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What is your favourite design? Do you think it will still be stylish in a hundred years' time? This week a group of UK designers have submitted their favourite designs to be placed in a time capsule and buried underground - it will not be reopened until the year 2112.

The burial of the sealed container celebrates the start of construction at the new home of London's Design Museum. The building will house exhibitions and galleries of contemporary and classic designs from around the world and is due to open to the public in 2015.

The museum approached some venerable British designers and architects to ask them which of their favourite symbols they would like to see placed in the capsule. The European flag was selected by artist Cecil Balmond, while Kenneth Grange offered a cylindrical coffee pot, designed by Arne Jacobsen.

As 2012 is London's Olympic year, an Olympic torch was chosen by the director of the museum. British fashion designer Paul Smith opted for a set of limited edition stamps and Thomas Heatherwick - designer of the Olympic cauldron - picked a standard light bulb.

When these souvenirs are rediscovered in a century's time, no one really knows if they will still be in use; whether they maintain their status as style icons, or if they will be dismissed as a passing fad.

Sir Terence Conran bucked the trend and decided to include a simple tin of anchovies. His idea for including the tinned fish was, he claimed, to demonstrate the ineffective use of expiry dates on tinned food. The container is likely to preserve the contents and it may even still be edible in 2112.

So what designs do you think deserve to be remembered in 100 years' time?

Quiz 测验

1. Where is a time capsule buried?

underground

2. What word is used to describe a container when it is tightly closed?

sealed

3. What word describes an object that is round or tube-shaped?

cylindrical

4. What noun is given to an object that is a reminder of the past?

souvenir

5. What idiom describes an action that is different from the way a situation develops in general?

buck the trend

Glossary 词汇表

stylish 有风格的，时髦潇洒的

submitted 递交

time capsule 时间舱

sealed 密封

venerable 令人尊敬的

designers 设计师

architects 建筑设计师

cylindrical 圆柱（筒）形的

limited edition 限量版

souvenirs 纪念品

icons 标志

fad 趋势，潮流

bucked the trend 反潮流

expiry dates 到期日

preserve 保存

edible 可食用的

remembered 记住