Answer — Exercise 2
3.2 - Tomorrow's world·Speakout Intermediate - Students' Book
Question
- Read the article. What does it tell us about the things shown in Exercise 1? What predictions does it make about translating machines and nano monitors?
- Complete the summary of the article with words from the text. Use one word in each gap.
Answer
a)
- Tower blocks will have vertical gardens built into them. Each floor will grow different plants, fruits and vegetables, and the water will be recycled.
- Microchips in the brain will allow a person to experience games, movies and virtual life as if they are real, giving us the sensation of touching, seeing, etc. virtual objects in virtual worlds.
- 3D printers will help our health by making copies of body parts such as hearts, livers and kidneys. They can already copy plastic and metal objects.
- Translating machines will make it sound as though the user is speaking a foreign language, by using his/her voice frequencies.
- Nano monitors in our bodies will produce lots of data to help us check our health and predict illnesses.
b)
- translate
- bodies
- copies
- brain
- climate