—Yeah. It is such____useful language that my grandma decided to buy____ English—Chinese dictionary to learn it.
——By surfing the Internet
—It is in the centre of the square.
—Yes. He stayed up late last night to study for a test.
I got the information by surfing the Internet,
The lion is one of the fiercest(最凶猛的)animals in the world. Lions can be1 in Africa and India. Lions in Africa can live without water for about one month. Lions are also popular animals in the. 2 . Almost every zoo around the world has a few. lions.
It is very 3 for people to tell. male and female lions from each other. You can judge(判断) simply by their appearance. A male lion has mane(长射毛)while a female lion does not have, Male lions are 4 than female lions. A male lion usually weighs about
200. kilograms, which is always heavier than a female lion. Both male and female lions have . very 5 mouths. They can break the backs of other animals 6 . Lions feed on other. animals and one lion usually kills between ten and twenty large animals each year for 7 .
It's unusual for lions to kill people. However, in 1898 two lions8 and ate over one hundred people in Kenya before they were shot by a. British man named P. J. Patterson. This9 became the subject (主题) of a 1996 Hollywood movie called . The Ghost and the Darkness. Now the Indian lions arc endangered. It's really necessary for. us to 10 the animals, or we won't see them again. Animals are our friends. It is our obligation to protect them.
It's March, 2050. Frank and Mary Smith wake up in their comfortable:house in the morning and turn on the bedroom computer to get the latest news. They get used to reading The Times over the years. The only difference is that they changed to electronic newspapers many years ago.
After breakfast, as they watch the screen, Mary orders the household robot to. make coffee for them. Frank is a computer engincer, working for several companies. He goes into the study to take part in a video conference with. his partners around the world.
Mary takes a quick look at the shopping channels rat home before beginning the video phone to talk to her assistant. She also has a job and she is doing medical researches.
Frank and Mary have one daughter, Louise, who also has her own work station at home. She goes to school only one day a week, mainly to play with other students. Louise is studying
Chinese at present, Chinese has become an important language in the world.
According to the family doctor, Louise will live to at least 130 years old. Her wish is to work for a few decades(十年) and then spend her time on music and painting.
What Will Life Be Like in 2050?
Life will probably be very different in 2050: in all the fields, from entertainment, to technology.
TV channels will disappcar in 2050. People will choose'a: program from a "menu" , and a computer will send the program directly to. the, television.
Water will become one of our most serious problems. Today:in many places, agriculture is developing and people are growing fruit and vegetables to export(出口). This needs a lot of water. Need for water will increase ten times. between now and 2050 and there will be serious shortages(短缺).
In transportation, computers will control the speed of. the cars. and . there won't be any accidents. Today, many cars have computers that tell drivers exactly. where they are. By 2050, the computer will control the car and drive it to where you want to go, Besides, space planes will take people halfway around the. world in. two hours. Nowadays, the United States Shuttle can go into space and land on the Earth again: By 2050, space planes will fly all over the world. the computer will control the car and drive it to where you want to go. Besides, space planes will take people halfway around the world in two hours, Nowadays, the United States Shuttle can go into space and land on the Earth again; By 2050, space planes will fly all over the world and people will fly from Los Angeles to Tokyo in just two hours,
In the field of technology, robots will replace people in many fields. Today many factories have already used robots. Big companies prefer robots because they do not ask for pay rises or go on strikes, and they work 24 hours a day. By 2050, we will see robots everywhere in factories, schools, offices, hospitals, shops and homes.
