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1、UnitOneDiscoveringtheFutureSectionAPre-readingQuestions1.Ifyoucanmakeapredictionoflifein2050,whatwouldthatbe?2.Willhumanscontinuetobethemostintelligentcreatureonearthin2050?3.Describesomechangesyouwouldliketoseehappeninthefarfuture.Humanbeingsarefascin
2、atedwiththeirfuturebecauseitismysteriousandunpredictable.Inthistext,theauthorshedssomelightsontheunimaginablechangesthatwouldhappenby2050withrespecttocars,medicine,clothingaswellasthehousewe’lllivein.FutureShock1Aweekearlier,BillMitchell,fromMIT’sfamou
3、slyforward-thinkingMediaLab,toldmethatinthisCambridgeneighborhood,theTechnologySquare,innovationissparkingandthenextchapterinGreaterBoston’sevolutionisunfolding.Thatknowledgewillreshapeeverythinginourcity,fromthewayitlooksatgroundleveltotheskylinewesee
4、above,andfromtheclothesweweartothecarswedriveandthehomesinwhichwelive.Car2OnthethirdflooroftheMediaLabintheTechnologySquare,thecenterofwhat’ssupposedtobetheNewBoston,RyanChin,a30-year-olddoctoralstudent,isleadingateamofyoungastronauticalengineers,urban
5、planners,architects,andneuroscientistsdevelopingaconceptcarunderthedirectionofMitchellandwiththehelpofarchitectFrankGehry.Chinsaysthatit’sonlyamatteroftimebeforetheparkingdilemmaislargelyeliminated.Inafewyears,hesays,whenthewholeareaiswireless,carswill
6、communicatewithbuildings,9othercars,andtheurbaninfrastructure—includingparkingmeters.Themeterswilltelldriverswhenandwhereaspotisopen.Nomoreblindsearching,andpotentiallylesscursing.“Itwillcuttheinefficiencyofdrivingaroundblockafterblocklookingforaspace,
7、”hesays.Medicine3Physicianspredictthatthemedicinechestmightremindpatientstotakeapill.AndBostoniansofthefuturemaynothavetoworryaboutcavities.MartinTaubman,headofthedepartmentofimmunologyatBoston’sForsythInstitute,anonprofitbiomedicalresearchorganization
8、,hasbeenworkingonavaccinethattargetsbacteriathatcausetoothdecay.Hesayshehopesitwillbeavailableby2015.“Itwillbeavaccineforchildren12to24months,”Taubmansays.“Wethinkitwillhavethepotentialtopreventallcavities.”4Whatdoctorswillbedoingmoreof
