how different will things be 20 years from now

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1、HowDifferentWillThingsBe20YearsfromNow?Weaskedreaderstowriteinandtellusabouttheirpredictionsforlifeinthefuture.Hereareafewoftheirresponses.AIdon'tthinklifewillchangealotoverthenext20years.Manyoftoday'sproblemssuchaspovertyandwarwillstillexist.Ithinkmorepeoplewillbelivinginevenb

2、iggercitiesthantoday.Fewerpeoplewillbelivinginthecountry.Climatechangeandpollutionwillbethemostseriousglobalproblems,causingextremeweatheranddisasters.LiLing,BeijingBWe'llbedoingallourshoppingonline.Ithinkordinaryshopsaregoingtodisappearcompletelyandtheywillbereplacedbyon-lines

3、hoppingmalls.Theprocesshasalreadystartedwithsomecitysupermarketstakingon-lineorders.It'lljustbecomemorewidespreadandwe'llbeabletobuyanything,evenclothes.Iimaginebeingabletousemymobilephonetovisittheclothesdepartmentofavirtualmallandordersomethingwhichisexactlymysize.Sharon,Sydn

4、eyCFashionwillstillbeimportantbutthere'llbemorevarieties.Globalfashionwillbeonthewayoutanditwon'tbetrendytowearthesameasyourfriends;individualisedclotheswillbethein-thing.There'llalsobealotofintelligentclothestochoosefrom—clothesthatwillkeepyouwarmwhentheweather'scoldandwhichwi

5、llkeepyoucoolwhenit'stoohot.Kim,TokyoDI'msuretheyaren'tgoingtodisappearforalongtimeyet.ButIthinktheywillchangealotinthenext20years.Bothstudentsandteacherswillrelyoncomputersalotmoreandtherewillbeonlinelibrariesandresourcecentres.Studentswillstillgotoschoolbutthey'llspendlesstim

6、eintheclassroomandmoretimeworkingonlinefromhome.Interneteveningclasseswilldeveloptogivechildrenextrahelp.Chantal,ParisEI'msurewewon'tbedrivingflyingcarsorpersonalhelicopters.Ithinkit'smorelikelythatwe'llbewalkingandcyclingaroundmore.Oilisgoingtorunoutandcarsaregoingtobecometooe

7、xpensivetouse.Also,airpollutionwillbeamajorproblemincitiessowe'llhavetofindothercleanmeansoftransport.Therailwayswilldevelopandtherewillbealotmoreveryfastinter-citytrains.Mike,NewYorkFHopefully,scientistswillfindcuresforAIDSandcancer.ButIthinkthebiggestadvancewillbeinsurgery.Do

8、ctorswillbeabletoperformoperationsatadistance.Scientis