If It Is 2060 This Year

□劉曉妮

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If It Is 2060 This Year

□劉曉妮

又是新的一年了，大家肯定有很多的期望和設想。同學們有沒有展望未來呢？隨著科技的發展，人類征服自然、創造奇跡的能力不斷增強。如果今年是2060年，同學們對生活都有哪些美好的憧憬呢？讓我們共同期待一下未來的美好生活吧！

Let us suppose1it is now 2060. Of course, things have changed and life is very different.

讓我們設想現在是2060年，當然事物已經改變了，生活是非常不同的。

1. suppose vt.認為；假定；猜想，推測；讓（用于祈禱語氣）。如：

I suppose he is a musician.我認為他是一位音樂家。

Voyages1to the moon are being made every day. It is as easy to take a holiday on the moon today as it was for the people in 1960 to take a holiday in Europe. At a number of scenic2spots on the moon, many hotels have been built. The hotels are air- conditioned. In order that everyone can enjoy the beautiful scenery on the moon, every room has at least one window.

每天都有一次去月球的航行，如今在月球上度假就像人們在1960年去歐洲度假一樣容易方便。在月球上的一些風景名勝區，許多酒店已經建成，并且酒店都有空調。為了讓每個人都能在月球上欣賞到美麗的風景，每個房間至少有一個窗口。

1. voyage n.航行，航海，航天v.航行，遠行，（尤指）遠航

2. scenic adj.風景優美的；舞臺的；戲劇性的；布景的，背景的；

n.風景照片;風景勝地；實景電影

What are people eating now? People are still eating food. They haven’t yet started to take on their supply of energy directly as electrical current1or as nuclear2power. They may some day. But many foods now come in pill form, and the food that goes into the pill continues to comemainly from green plants.

現在人們吃什么？人們仍然在吃食物，他們還沒有開始直接把電流或核電作為能源供應，有一天可能會實現。但是現在很多食物都是以藥片的形式出現的，而做成藥丸的食物仍以綠色植物為主。

1. current adj.現在的；最近的；流行的；流傳的；n.電流；趨勢；水流

2. nuclear adj.原子核的，原子能的

Since there are several times as many people in the world today as there were a hundred years ago, most of our planet’s surface has to be filled. Deserts are irrigated1with water and crops are no longer destroyed by pests. The harvest2is always good.

因為現在世界上的人口是一百多年前的很多倍，大部分行星的表面都要被填滿。沙漠用水灌溉，莊稼不再被害蟲破壞，總是有一個好的收成。

1. irrigate v.灌溉；沖洗（傷口）

2. harvest n.收割；收成；收獲季節；結果

Farming, of course, is very highly developed. Very few people have to work on the farm. It is possible to run the farm by just pushing a few buttons now and then.

當然，農業發展非常迅速，很少人在農場工作，因為只要不時按幾下按鈕就可以運行整個農場了。

People are now largely vegetarians1. You see, as the number of people increases, the number of animals decreases. Therefore, the people have to be vegetarians and we are healthier both in our bodies and in our minds, and we know the causes of diseases and pain and cures for them, and it is possible to get rid of diseases. No one has to be ill any more.

現在的人大都是素食主義者。你了解的，隨著人口數量的增加，動物的數量減少了。因此，人們必須是素食主義者，才能在身體和思想上都更健康。我們了解引起疾病的原因和治療方法，就有可能擺脫疾病，沒有人會再生病了。

1. vegetarian n.素食者；食草動物；adj.素食者的；素菜的

Such would be our life in 2060. What do you think of the life in 2060?

這將是我們生活中的2060，你認為2060年的生活是怎么樣的呢？

萌寵樂園

▲胡蘿卜沒找到，還碰了一鼻子灰。

▲救命！我被一群“汪星人”綁架了。

▲噓，我正在潛伏呢！

▲每天我都在尋找人生的新高度。

▲不用“宅”在家里的感覺真好。