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Liqiang299A@GreatAdventureSpaceStation.com

15/3/3014（Earthtime）

Dear Mum and Dad，

I still cannot believe that I am taking up this prize that I won last year. I have to remind myself constantly that I am really in AD3014. Worried about the journey， I was unsettled for the first few days. As a result， I suffered from “time lag”. This is similar to the “jet lag” you get from flying， but it seems you keep getting flashbacks from your previous time period. My friend Wang Pings parents company， called “Future Tours”， transported me safely into the future in a time capsule.

I can still remember the moment when the space stewardess called us all to the capsule and we climbed in through a small opening. The seats were comfortable and after a calming drink， we felt sleepy and closed our eyes. The capsule began swinging gently sideways. A few minutes later， the journey was completed and we had arrived. I was still on the earth but one thousand years in the future.

At first， the new surroundings were difficult to tolerate. The air seemed thin as though its combination of gases had little oxygen left. Wang Ping handed a mask to me and hurried me through to a small room nearby for a rest. I felt better in no time. Soon I was back on my feet again and followed him to collect a hovering carriage driven by computer. There carriages floated above the ground. Wang Ping fastened my safety belt and showed me how to use it. Soon I could fly as fast as him.

Arriving at a strange-looking house， Wang Ping showed me into a large， bright room. It had a green wall， a brown floor and soft lighting. Suddenly the wall moved—it was made of trees！ I found later that their leaves provided the room with much-needed oxygen.

The next day， my first visit was to a space station considered the most modern in space. Described as an enormous round plate， it spins slowly in space to imitate the pull of the earths gravity. Inside was an exhibition of the most up-to-date inventions of the 31st century. A guide showed us around along a moveable path.

“Good morning to all our visitors. First were going to examine one of the latest forms of communication among our space citizens. No more typists working on a typewriter or computer！ No more postage or postcodes！ Messages can now be sent using a ‘thought pad. You place the metal band over your head， clear your mind， press the sending button， think your message and the next instant its sent. Its stored on the ‘thought pad of the receiver. Its quick， efficient and environmentally friendly. The only limitation is if the user does not think his or her message clearly， an unclear message may be sent. ”endprint

During the explanation， I looked at the pair of small objects called “thought pad” on a table. They just looked like metal ribbons. So ordinary but so powerful！ While I was observing them， the path moved on.

“And now we are in the ‘environment area. People used to collect waste in dustbins. Then the rubbish was sent to be buried or burned， am I right？ Well， now theres a system where the waste is disposed of using the principles of ecology. A giant machine， always greedy for more， swallows all the waste available. The rubbish is turned into several grades of useful material， such as ‘fertilizer for the fields and ‘soil for deserts. Nothing is wasted， and everything， even plastic bags， is recycled. ”

I stared at the moving model of the waste machine， absorbed by its efficiency. But again we moved on.

“Our third stop shows the changes that have happened to work practices. Manufacturing no longer takes place on the earth but on space stations like this one. A group of engineers program robots to perform tasks in space. The robots produce goods such as drugs， clothes， furniture， hovering carriages， etc. There is no waste， no pollution and no environmental damage！ However， the companies have to train their representatives to live and work in space settlements. They have to monitor the robots and the production. When the goods are ready， theyre transported by industrial spaceship back to earth.”

My mind began to wander. What job would I do？ My motivation increased as I thought of the wonderful world of the future.

Your loving son，

Li Qiang

太空郵件：

Liqiang299A@GreatAdventureSpaceStation.com

3014年3月15日（地球時間）

親愛的爸爸媽媽：

我現(xiàn)在仍然不能相信我是在接受去年贏得的大獎。我得不斷提醒自己，我真的已經(jīng)進(jìn)入到3014年了。因?yàn)閾?dān)心這次旅行，頭幾天我心里總是不踏實(shí)，結(jié)果得了時間滯后癥。這就和坐飛機(jī)會產(chǎn)生時差反應(yīng)相似，所不同的是，你腦子里似乎會不斷閃現(xiàn)以前的時光。我朋友王平父母的公司叫做“未來之旅”，他們把我裝在一個時間艙里，平安送入未來。

我仍舊記得我們被太空服務(wù)員叫到時間艙，從一個小門爬進(jìn)去的情景。座位很舒適，喝了鎮(zhèn)靜劑之后，我們就感覺昏昏欲睡，閉上了眼睛。時間艙開始輕輕地左右搖晃。幾分鐘以后，旅行結(jié)束，我們就到了。我仍然在地球上，但是到了一千年以后的未來。

一開始，新環(huán)境讓我很難受。空氣似乎很稀薄，好像在混合的氣體中，剩下的氧氣很少。王平遞給我一個面罩，要我走進(jìn)附近的一個小房間休息。我立刻舒服些了。很快，我再次站起來，跟他去領(lǐng)了一輛由電腦驅(qū)動的氣墊車。這些氣墊車是在地面上方漂浮著的。王平系緊了我的安全帶，教我怎樣使用。很快，我就飛得跟王平一樣快了。

不一會兒，我們到了一幢看上去很奇怪的房子里，王平把我?guī)нM(jìn)一個明亮的大房間。房間里的墻是綠色的，地板是棕色的，燈光很柔和。突然墻壁移動了——原來房間是樹圍成的！后來我才發(fā)現(xiàn)，就是這些樹的葉子為這棟房屋提供了需要的氧氣。

第二天，我首先參觀的是一個太空站，這個站被認(rèn)為是太空中最現(xiàn)代化的地方。它像一個巨大的圓盤，在太空中緩緩地旋轉(zhuǎn)，以模擬出地球上的地心引力。太空站里展出了31世紀(jì)一些最前沿的發(fā)明。有個導(dǎo)游帶領(lǐng)我們站在一條移動的運(yùn)送帶上，到各處參觀。

“朋友們，早上好！首先，讓我們了解一種太空居民使用的最新的通訊方式。再也不需要打字員在打字機(jī)或電腦上工作了！再也不需要郵費(fèi)和郵政編碼了！現(xiàn)在用一種‘思想儀就可以傳遞信息。你把這種金屬帶子放在頭上，排除雜念，按下發(fā)送鍵，想著你要傳送的信息。只消片刻工夫，信息就發(fā)送出去了。這個信息會儲存在接收者的‘思想儀里。它快捷有效，而且環(huán)保。唯一的缺點(diǎn)是，如果使用者沒想清楚要傳遞的信息，發(fā)送出去的信息就可能模糊不清。”

在導(dǎo)游解說的時候，我觀看著桌上這對被稱為“思想儀”的小東西。它們看上去像金屬帶。那么普通卻又那么神通廣大！正當(dāng)我還在觀察時，運(yùn)送帶向前移動了。

“現(xiàn)在我們到了‘環(huán)保地帶。以前人們習(xí)慣用垃圾箱收集廢棄物，然后把這些垃圾送走埋掉或燒掉，我說得對吧？可現(xiàn)在我們有一種裝置，能利用生態(tài)學(xué)原理來處理廢棄物。一架巨大的機(jī)器，能把所有能獲得的廢棄物都吞進(jìn)去，而且總是“貪得無厭”。然后，垃圾被分解成幾種有用的物質(zhì)，如莊稼地用的‘肥料和沙漠中用的‘土壤。什么都不浪費(fèi)，所有的東西，哪怕是塑料袋也被回收利用了。”

我注視著緩緩移動的垃圾分解機(jī)器模型，被它的成效所吸引，可我們得繼續(xù)參觀。

“第三站要展示的是工作實(shí)踐方面的一些變化。批量生產(chǎn)不再在地球上進(jìn)行，而是轉(zhuǎn)移到了像這樣的太空站里。在太空站，一組工程師給機(jī)器人設(shè)計(jì)了程序，讓它們完成工作。機(jī)器人生產(chǎn)像藥品、衣服、家具和氣墊車等東西。沒有廢棄物，沒有污染，也沒有對環(huán)境的破壞。但是，這些公司必須培訓(xùn)他們的代表在太空中生活和工作。這些代表必須在此監(jiān)控機(jī)器人和生產(chǎn)過程。一旦貨物齊備，他們就會用工業(yè)用太空船將貨物運(yùn)送到地球。”

我開始浮想聯(lián)翩。我能從事什么工作呢？當(dāng)我想到這個奇妙的未來世界時，我就興趣倍增，干勁十足！

你們的兒子

李強(qiáng)endprint