31.Future World It's Friday morning in the year 2025,and you're running late.You got distracted watching the music video that was playing in the corner of your(1)
mirror while you were(2)
your teeth.How will you get to your office at Mega Giga Industries on time? A quick check of your Internet-connected refrigerator magnet(3)
you your train which travels at speeds up to 250 miles an hour(4)
it electromagnetically hovers (懸浮) above its guide track- is a bit behind schedule,too,(5)
you decide to drive your environmentally-friendly hydrogen fuel cell car instead -(6)
,let your car(7)
you.It's(8)
to know the way,and it will get you there without speeding,getting lost,(9)
crashing. Settling into your(10)
chair,which changes color to(11)
what you're wearing,you pick up(12)
morning's newspaper.Printed on(13)
electronic paper,it instantly rewrites itself with today's headlines.Now it's time you(14)
your big meeting.Uh-Oh!You've(15)
your handwritten notes at home.No problem.The digital ink pen you used has stored an electronic copy of what you(16)
. Your wristwatch videophone suddenly rings.Your best friends's face(17)
on the organic screen(18)
what you're doing this weekend.Will you slap on your 3-D contact lenses (隱形眼鏡)and play virtual (虛擬的)soccer with the U.S.Olympic team?No,no.Your friend says ,so you have to take the new nanotube(納米)lift 60,000 miles into space. Could this scene really(19)
in just a couple of decades?The researchers who are currently developing all this stuff think so.These gadgets may be as(20)
in 20 years as cell phones and DVD players are today.