【導(dǎo)讀】oftheNorthofEngland,andthefourth,theNormans,leftcastlesandintroducednewwordsforfood.IfyoulookaroundtheBritishcountrysideyouwillfindevidenceofaltheseinvaders.YoumustkeepyoureyesopenifyouaregoingtomakeyourtriptotheUnitedKingdomenjoyableandworthwhile.SIGHTSEEINGINLONDONWorriedaboutthetimeavailable,ZhangPingyuhadmadealistofthesitesshewantedtoseeinLondon.HerfirstdelightwasgoingtotheTower.Itwasbuiltlong

　　

【正文】 pt up i nto the centre of them . Just at that m om ent I had a “ti m e lag” fl ashback and saw the area agai n as i t had been i n the year AD 2020. I reali zed that I had been transported i nto the future of what was sti l m y hom etown! Then I caught sight of Wang Pi ng agai n and fl ew after him. Arri ving at a strangel ooki ng house, he showed m e i nto a large, bri ght cl ean room. It had a green wal , a brown fl oor and soft l i ghti ng. Suddenl y the wal m oved –i t was m ade of trees! I found l ater that thei r l eaves provided the room wi th m uchneeded oxygen. Then Wang Pi ng fl ashed a swi tch on a puter screen, and a tabl e and som e chai rs rose from under the fl oor as if by m agi c. “Why not si t down and eat a l ittle?” he sai d. “You m ay find thi s di ffi cul t as i t i s your first tim e travel trip. Just relax, since there i s nothi ng pl aned on the ti m etabl e today. Tom orrow you’l l be ready for som e vi si ts. ” H avi ng sai d thi s, he spread som e food on the table, and produced a bed from the fl or. After he l eft, I had a bri ef m eal and a hot bath. Exhausted, I sli d i nto bed and fel l fast asl eep. More news l ater from your l ovi ng son, Li Qi ng I H AVE SEEN AMAZING TH INGS My fi rst vi sit was to a space stati on consi dered the m ost m odern in space. Descri bed as an enorm ous round pl ate, i t spi ns sl owl y i n space to im i tate the pul of the earth’s gravi ty. Insi de was an exhi bi tion of the m ost uptodate i nventi ons of the 31st century. A gui de(G) showed us around al ong a m oveabl e path. G: Good m orni ng to al our vi si tors from 2020. Fi rst we’re goi ng to exami ne one of the latest form s of m uni cati on am ong our space ci ti zens. N o m ore typists working on a typewri ter or puter! N o m ore postage or postcodes! Messages can now be sent usi ng a “thoughtpad”. You pl ace the m etal band over your head, cl ear your mi nd, press the sendi ng buton, thi nk your m esage and the next i nstant i t’s sent. It’s stored on the “thoughtpad” of the recei ver. It’s qui ck, efi ci ent and envi ronm ental l y fri endl y. The onl y lim i tati on i s i f the user does not thi nk his or her message clearly, an uncl ear m essage m ay be sent. But we cannot bl am e the tool s for the faul ts of the user, can we? During the expl anati on I l ooked at the pair of sm al objects cal led “thoughjtpads” on a tabl e. They just l ooked li ke metal ri bbons. So ordi nary but so powerful ! Whi l e I was observi ng them, the path m oved us on. G: And now l adi es and gentl emen, we are i n the “environm ent area”. People used to col l ect waste i n dustbins. Then the rubbi sh was sent to be buri ed or burned, am I ri ght?(We nodded. ) Wel , now there’s a system where the waste is di sposed of usi ng the pri nci ples of ecol ogy. A gi ant m achi ne, al ways greedy for m ore, swal l ows al l the waste avai l abl e. The rubbish i s turned i nto several grades of useful m ateri al, such as “ferti li zer” for the fi el ds and “soul” for deserts. N othi ng i s wasted, and everythi ng, even pl asti c bags, i s recycl ed. A great idea, i sn’t it? I stared at the moving m odel of the waste machine, absorbed by i ts efi ciency. But agai n we moved on. G: Our thi rd stop shows the changes that have happened to work practices. Manufacturing no longer takes place on the earth but on space stations l ike thi s one. A group of engi neers programmer robots to perform tasks in space. The robots produce gods such as drugs, clothes, furni ture, hoveri ng cari ages, etc. There is no waste, no pol lution and no environmental damage! However, the pani es have to train thei r representati ves to l ive and work in space settlements. They have to moni tor the robots and the production. When the goods are ready they’re transported by i ndustrial spaceshi p back to earth. My m ind began to wander. What job would I do? My moti vati on increased as I thought of the wonderful worl d of the future. Uni t 4 MY FIRST WORK ASSIGNMENT “unfettabl e”, says new journal i st N ever wi l l Zhou Yang (ZY) fet hi s fi rst assi gnm ent at the offi ce of a popul ar Engl i sh newspaper. H i s di scussi on wi th hi s new boss, H u Xi n (H X), was to of the N orth of Engl and, and the fourth, the N orm ans, l eft castl es and i ntroduced new words for food. If you l ook around the Bri ti sh countrysi de you wil l fi nd evi dence of al these i nvaders. You m ust keep your eyes open i f you are goi ng to m ake your tri p to the Uni ted Ki ngdom enjoyabl e and worthwhi l e. SIGH TSEEING IN LONDON Worri ed about the tim e avai l abl e, Zhang Pi ngyu had m ade a li st of the si tes she wanted to see i n London. H er fi rst del i ght was goi ng to the Tower. It was bui l t long ago by the Norman i nvaders of AD 1066. Fancy! Thi s soli d stone, square tower had remai ned standi ng for one thousand years. Although the buil di ngs had expanded around i t, i t rem ai ned part of a royal pal ace and pri son bi ned. To her great surpri se, Zhang Pi ngyu found the Queen’s jewel s guarded by speci al royal sol di ers who, on speci al occasi ons, sti l wore the fourhundredyearol d uni form of the tim e of Queen Eli zabeth I. There fol l owed St Paul ’s Cathedral bui l t after the teri bl e fi re of London i n 1666. It l ooked splendi d when fi rst bui lt! Westmi nster Abbey, to, was very i nteresti ng. It contai ned statues i n mem ory of dead poets and writers, such as Shakespeare. Then just as she cam e out of the abbey, Pi ngyu heard the fam ous sound of the cl ock, Big Ben, ri ngi ng out the hour. She fi ni shed the day by l ooking at the outsi de of Buckingham Pal ace, the Queen’s house i n London. O h, she had so m ush to tel l her fri ends! The second day the gi rl vi si ted Greenwi ch and saw its ol d shi ps and fam ous clock that sets the worl d ti m e. What i