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Part1 ?Part2 ?Part3 What will the author be doing on Saturday morning? What is futurologist? What are being predicted? Read each part fast to match its main idea. Careful reading Which kind of people are called futurologists? who like to read fantasy stories and imagine what the world will be like in the future. who write science fiction novels about the future themselves. who predicted things that finally came true. who think about the future for a living. 1) in the next few years 2) by the year 2020 3) by the year 2025 4) by the year 2030 5) by the middle of the century 6) by the end of the century puters clothes our health time topic electronic human universe the life of people Part2. the predictions of the futurologists Which is much handier or easier to carry? handy convenient 方便的 desktop puter laptop stain n. 污跡 stainless adj. clean worn adj. 磨破了的 starvation Every year, lots of African children starve to death . v. 餓死 , 挨餓 n. 饑餓 The new bridge will_________________ the mainland. link the island to link … to… 把 … 與 … 連接在一起 Today there are still many conflicts in the Middle East. n. 沖突 They are living on welfare now. 他們現(xiàn)在靠福利生活。 welfare n. 福利 assess 評價 ,評估 How would you assess yourself? It is difficult to assess the importance of the decision. When What are the predictions? in the next few years by the year 2020 by th