8. Everyone will be given a telephone number birth that will never change no matter where they live.

7 . the future,care the environ- ment will become very important as earths natural resources run .

6. No one knows sure,and making predic- tions is a risky business.

5. Senior citizens and people with disabilities will be able to go anywhere in the world using high-tech cameras attached their head.

4. Distance surgery will become common as doctors carry operations from thousands of miles away.

3. What will the city of the future look ?

2. To get rid garbage problems,the city will load huge spaceships with waste materials.

课后作业

I.介、副词填空

1. We will also have to rely more alternative energy,such as solar and wind power.

II.课文缩写

What will the city of the future look like? No one knows 1. sure. And making 2. is a risky business. But one thing is certain —they are going to get bigger before they get smaller. In the future,

3. for the environment will become very important as earth's natural 4. run 5. . We will use lots of recycled 6. , such as plastic,aluminium,steel,glass,wood and paper,and we will waste fewer 7. . resources.

We will also have to 8. more on 9. energy,such as solar and wind power. All this seems certain,but there are plenty of things about city life in the future which are not 10. .

5. What is NOT mentioned as an idea for running the future city?

   A. Holidays at home.

   B. Telesurgery.

   C. Attending school at home.

   D. Recreation,