📖 Unit 10: Communication in the future - Reading lớp 8

Nothing on earth is more majestic than a tall, spreading tree. Trees are our friends in our fight for a healthier planet. This is how they help us. First, trees are the Earth’s lungs. They remove pollutants from the air and significantly improve air quality. Research shows that with billions of trees, we could remove two-thirds of all the carbon dioxide created by human activities.

Second, trees reduce the runoff of rainwater, so they can reduce flooding. Moreover, if you enjoy sitting in the shade of a tree in the summer, you know that trees can also lower air temperatures too. Trees growing beside a home can cool the roof and the air around the house. Therefore, it reduces air conditioning costs.

And don’t forget that trees create habitats for many species of plants and animals. If you want to plant trees to help save the planet, there are simple ways to get started. Plant trees around your house. If enough people did that, it would make a big difference.

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A Survey on Future Communication

In a recent survey, TechNews asked young people to predict how they will talk to each other in 30 years’ time. The results are not surprising. Only 10% of the respondents think people will still send letters and postcards to each other by 2050. About 30% think holography and telepathy technologies will allow them to communicate in real time with their friends. Most people say that they will connect through supersmart devices instead of in person.

Meanwhile, more than half of the respondents express their concerns about future communication. They say that if children spend most of their time surfing on the Internet, they may also not be able to communicate face to face very well in 30 years.

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Future Ways of Communication

Video conferences
With the advancement of webcams, video conferences are becoming increasingly popular. Thanks to this technology, people from all over the world can meet online for work or study. This helps save both time and travel expenses. However, video conferences also have some drawbacks. For instance, participants need a strong Internet connection to ensure clear sound and images. In addition, since it is so easy to arrange online meetings, companies may sometimes ask employees to attend outside regular office hours.

Translation machines
Artificial intelligence has greatly improved the accuracy of machine translation. These devices can translate in real time, helping people from different countries communicate more quickly and effectively. As a result, many believe that language barriers will soon disappear. Nevertheless, this may cause interpreters to lose their jobs. Moreover, people might not feel the need to learn foreign languages, which could also reduce their interest in discovering other cultures.

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When Smartphones Become Even Smarter

Mobile phone technologies have developed rapidly over the last decades, and experts are making interesting predictions about smartphones of the future. They say that by 2035, smartphones will be able to change their shapes to meet the users’ needs. For example, you can fold your phone like a sheet of paper and put it in your wallet. Similarly, you can bend it and wear it as a watch. Moreover, new generations of smartphones can send and receive holographic pictures. By using holography, you will be able to participate in meetings without having to be at the meeting venue in person. You will also be able to interact in computer games as if you were a character in it. Besides, smartphones will have super strong sensors to read your mind and complete some tasks, such as making to-do lists and shopping online. They will be able to sense your mood, give advice and play suitable music. In the near future, many people may consider their smartphones their best friend, and they may interact with them even more than they do with their human friends.