□刘晓妮



If It Is 2060 This Year

□刘晓妮

又是新的一年了，大家肯定有很多的期望和设想。同学们有没有展望未来呢？随着科技的发展，人类征服自然、创造奇迹的能力不断增强。如果今年是2060年，同学们对生活都有哪些美好的憧憬呢？让我们共同期待一下未来的美好生活吧！

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

让我们设想现在是2060年，当然事物已经改变了，生活是非常不同的。

1. suppose vt.认为；假定；猜想，推测；让（用于祈祷语气）。如：

I suppose he is a musician.我认为他是一位音乐家。

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们在1960年去欧洲度假一样容易方便。在月球上的一些风景名胜区，许多酒店已经建成，并且酒店都有空调。为了让每个人都能在月球上欣赏到美丽的风景，每个房间至少有一个窗口。

1. voyage n.航行，航海，航天v.航行，远行，（尤指）远航

2. scenic adj.风景优美的；舞台的；戏剧性的；布景的，背景的；

n.风景照片;风景胜地；实景电影

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.

现在人们吃什么？人们仍然在吃食物，他们还没有开始直接把电流或核电作为能源供应，有一天可能会实现。但是现在很多食物都是以药片的形式出现的，而做成药丸的食物仍以绿色植物为主。

1. current adj.现在的；最近的；流行的；流传的；n.电流；趋势；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.

因为现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满。沙漠用水灌溉，庄稼不再被害虫破坏，总是有一个好的收成。

1. irrigate v.灌溉；冲洗（伤口）

2. harvest n.收割；收成；收获季节；结果

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.

当然，农业发展非常迅速，很少人在农场工作，因为只要不时按几下按钮就可以运行整个农场了。……