First Listening
Having ideas about a story before you read it is an important reading skill. Please listen to a very short piece of recording.
This new century will bring many changes. Computers could measure brain activity to determine the quality of our work. Doctors will use computers instead of books to evaluate and treat sickness; citizens will use computers to learn about health problems. Computers in cars will show our routes, take money from our bank accounts, identify motor problems, figure out repair costs and locate repair shops. Home computers will take care of regular duties in the home, help with homework and order food. More women will enter the work force and start their own businesses; people will change jobs every ten years; middle managers will disappear while people with precise skills will become more important than ordinary workers. Protecting the environment will be an international concern. Health and fitness will be major interests of government and business as well as citizens.
Second Listening
Now listen to the recording for the second time and try the best of your ability to answer the following questions.
1. How will work quality be determined in this new century?
2. What tool brings about major change in this new century?
3. What are five tasks which this tool will do in this new century?
Pre-Reading Activities/ 预习内容
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