"If there is one thing I’m sure about, it is that in a hundred years from now we will still be reading newspapers. It is not that newspapers are a necessity. Even now some people get most of their news from television or radio. Many buy a paper only on Saturday or Sunday. But for most people reading a newspaper has become a habit passed down from generation to generation.
The nature of what is news may change. What basically makes news is what affects our lives-the big political stories, the coverage of the wars, earthquakes and other disasters, will continue much the same. I think there will be more coverage of scientific research, though. It’s already happening in areas that may directly affect our lives, like genetic (基因) engineering. In the future, I think there will be more coverage of scientific explanations of why we feel as we do-as we develop a better understanding of how the brain operates and what our feelings really are.
It’s quite possible that in the next century newspapers will be transmitted (传送) electronically from Fleet Street and printed out in our own home. In fact, I’m pretty sure that how it will happen in the future. You will probably be able to choose from a menu, making up your own newspaper by picking out the things you want to read-sports and international news, etc.
I think people have got it wrong when they talk about competition between the different media (媒体). They actually feed off each other. Some people once foresaw that television would kill off newspapers, but that hasn’t happened. What is read on the printed page lasts longer than pictures on a screen or sound lost in the air. And as for the Internet, it’s never really pleasant to read something just on a screen.From the passage, we can infer ().
Edgar began()as an office boy years ago.
Silk()by Chinese for thousands of years now.
In 10 years the ages of two brothers and two sisters will total 100. How much will their ages total in 7 years?
Buying a car 2 years old, you only have to pay two thirds of its original price.
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Although Wales has been united with England for more than 400 years,the Welsh has kept alive().
Research Is a State of Mind For many years there has been much misunderstanding as to just what research is. The popular conception seems to be that there is something mysterious about it, and before any research can be done it is necessary to have expensive scientific apparatus and large, elaborately equipped laboratories. Actually, this is not so. (6) It is a simple, organized way of trying to accomplish something you wish to do—so simple that anyone can do research anywhere at any time. First, you select the problem you would like to solve, then you list at least ten reasons why it has not been solved. (7) It takes just as much effort to solve a useless problem as a useful one. (8) After carefully—and I want to emphasize that word “carefully”—selecting the problem and the ten things between you and the solution, you then use the same procedure as in solving a crossword puzzle.(9)In the solution of the remaining obstacles you may need some simple apparatus, but the things you will probably need most are infinite patience and persistence. Few people realize the difficulties of doing any new thing. Maybe one of the reasons people are so easily discouraged is because of their education. During all our years at school we were examined two or three times a year. If we failed once, we were out. (10)If we are going to make progress, we must learn to fail intelligently so that we won't become discouraged at the 99.9 per cent failure. 8.()
Christopher Columbus () eighteen years () planning for that wonderful voyage which he made across the Atlantic Ocean.
()for the Olympic Games begin about ten years in advance.
Melissa Poe Melissa Poe was 9 years old when she (31) a campaign for a cleaner environment by writing a letter to the then President Bush. Through her own efforts, her letter was reproduced on over 250 donated billboards (广告牌) (32) the country. The response to her plea help was so (33) that Poe established Kids For A Cleaner Environment(Kids F.A.C.E.)in 1989. There are now 300,000 (34) of Kids F.A.C. E. worldwide and is the worlds largest youth environmental organization. Poe has also petitioned the National Park Service to (35) a "Children's Forest" project in every national park. In 1992, she was invited as one of only six children in the world to speak at the Earth Summit in Brazil as part of the Voices of the Future Program. In 1993, she was given a Caring Award for her (36) by the Caring Institute. Since the organization started, Kids F. A. C. B. members have distributed and planted over 1 million, trees! Ongoing tree-planting projects include the (37) of Kid's Yards-backyard wildlife habitats(栖息地) -and Kid F.A. C. E. is involved in the exciting Earth Odyssey, which is a great way to start helping. "Starting the club (38) out to be a way to help people get involved with the environment -club members started doing things like recycling, picking up litter and planting trees as well as inviting other kids to join their club." "We try to tell kids that it's not OK to be lazy," she explains."You need to start being a responsible, environmentally (39)person now, right away, (40)you become a resource-sucking adult.” 34.()