科幻故事:2040 年一天的生活-A Day of life in 2040
2040年一天的生活
【內(nèi)容提示】
讓你的想像力飛往2040年，用英語描述那時一天的生活情景。內(nèi)容要點(diǎn)如下：
�、僭缟�7點(diǎn)你醒了，妻子還在睡覺。你趕緊起床，因?yàn)?點(diǎn)鐘在天津有一個重要會議。
�、谀阕寵C(jī)器人去準(zhǔn)備早飯，你自己去沖了個澡。沖完澡，早飯已做好了。你吃著飯，覺得還是妻子做得好吃。
�、勰阕叱鰟e墅，開出辦公型上海牌轎車，定好目的地和到達(dá)時間就出發(fā)了。時速180公里，公路很暢通。
�、荛_完會，你覺得很累。你步出會議室，呼吸著新鮮的空氣。花兒香，鳥兒唱，一派美景。
⑤你的思想返回到60年前：政府忙于發(fā)展經(jīng)濟(jì)，很少關(guān)心環(huán)境污染。但如今呢，一切都變了，工廠遷到地下，煙囪沒有了。
⑥下午，你飛往蘭州去會見負(fù)責(zé)太空移民中心的 Tom Peterson 先生。你一下飛機(jī)就走進(jìn)漂亮雅致的大會客室。
�、邷氛f，如果你和妻子通過體檢，就可以遷往月球。你把消息通過可視電話告知妻子，她高興極了。她說等你回家吃她親手做的可口的晚飯呢。
【作文示范】
A Day of life in 2040
It is seven o＇clock in the morning when I wake up on April 4,2040. My wife is still sleeping. I hurry up for I have an important meeting at nine o＇clock in Tianjin. I tell my Robot to prepare the breakfast, and I go to take a shower. When I come out of the bathroom, my breakfast is ready on the dining table. I eat the food and feel that I still prefer my wife＇s cooking to the Robot＇s. I wish she could teach our Robot how to cook better.
At seven thirty, I walk out of my villa① and pull out my office type Shanghai. I set the destination and the arriving time, and then begin to work for the meeting. The traffic has changed beyond people＇s imagination. You no longer have to worry about traffic jams or accidents though on the highway you see no traffic lights or police. Cars which are going at 180 kilometers an hour are all computer-programmed②.
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The meeting is over, and I am tired. I walk out to breathe the fresh spring air. The flowers smell nice, and the birds are singing happily. My thoughts turn back to 60 years ago when the government was busy developing the economy and little attention was given to the polluted surroundings, the air, the water, the sea animals, etc. But now everything has changed. All the factories have moved underground. The chimneys have become something of the past.
In the afternoon, I fly to Lanzhou to meet Mr. Tom Peterson who is in charge of the Space Immigration Center. As soon as I got off the plane, I walk into a beauty saloon③ to get refreshed④. My trip to Lanzhou is brief but fruitful. Tom says my wife and I will be permtitted to move to the moon if we pass the health examination. Immediately I call my wife to tell her the good news. From a small screen I can see she is as excited as I am. I am even more overjoyed when I am told on the phone that I will be welcomed home with a delicious dinner cooked by my wife HERSELF.
（選自《英語學(xué)習(xí)》1991年第11期）
【詞語解釋】
�、賤illa[＇vil+]n. 別墅
�、赾omputer-programmed 計(jì)算機(jī)編制程序的
③saloon[s+＇lu:n]n. 雅致的大會客室
�、躵efresh[ri＇freM]v. 使精力恢復(fù)；使精神振作
【寫法指要】
本文是對40多年后的一天生活的展望。作者采取平鋪直敘的手法，把未來人們從早到晚的工作與生活情景呈現(xiàn)在我們面前：機(jī)器人做飯，交通由計(jì)算機(jī)管制，美麗清潔的自然環(huán)境，看不見的工廠，飛機(jī)的神速，去月球定居，可視電話的使用等等。全文文字簡潔，形象具體。為使文章生動，作者在全文用的都是現(xiàn)在時態(tài)。