最新15篇文章贯通英语四级词汇MP3 Unit14-Part1

 

[00:00.00]UNIT14

[00:12.13]Future or Fantasy?

[00:15.30]What will our world be like 

[00:18.80]in the future? Can we 

[00:20.45]look ahead twenty five years 

[00:22.30]and dream about the transformations 

[00:24.60]that will take place?

[00:26.03]The scholars who make it 

[00:27.99]their business to try to 

[00:29.53]predict the future are not 

[00:31.06]all in agreement about 

[00:32.80]what the future holds. 

[00:34.78]If you visit displays 

[00:36.85]at places like Disneyworld, 

[00:38.50]you can get a glimpse of 

[00:40.36]what some of the predictions 

[00:42.10]are for our lives.

[00:43.63]As we fantasize about 

[00:46.26]what our life might be 

[00:48.01]like a few decades from now, 

[00:49.54]we can speculate about 

[00:51.18]different aspects of our lives.

[00:53.16]Personal 

[00:56.04]Clothing styles change 

[00:59.22]from year to year and 

[01:00.75]also from culture to culture.

[01:02.72]Do you think that we will

[01:04.90]have sleeves in our shirts 

[01:06.33]and blouses? Will we wear

[01:08.84] socks to protect our feet? 

[01:10.71]Will plastic gloves be used 

[01:13.22]routinely as part of everyday life 

[01:15.84]to avoid transmission of germs? 

[01:18.26]Will we still use buttons 

[01:20.55]to fasten our clothing? 

[01:22.52]Will we all wear the same 

[01:25.14]kind of jeans or pants 

[01:26.84](like a uniform) or 

[01:29.03]will each culture be different? 

[01:31.00]What textiles will be used 

[01:33.63]in manufacturing our clothing? 

[01:35.92]Will a type of nylon fabric 

[01:38.55]be used in an effort to 

[01:40.41]make our clothing more durable¹? 

[01:42.49]Synthetic fibres which will 

[01:45.23]not fade can be produced 

[01:46.65]in bright colors such as pink 

[01:48.39]and purple in addition 

[01:49.82]to all the other 

[01:51.13]colors of the rainbow.

[01:52.44]When it comes to matters 

[01:55.07]of personal cleanliness, will 

[01:57.04]we soak in a bath? 

[01:58.46]Will we spray ourselves 

[02:00.65]with water or some other substance 

[02:02.51]in a shower? Will we 

[02:04.48]have a choice of 

[02:06.01]which to use?Will we 

[02:08.20]go to visit a barber 

[02:09.62]for a haircut or will we 

[02:11.59]be able to control 

[02:13.01]the growth of our hair? 

[02:14.43]If growth of a beard 

[02:16.30]could be slowed, the daily ritual 

[02:18.37]of shaving would be 

[02:20.01]unnecessary for men.

1 durable   

adj.持久的，耐久的

参考例句：

• This raincoat is made of very durable material.这件雨衣是用非常耐用的料子做的。
• They frequently require more major durable purchases.他们经常需要购买耐用消费品。