2. What does the future hold?
What is our life going to be like
in the 21st century?
Some people are rather
optimistic about the
future, others predict the end
of the world.
3. Here is what pessimists say.
Our planet will be invaded by aliens.
Those who survive will become their
slaves.
There will be a nuclear war and our
planet will become uninhabitable.
4. Atmospheric pollution will be so awful that
people will have to live in underground
cities.
People will be replaced by robots. There
will be more unemployed. Life mil be
harder.
5. There will be more criminals.
Terrorist groups will be more
powerful. It will be dangerous to
go out.
People will be killed by remote
control.
Our simple pleasures will become a
thing
of the past.
We'll take food in the form of
capsules,
tablets and pills.
6. Here is what optimists say.
People will be able to travel in
space, They will be able to
spend their holidays on other
planets.
We'll be stronger and healthier.
Scientists will invent antiageing pills and
people will live much longer than now.
7. Air pollution will be stopped. Special
underground pipes will carry smoke and
fumes from factories to air-cleaning
plants.
Robots will do all the dangerous and
dirty jobs. Our working hours will be
short-
er and our holidays will be longer.
8. There will be no more
wars, no more
criminals.
The world will become
more democratic.
Our daily life will become
easier.
Everything will be
automated. We'll shop,
pay our bills and even cook
with the help of
computers.
