阅读理解。Todaytheworldisrapidlyurbanizing.Withhalfoftheworldpopulationexpectedtoliveincitiesbytheearlypartofthe21stcenturytheShanghai2010WorldExpo'sfocusonabettercitybearsprofoundmeaning.
阅读理解。
Todaytheworldisrapidlyurbanizing.Withhalfoftheworldpopulationexpectedtoliveincitiesby
theearlypartofthe21stcenturytheShanghai2010WorldExpo'sfocusonabettercitybears
profoundmeaning.
Whatmightfuturecitieslooklike28yearsfromnow?Herearesomescenarios:thingstocomethings
togo.
Zerowaste
Wastedisposalisoneofthebiggestheadachesforcities.Apartfromrecyclablewasteeverythingis
buriedorincineratedonlytopollutetheenvironment.Plasticwasteremainsundergroundforseveral
decades.Theworldproducesmuchmoregarbagethatitcandisposeof.
NowattheExpoallwasteisdeliveredtoacompressionstationwherethewasteissortedfiltered
decontaminateddeodorizedandcompressedbeforefinallybeingdisposedofatdesignatedspots.In
BeijingpeoplelivingintheAsuweiareaturntheirhouseholdwasteintoorganicfertilizerswhichare
usedtogrowplantsatresidencecommunities.
NomoretransportationproblemsduringSpringFestival
TheSpringFestivalthemostimportantChineseholidaywheneveryonereturnshomehascaused
headachesformillionsofChinese.Morethan2billionpeopletravelatthesametimemakingobtaining
travelticketsandthejourneydifficult.
Butin28years.SpringFestivaltravelmaynotbeaproblematall.Chinaplanstohavemorethan
120000kilometersofrailwayandarapidtransportationnetworkthatwillserve90percentofthe
populationby2020.AndbecausemostofChinawillbecitiespeoplewillnothavetogotoother
placestofindajobsomigrationwillnolongerbesolarge-scale.
Newspaperstodisappear
AmericanscholarPhilipMeyerpredictsthatnewspaperwillcometoanendin2043.Utagawa
Reizouformereditor-in-chiefofTheMainichiDailyNews.believesthatthenewspaperwillbegone
in2030.Thiskindof predictionmayworrythoseinprintnewsbusiness.IntheU.K.thecirculations
of nationalnewspapersaredeclining.MajorJapanesenewspapershavegoneintodebt.IntheUS
decliningcirculationsandadrevenue
