+o you ever stop and thin" a'out ho! much electricity !e use every day? =icture a normal family on a typical mornin. +ad is s!itchin 1) on the dish!asher- 9um is 2) ____________________ in her computer & she%s !or"in already. 4i sister Wendy is straihtenin her curly hair !ith her hair 3) ____________________ and little 'rother 4o''y is #) ____________________ up his music as loud as he can & no one can hear him thouh 'ecause he%s !earin $) ____________________ . 0his typical family uses a lot of electricity & and it %s only eiht o%cloc" in the mornin/ When this typical family come home from their days at school and !or"- they !ill use even more electricity & may'e they !ill ) ____________________ on their 3+ ) ____________________ and !atch a film. f 4o''y is late home from school- he !ill heat his food in the 5) ___________________ . We all li"e usin technoloy- 'ut !e need to stop and thin" !hat it is doin to our planet. We can use less enery and help the planet at the same time. We can turn 8) ____________________ the heatin and !e can s!itch 1:) ____________________ lihts !hen !e leave a room. We can also open !indo!s on hot days- instead of usin expensive air 11) ____________________ .
0ora' Aoo" at this maaBine article/ t says that in 2:$: there !ill 'e no more school/ Won%t that 'e
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1) Well may!e- 'ut !hat !ill there 'e instead?
0ora' Well- pupils !ill learn at home online. 0hat sounds amaBin/ *im'
%m 2) _______________ . don%t thin" students !ill en>oy learnin alone. t%s important to see people face to face. 0al"in online !ith your friends isn%t the same.
0ora' ou 3) _______________ . thin" that students !ill en>oy a lot of thins a'out learnin at
home- thouh. =erhaps online school !on%t start so early in the mornin. *im'
0hat%s #) _______________ . Students !ill miss their seein their teachers every day thouh!on%t they?
0ora' $) _______________ . Well- may'e it depends on the teacher. 4y the !ay- isn%t our ne! maths
omes of the f&t&re ere at Teen Talk we &st lo/e eciting new gadgets and technology Last wee+ we /isited the omes of the &t&re- ehi%ition in the city of Li/erpool to answer this &estion' $hat will o&r homes %e li+e in the year 25- $e spo+e to technology epert 8r 9swald a science teacher who helped to organise the show. :o 8r 9swald. $hat will homes %e li+e in the year 25
Well- as you can see- they !ill 'e very different from homes today. Aoo" at a typical home t oday & people have lots of eCuipment in their "itchens. @lmost every home has a fride- micro!ave and !ashin machine. Everythin needs to 'e s!itched on and off & this costs us a lot of money and enery. 0hat is oin to chane 'y the year 2:$:. 0he household machines !e use no!adays are Cuite 'i- 'ut the ne! technoloy !ill 'e small and there !on%t 'e so much of it. ;ur homes !ill may'e >ust have one machine to do everythin- and !ith this one machine people !ill 'e a'le to coo"- chat to their friendsshop and even study. ou !ill 'e a'le to s!itch your house on or off !ith one 'utton. t !ill 'e ood for people & old people thin" technoloy is very difficult so this ne! technoloy !ill 'e Cuite easy for them. $ow *hat-s /ery eciting $ill there %e ro%ots in e/ery ho&se of 25
Well- it%s Cuite possi'le that there !ill 'e ro'ots in every house. ou !ill plu your ro'ot in 'efore you o to !or" in the mornin. When you are at the office- the ro'ot !ill do everythin you need around the house. Some ro'ots !ill even 'e a'le to loo" after children and !or" in the arden/ !&t what will people do 0o yo& thin+ that people will %ecome la;y with all this new technology
Well- suppose some people !ill 'ecome laBy. 0here !ill 'e people !ho !on%t o out any more 'ecause they have everythin they need at home- 'ut there !ill also 'e a lot more time for sport and ho''ies. thin" it%s oin to 'e very interestin 'ecause it !ill really chane the !ay !e live. $ell we can-t wait to see what the f&t&re will %e li+e *han+s /ery m&ch for tal+ing to &s $e-re going to go and see some of these ro%ots now.
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A 0ay 9&t for *echno ans +o you love 1) & technoloy? +o you !ant to have 2) _________ reat day out at 3) _________ Science and 0echnoloy museum? We have #) _________ free family tic"ets to ive a!ay/ 6ust send $) _________ email to us at mada'outscience.edmail.com and tell us a'out the technoloy you can%t live !ithout and !hy you love it so much/ 0o find out more- or if you have ) _________ Cuestions phone us on ::1 8513$.