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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
disappear in 2050. People will choose a programme from a "menu" and a
computer will send the programme directly to the television.
Water wilt 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 ears 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 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.
