A Better World?
Communication Entertainment
In the near future, we may be able to Full immersion virtual reality will be with
communicate in any language we us in perhaps ten to twenty years’ time.
choose. A number of companies are We will be able to plant tiny microchips
working on translating machines that in the brain, allowing a person to
use the voice frequencies of the experience games, movies, and virtual
speaker. This makes it sound as though life as if they are real. As computers
the user is speaking the foreign interact with the brain, we will have the
language. We already have translating sensation of touching, seeing, hearing,
machines, but they are slow and and smelling virtual objects in virtual
inaccurate and they sound like robots. worlds. instead of just watching heroes
in only a year or two this new machine, in movies, signals to the brain will let us
which will be a headset, could come feel what our heroes feel, see what they
onto the market, and allow us to speak see. Fortunately, if things get too
every language under the sun. terrifying, we will be able to switch it off
with the push of a button.
Health Global Problems
The future of health is going to be a tale of In the next thirty years, climate change is
big and small. Tiny nano monitors will be going to seriously affect traditional
placed inside our bodies, and these will farming. Floods and droughts will disrupt
produce Big Data - enormous amounts of farming patterns that have existed for
information - that allow us to check our thousands of years. Because of this cities
health and help us predict illnesses. will have to start producing food, and
Another big development probably won’t vertical farming will become common.
be ready in the short term, but in the long Tower blocks and skyscrapers will have
term there is hope that 3D printers will gardens built into them. Each floor will
make copies of body parts, such as hearts, grow different plants, fruits and
livers and kidneys. If it happens, this is vegetables, and the water will be recycled.
likely to save millions of lives. Using 3D Instead of stretching out for miles across
printers, we can already make copies of the landscape, farmland will now rise
plastic metal objects. the next step is to hundred of metres into the air.
copy living tissue.
Speak out, 2nd Edition, Intermediate Student’s Book, Claire & Wilson, Pearson Educa-
tion Limited 2015, p.35
A Better World?
Communication Entertainment
In the near future, we may be able to Full immersion virtual reality will be
communicate in any language we with us in perhaps ten to twenty years’
choose. A number of companies are time. We will be able to plant tiny
working on translating machines that microchips in the brain, allowing a
use the voice frequencies of the person to experience games, movies,
speaker. This makes it sound as though and virtual life as if they are real. As
the user is speaking the foreign computers interact with the brain, we
language. We already have translating will have the sensation of touching,
machines, but they are slow and seeing, hearing, and smelling virtual
inaccurate and they sound like robots. objects in virtual worlds. instead of just
in only a year or two this new machine, watching heroes in movies, signals to
which will be a headset, could come the brain will let us feel what our
onto the market, and allow us to speak heroes feel, see what they see.
every language under the sun. Fortunately, if things get too terrifying,
we will be able to switch it off with the
push of a button.
Health Global Problems
The future of health is going to be a tale of In the next thirty years, climate change is
big and small. Tiny nano monitors will be going to seriously affect traditional
placed inside our bodies, and these will farming. Floods and droughts will disrupt
produce Big Data - enormous amounts of farming patterns that have existed for
information - that allow us to check our thousands of years. Because of this cities
health and help us predict illnesses. will have to start producing food, and
Another big development probably won’t vertical farming will become common.
be ready in the short term, but in the long Tower blocks and skyscrapers will have
term there is hope that 3D printers will gardens built into them. Each floor will
make copies of body parts, such as hearts, grow different plants, fruits and
livers and kidneys. If it happens, this is vegetables, and the water will be recycled.
likely to save millions of lives. Using 3D Instead of stretching out for miles across
printers, we can already make copies of the landscape, farmland will now rise
plastic metal objects. the next step is to hundred of metres into the air.
copy living tissue.
Speak out, 2nd Edition, Intermediate Student’s Book, Claire & Wilson, Pearson Educa-
tion Limited 2015, p.35
