每日英语第八弹（每日英语-39）

The future

未来

I sometimes wonder what life will be like in the future.

我有时想知道未来的生活会是什么样子。

Life has changed so much in just the past few years.

在过去的几年里，生活发生了很大的变化。

I’m sure that there are still big changes that are coming.

我相信，仍有很大的变化即将到来。

Do you think we’ll still drive cars?

你认为我们还会开车吗？

Maybe we’ll get into computerized vehicles that we won’t have to drive.

也许我们会进入不必驾驶的计算机化车辆。

We’ll just push a few buttons, and the vehicles will take us to wherever we have to go.

我们只需按几个按钮，车辆就会把我们带到任何我们必须去的地方。

Maybe there won’t be roads.

也许不会有路。

We might just fly through space to get where we want to go.

我们可能只是飞越太空去我们想去的地方。

Instead of telephones, we’ll just use our computers.

我们将用电脑代替电话。

We’ll be able to see each other when we talk.

我们谈话时可以看到对方。

That type of thing is already happening.

这种事情已经发生了。

Maybe we won’t have to cook our meals.

也许我们不用做饭了。

We might be able to push buttons to order whatever we want.

我们可以按按钮订购我们想要的任何东西。

A nice roast beef dinner, or an ice cream sundae, might just pop out of a machine.

一顿美味的烤牛肉晚餐，或者一份冰淇淋圣代，可能会从机器里蹦出来。

It would be nice to have a robot to clean the house for you.

如果有一个机器人帮你打扫房间，那就太好了。

In the past few years, computers have been extremely important.

在过去的几年里，计算机一直非常重要。

People used to write to each other through the mail.

人们过去常常通过邮件互相写信。

Now, people communicate so much more frequently through E-mail.

现在，人们通过电子邮件交流的频率越来越高。

Most of my friends own computers.

我的大多数朋友都有电脑。

If we had all of these things to do the work for us, what would we do?

如果我们有所有这些东西来为我们做工作，我们会做什么？

We would still need people to program the computers.

我们仍然需要人为计算机编程。

We could spend more time being creative, rather than doing everyday chores.

The future holds many surprises.

我们可以花更多的时间发挥创造力，而不是做日常琐事。

I’m sure that technology will become even more and more amazing.

我相信，技术会变得越来越神奇。

When my parents were young, they had never even seen a color television.

当我父母年轻时，他们甚至从未看过彩色电视。

Nobody owned a computer.

没有人拥有电脑。

It doesn’t take long for things to change a lot.

事情很快就会发生很大的变化。

Who knows what amazing things are in store for us?

谁知道我们会有什么惊喜？

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