far more mechanized by the year 2100. It may even have become too mechanized. Mechanization has already caused quite a few problems and will cause still more. For example, many jobs will have been “automated”. People will no longer be able to learn only one job in their lifetime. Many of the jobs that young people are doing today will have become unnecessary by the time they are 40. Questions:
1. What can definitely be said of life in the next century
2. What does \ 3. What will the influence of automation be upon people in terms of employment 4. Is there any possibility hat some jobs will disappear in decades from now Why or why not
5. What would the future job market look like
Listening 4
Ex1: F T T F F
Ex2: 1) Because they could have a large house and yard there 2) The cities have grown larger
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3) During the last 10 or 15 years of the 20 century
4) Because they want to change them into apartment buildings 5) It saves people time for traveling back and forth Script:
Starting in the early 1900s, many Americans living and working in large cities moved to the suburbs. They wanted to live where they could have a large house and yard, instead of a small apartment with no yard. The problem that this has brought is that as the cities have grown larger, people must travel a long way to their place of work. Often the trip takes as much as two hours each way. Thus they have very little time to enjoy their houses and yards.
Therefore, during the last decades of the 20th century, some people became interested in moving back to the business areas of the cities. Many old buildings with businesses or factories on the first few floors have upper floors that are empty- Other old buildings are completely empty. Architects have been buying these buildings and changing them into attractive apartment buildings. Most have large comfortable rooms with big windows, which let in a lot of light. The apartments in these buildings are quickly bought by people who want to move back downtown. As one new apartment owner said, \sit in my car for over three hours a day. And there are nearby parks that I can visit
now that I have more time.\
新编大学英语视听说教程unit8听力原文及答案
