Module1LifeintheFuture--Listening学案（外研版必修4）.doc

第  PAGE 2 页 共  NUMPAGES 2 页 Module 1 Listening Tapescript on Page 5 I: Good afternoon everybody and on the programme this afternoon is an _____ on American domestic architecture, Mr Simon Oppenheim who’s going to talk to us about the house of the future. I: So where shall we be living in twenty years’ time? G: Twenty years isn’t a long time. We won’t be living underground or in space. We’ll be living in houses and flats just as we do today. I: What will the houses look like? G: I think they’ll look much the same as they do today., at least from the outside. But they will be different inside. I: In what way? G: __________, they’ll be more flexible. That means we’ll be able to move the walls to create bigger or smaller rooms when we want to. So the dining room and living room _______________ would disappear. I: And the kitchen? G: The kitchen will become the most important room in the house! We’ll still be cooking, and we’ll probably be using the kitchen more as a family room. And bathrooms will be bigger. I: So we’ll be spending more time in the bath. G: Just as other people have done in the past, like in the days of the ancient Romans, when the bath had an important social function. I: What about furniture? G: Well, a lot of furniture will be the same we’ll still be sitting in chairs and using cupboard to keep things in, but the technology will be different. I think a single computer will control most of the functions in the house, and it will have a voice recognition system. I: So we’ll just have to say Switch on the Light and the light __________? G: Yes, that’s right. And the technology will be smarter. I: Smarter?  HYPERLINK /  G: Yes. For example, if we __________ something, like there’s no more milk left in the fridge, the computer will tell us. Maybe a shopping list would appear on a screen on the fridge. And the toilet will move higher or lower, ___________ who uses ita child or an adult. I: Will the houses of the futu