A: Hello! May I speak to Tom, please?
B: Sorry! He isn't here at the moment.
A: This is Bill.
B: Hello! Bill. This is Tom's sister, Kate.
A: Sure. Would you please ask him to call me this evening? We'll talk about the trip to the Great Wall this Sunday.
B: Does he know your number?
A: Just tell him that my telephone number is 64036288.
B: All right.
A: Thank you.
B:
A. Don't mention it.
B. I've no idea.
C. I'll leave the message on his desk.
D. Who's that?
E. May I take a message?
Tom and Fred are talking about the future. What will our world bein the future? Well, no one(know), but it's fun to guess.
"In the future everybody will be good at(use) computers. We shall have vision phones (可视电话) not only at homein the pocket. In this way, we'll be able to talk to our friends attime and see each other as well. "
"A lot of people will live and work in a space station. Perhaps there(be) a city in space. " "Machines will do most of the work. So people will enjoy(many) holidays. They'll be able to visit other starsa space station on holiday. " "I hope(fly) to the moon. I'm looking forward to this! "
" great fun the future will be! Let's try to make our dreams come true. "
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Robots will play different roles (角色) at differentin the future.
When people are vacation, they will be able to visit each other without traveling. They will do this by controlling (控制) a robot at the vacation place, and use the Internetall the information. What will this mean? Families in differentwill play games together with robots. And maybe most importantly, people will think nothing of having conversations telephones. They will use robots, the telephones without any cables (电缆).
The places we live in will take care of themselves. Robots will do the regular chores around the house. Our houses will keep themselves. Thereno washing housework, and our dinner will be ready before we want to eat. Robots will not replace us, but they will give ustime to do the things we like. Robots will help us to live more easily and more comfortably. Robots will changeeating habits. They will make personal fast food and give us healthy meals.
Do you wantyour own robot?
We live in computer age (时代). People1 scientists, teachers, writers and even students use computers to do all kinds of work. But more than 30 years ago,2 couldn't do much. They were very big and expensive. Very3 people were interested in them and knew how to use them. Today computers are smaller and4 . But they can do a lot of work, many people like to use them. Some people5 have them at home.
Computers become very important because they can work6 than people and make fewer mistakes. Computers can7 people do a lot of work. Writers now use computers to8 . Teachers use them to help teaching. Students use them to9 . Computers can also remember what you10 them. Computers are very useful and helpful. They are our friends. Do you want to have a computer?
Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955. He grew up in Seattle, Washington. He was a very clever boy. His favorite subjects at school were science and math. When he was 13 years old, Bill started to play with computers. At that time, computers were very large. Once he was very interested in a very old computer. He and some of his friends spent lots of time doing things with it. In the end, they worked out a software program (软件程序) with the old computer. Bill sold it for ＄4,200 when he was only 17.
In 1973, Bill went to Harvard University. In his third year, he left Harvard to work for a company called Microsoft. Bill began his company in 1975 with his friend Paul Allen. They thought the computer would come into every office and every home soon. So they began developing (发展) the software for personal computers. They improved the software to make it easier for people to use computers.
A kind of little cars may some day take the place of today's cars. If everyone drives such cars in the future, there will be less pollution in the car. There will also be more space for parking cars in cities, and the streets will be less crowded. Three such cars can fit in the space now needed for one of the usual size.
The little cars will cost much less to own and to drive. Driving will be safer, too, as these little cars can go only 65 kilometers per hour. The cars of the future will be fine for getting around a city, but they will not be useful for long trips. Little cars will go 450 kilometers before needing to stop for more gasoline.
If big cars are still used along with the small ones, two sets of roads will be needed in the future. Some roads will be used for the big, fast cars and other roads will be needed for the slower, small ones.
