冰淇淋可以选用人造甜料或糖来制造。我们会油炸像咸肉和牛排这样的食物，还是用其他方法来烹调它们？我们可以把像豌豆、胡萝卜和大蒜这样的食品结合在一起，一道菜就可以提供足够的维生素。
Household
What kind of accommodations will we enjoy? We are used to having more than adequate housing so we would not enjoy having to convert to a smaller residence. The access to our homes might be controlled for security reasons. Our entry might be gained by having a computer read our fingerprint to see if it will correspond to detect if the right person is trying to enter the residence. Some suggestions are that it would be better to use the print of a thumb so the thumbprint would be used instead of a fingerprint. Both are a possibility.
家庭
我们会喜欢什么样的住宅？我们习惯于拥有较大的住宅，不喜欢换到较小的地方住。为了安全，进入我们的家时应该受到监控。要进去，需要由电脑读出我们的指纹，看你是否与记录相符合，以察明想要进入住宅的人是否适当。有人建议，最好使用指纹，因此拇指指纹将会代替指纹。两者都是可能的选择。
Our garbage will be put in a garbage disposal unit that will eliminate the need for trash collection. Light bulbs will seldom need to be replaced, as they will be made to last a minimum of five and a maximum of ten years. To decorate our homes, we might just give a description of what we want and have it completed by an interior decorator with little interaction required from us. We could have our choice of background music played throughout the house, or varied from room to room. We might hear a symphony orchestra in one room and jazz in another. Will we have the luxury of having a maid do our cleaning or will that be unnecessary, as our home will become self-cleaning? Will we use soap and water to do our laundry or will another method that is friendly to the environment be developed? Will we use a furnace to heat our home or will we control the micro climate indoors by the use of solar power?
我们的垃圾将放进垃圾处理器，不再需要收集垃圾。几乎不需要更换灯泡，因为制造出的灯泡至少可以使用5-10年。想装修我们的家，只需要提供我们所想要的样子，就可以全部让室内设计师完成，不用我们操心。我们可以在一个房间听交响乐，在另一个房间听爵士乐。我们还有必要雇一个女仆为我们清理房间呢，或者根本就不需要，因为我们的家已变成自我清洁式的？我们会使用肥皂或水洗衣服，还是会开发出一种对环境有利的新方法？我们会使用炉子为房间供暖，还是使用太阳能来控制室内的小气候？
For people who live in a home in the suburbs will the tedious chore of mowing the lawn be accomplished in an efficient way by a robotic mower? Will weeds in our grass merely vanish as the mower emits a time release chemical to destroy them?
对于家住在市郊的人，除草这种单调乏味的杂务会由机器人除草器这种有效的方法完成吗？在除草机定时释放一种化学药品时，我们草地上的杂草是否会被杀死？
Transportation
Electronics
Will we be able to play any musical instrument such as a guitar easily with a process the machine teaches us? Will other media, such as movies, be interactive? Will we have access to optical discs that can be played by laser? Digital images will more closely imitate reality. They will be so realistic that it will be virtually impossible to tell them from the real thing. Our enjoyment of watching a video will be enhanced by the quality of the images. Will we have equipment capable of manipulating ideas, eliminating the need for journalists to write and edit the news? Will computer software be available to modify what we type so that our errors are corrected automatically? Will computer hardware include massive amounts of memory that will allow us to file an enormous amount of material?
电子器件
我们可能借用机器教学程序使学习吉他等乐器更为容易吗？其他媒体，比如电影，可以是互动的吗？我们可以拥有由激光播放的光盘吗？数字影像会更真实地模拟现实。事实上，他们是如此逼真，你不可能将他们从真实的东西中区分出来。图像质量高会增加我们观看视频的乐趣。我们会有能够处理思想而不再需要记者去编写新闻的设备吗？电脑软件能够对我们的输入进行优化从而自动改正我们的错误吗？电脑硬件是否会有更大的存储量，使我们能处理非常多的资料？
Will we be in the habit of carrying a small device with us that can be used as a cell phone, a fax, a microphone and an internet connection?
我们会习惯于随身携带一件小装置，能够用作移动电话、传真、麦克风和上网吗？
Summary
Look at the world around you and consider some of the concepts discussed in this document. Careful observation will lead you to the conclusion that many of these things have already happened. I urge you to reread each paragraph of this article to see if perhaps they are all things that are available somewhere in the world currently. If that is the case, then you will agree that the future is now!
总结
看看你周围的世界，考虑一下本文中讨论的某些概念。仔细观察，你就会得出结论，上述的很多理想已经实现了。我劝你把本文中的每一段再读一遍，看看是否都能在世界上的某个地方遇到。如果事实的确如此，那么你就会同意未来就是现在！
Will we float over highways or drive on the road surface as we do now? Will the cost of a gallon of fuel still be our concern? What will our vehicles look like? Will the profile of our automobiles look like the shape of space age aircraft? Will the notion of using paint to protect the car’s exterior be obsolete? Perhaps the coating on the car will give a durable shine and we will never to wax or polish it. What kind of battery will we use to power our car? Will we still have a mechanic repair our car at a service garage or will robots that are computerized do it? Will the motor be powered by a new kind of petroleum product or by hydrogen? Will the cars still be equipped with horns as a warning signal or will a new device be available? Will there be a gauge to warn us if our speed is too fast or will radar be used to guide the car so that driver error is no longer a concern?
交通
我们会漂浮在公路上，还是像现在一样在路面上驾驶？燃油的价格还是我们所要关心的吗？我们的交通工具会是什么样？我们汽车的外形看起来像太空时代的飞行器吗？使用油漆保护车子外表的观点会过时吗？也许，车的涂层会保持持久的光泽，永远不需要为车上蜡或进行擦拭。我们会使用什么样的电池作为汽车的动力？我们会在维修车库请机械师修理汽车，还是让电脑控制的机器人来做？发动机是用一种新的石油产品还是用氢气来驱动？汽车仍然配备喇叭作为警告信号还是使用一种新的装置？如果车速太快，会有一种装置警示我们，还是使用雷达引导汽车使得驾驶失误不再是一个问题？
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