北师大版高中英语模块7--Unit 20 lessons1-2

[00:01.34]In the next few years,
[00:02.75]we will be communicating with our friends
[00:04.76]around the world using life-sized video screens
[00:07.87]in our living rooms.
[00:09.96]By the year 2020, computers will already have
[00:12.70]become more handy¹ and also mor e powerful
[00:15.63]than the human brain both in terms
[00:17.76]of intelligence and the amout of information
[00:20.06]they can store.
[00:21.80]By the year 2030, development in biochemistry
[00:25.10]and medical science will make it theoretically²
[00:28.06]possible for us to live for at least 150 years.
[00:32.49]Tiny, insect- like robots my be sent
[00:34.74]around our bodies to carry out repairs
[00:37.08]and keep us healthy.
[00:39.00]By the middle of the century,
[00:40.26]computers that are millions of times smarter
[00:42.81]than us will have been developed.
[00:44.60]We will be linking our brains
[00:46.26]to these computers and a huge database³.
[00:48.95]A new species⁴ might have developed!
[00:51.57]By the end of the century,
[00:52.66]we will have discovered other places
[00:54.64]in our solar system suitable
[00:56.50]for living and will have discovered ways
[00:58.80]to go further into space.
[01:01.12]I'll be there in Newcastle this weekend.
[01:03.11]At nine o'clock on Saturday morning,
[01:05.07]I'll be sitting in the front row
[01:06.53]and listening to the great Duke
[01:08.69]Willard talking about the future of my brain.
[01:11.21]If you can't beat the future, join it!
[01:12.86]

1 handy   

adj.方便的；手边的，近便的；手巧的

参考例句：

• A few more traveler's checks may come in handy on holiday.多带几张旅行支票，度假时会有用的。
• She is a handy girl who can turn her hand to anything.她是个心灵手巧的姑娘。

2 theoretically   

adv.理论地，理论上

参考例句：

• It's theoretically possible, but highly unlikely ever to happen. 这从理论上说是有可能的，但是基本上不会发生。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Theoretically, a line can extend into infinity. 从理论上来说直线可以无限地延伸。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 database   

n.数据库 （=databank）

参考例句：

• I discovered some new information in the database.我在资料库里发现了一些新信息。
• We planned to build an online database.我们计划建一个联机数据库。

4 species   

n.物种，种群

参考例句：

• Are we the only thinking species in the whole of creation?我们是万物中惟一有思想的物种吗？
• This species of bird now exists only in Africa.这种鸟现在只存在于非洲。