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1、Unit3LifeinthefutureToday,theworldisrapidlyurbanizing.Withhalfoftheworldpopulationexpectedtoliveincitiesbytheearlypartofthe21stcentury,theShanghai2010WorldExpo’sfocusonabettercitybearsprofoundmeaning.当下,全球城市化进度迅猛。在城市人口超过全球人口总数一半的21世纪初叶,"城市"成为上海世博会的主题别有深义。Whatmightfutu
2、recitieslooklike28yearsfromnow?Herearesomescenarios:thingstocome,thingstogo.28年后的城市生活又将会是什么样子?这里是一些假设:一些事物即将出现,另一些则将消失。Zerowaste洁净世界Wastedisposalisoneofthebiggestheadachesforcities.Apartfromrecyclablewaste,everythingisburiedorincinerated,onlytopollutetheenvironment.Pl
3、asticwasteremainsundergroundforseveraldecades.Theworldproducesmuchmoregarbagethatitcandisposeof.垃圾处理是许多城市的顽疾之一。除一些可循环利用的垃圾之外,其余废弃物都是通过填埋或燃烧的方式进行处理,这样一来势必污染环境。塑料垃圾被深埋地下几十年都无法降解。全球垃圾产生的速度要远远超过垃圾处理的速度。NowattheExpo,allwasteisdeliveredtoacompressionstationwherethewasteisso
4、rted,filtered,decontaminated,deodorizedandcompressedbeforefinallybeingdisposedofatdesignatedspots.InBeijing,peoplelivingintheAsuweiareaturntheirhouseholdwasteintoorganicfertilizerswhichareusedtogrowplantsatresidencecommunities.如今在世博会上,所有垃圾都被送到压缩站,经过分类、过滤、净化、除臭、压缩后,最终排
5、放到指定地点。在北京阿苏卫地区,人们将厨房垃圾转化成有机肥,用于小区绿化。NomoretransportationproblemsduringSpringFestival春运将成为历史TheSpringFestival,themostimportantChineseholidaywheneveryonereturnshome,hascausedheadachesformillionsofChinese.Morethan2billionpeopletravelatthesametime,makingobtainingtravelti
6、cketsandthejourneydifficult.春节是中国人最重要的节日,人们纷纷返家过年,无数中国人为春运头疼不已。超过20亿人次出行,造成"买票难,返乡难,返工难"的局面。Butin28years,SpringFestivaltravelmaynotbeaproblematall.Chinaplanstohavemorethan120,000kilometersofrailwayandarapidtransportationnetworkthatwillserveover90percentofthepopulation
7、by2020.AndbecausemostofChinawillbecities,peoplewillnothavetogotootherplacestofindajob,somigrationwillnolongerbesolarge-scale.但28年后,春运不再是难题。到2020年,中国铁路营运里程将达到12万公里以上,形成一个覆盖全国90%以上人口的快速客运网。到那时,中国大部分地区都已经是城市,人们不必到别处就业,这样一来就不会出现这样大规模的人口流动了。Newspaperstodisappear报纸将消失Americ
8、anscholarPhilipMeyerpredictsthatnewspaperwillcometoanendin2043.UtagawaReizou,formereditor-in-chiefofTheMainichiDailyNews,bel