北师大初中英语九年级（全一册）--Unit 2-5

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[00:00.85]Unit 2 Life in the Future
[00:03.85]Lesson 5
[00:08.02]Exercise 1.2
[00:11.33]Shopping in the future.
[00:13.77]I think this will change in some ways .
[00:16.89]People will buy basic things
[00:19.41]--I mean things for everyday life
[00:21.94]--on the Internet.
[00:23.61]But for buying something special like a gift
[00:27.10]or some new clothes
[00:29.02]people will still go to stores.
[00:32.72]Pastime in the future.
[00:34.98]There will be changes here.
[00:37.28]People won't buy CDs and DVDs anymore.
[00:41.01]There will download music and movies
[00:42.98]onto their own computers from the internet.
[00:46.06]However,some things will stay the same.
[00:49.68]For example.
[00:50.98]people will still go to the theater
[00:53.16]to watch a play or to see a concert.
[00:55.66]That won't change.
[00:57.59]Travel in the future.
[01:00.71]We will see changes in travel.
[01:03.38]People will still travel
[01:04.62]to popular holiday places
[01:06.24]such as beaches or the mountains ,
[01:09.32]but they will also take vacations
[01:11.14]on other planets¹.
[01:14.76]Reading in the future.
[01:16.97]I think we will see some changes here.
[01:20.03]We will read some things-- especially for work
[01:23.36]or for study-- on a computer.
[01:26.09]But when we want to enjoy a good story.
[01:28.73]we will still read a traditional book.
[01:35.50]Exercise 2.2
[01:39.30]Welcome back to Modern Living.
[01:41.94]Joining us on the program today,
[01:44.39]we have professor Robert Morgan,
[01:47.08]who has written many books about
[01:48.47]how people will live in the future.
[01:51.31]Welcome to the program.Professor Morgan.
[01:54.31]Thank you.
[01:55.80]So,
[01:56.23]let's talk about your predictions² for the future
[01:59.19]let's start with shopping.
[02:01.26]Many people now buy things using the internet.
[02:04.52]Will more people do this in the future?
[02:07.65]Yes,they will .
[02:09.21]People will like to buy things
[02:10.90]using the Internet.
[02:12.49]It's very easy.
[02:13.91]Will we still buy things from stores?
[02:16.84]Yes,we will ,
[02:17.87]especially small things that we need every day
[02:20.72]such as milk or bread.
[02:23.75]Will traditional money disapear?
[02:26.27]No,it won't .
[02:27.45]We will still have traditional money as well
[02:29.60]as credit³ cards.
[02:31.46]Will there still be banks in the future?
[02:34.39]Yes,there will .
[02:35.89]But we won't visit banks very often
[02:37.52]because we can do everything using the Internet
[02:40.42]In fact,many people have already done this.
[02:43.99]Let's talk about education.
[02:46.21]In the future,will children still go to school
[02:49.56]Yes,they will.
[02:51.56]It is improtant for children
[02:52.82]to learn with other children.
[02:55.12]Will students still use textbooks?
[02:58.21]Yes,They will,
[02:59.48]but they will also use computers a lot.
[03:02.68]Will homework disappear?
[03:04.97]No,it won't .There will still be homework
[03:07.53]but it will change.
[03:09.40]How will it change?
[03:11.63]Students won't write their homework on paper
[03:13.87]and hand it to their teacher.
[03:15.64]They will write it on a computer
[03:16.72]and send it to their teacher by e-mail.
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