What will the city of the future look like? No one knows for sure, and making predictions is a risky business. But one thing is certain － they are going to get bigger before they get smaller. In the future, care for the environment will become very important as earth’s natural resources run out. We will use lots of 【小题1】(recycle) materials, such as plastic, aluminum, steel, glass, wood and paper, and we will waste fewer natural resources. We will also have to rely more on 【小题2】 (alternate) energy, such as solar and wind power. All this seems certain 【小题3】 there are plenty of things about city life in the future which are not certain.

To find out【小题4】young people think about the future of urban life, a teacher at【小题5】 university in Texas in the United States asked his students to think how they would run a city of 50,000 people in the year 2015. Here are some of the ideas they had:

Robots have been widely used in our daily life. They can be 【小题1】 (see) in many factories today and have gone to such far places as 【小题2】 moon. Some robots can” see" 【小题3】( clear). For they use TV cameras as their 【小题4】 (eye), Many robots have computer brains, Now they have even come into   【小题5】   (we) homes and work as   【小题6】 (help) at home , Not only can they do simple jobs for us ,such as 【小题7】   (put) things into boxes , but also they can look【小题8】 babies Unlike human beings   【小题9】 needy sleep, robots can work 24 hours a day. In the future, with the aid of robots, our life will become much 【小题10】 (easy) than before.

Future living: what will the home of tomorrow look like?

What will our homes be like in the future? Growing cities, shrinking living spaces, and climate change are major challenges 【小题1】(face) urban planners and architects. We’re sharing three trends with you 【小题2】 will shape the home we live in tomorrow.

Energy efficient and carbon neutral

One of the greatest challenges for homes of the future is our increasing energy consumption, something that cannot be covered by fossil fuels going forward. 【小题3】the impact of climate change becoming notable, it’s perfectly understandable that the buildings of the future could function as environmentally friendly power plants. Solar collectors and heat storage systems allow 【小题4】 are known as ‘plus-energy buildings’ to produce 100 percent renewable energy for emission-free operation.

The trend to downsizing

Living more efficiently not only means improving energy use and reducing one’s own carbon footprint, but also building to save space. Rooms 【小题5】(design) to be multifunctional when there’s not a dedicated room available for every potential purpose. Modular and flexible furnishing systems that can be adapted to the individual floor space and room zones will replace 【小题6】(fix) structures, ensuring that there’s room for everything even in a small space.   

Trends for living and working under one roof

Over the last few months, the office 【小题7】(become) a feature in many people’s homes. For a number of years now, the home office has been evolving from a make-do desk into a comfortable long-term solution. This development means we need to ask 【小题8】 how we should construct our living spaces to allow us to concentrate and work productively.   

【小题9】 you rent or own your own home in the future, what’s clear is that the home of tomorrow will be smarter, more flexible, and more sustainable. It will offer us space 【小题10】(live), sleep and work both indoors and outdoors.