Houses of the Future
What will houses be like in thirty years'time?No one really knows,but
architects are trying to predict.{{U}} (46) {{/U}}
Future houses will have to be flexible.In thirty years'time even more of
us will be working from home.So we will have to be able to use areas of the
house for work for part of the day and for living for the rest.Families grow and
change with children arriving,growing up and leaving home.{{U}} (47)
{{/U}} Nothing will be as fixed as it is now.The house will always be
changing to meet changing needs.
Everyone agrees that in thirty
years'time we will be living in“intelligent”houses.We will be able to talk to
our kitchen machines and discuss with them what to do.Like this:“We'll be having
a party this weekend.What food shall we cook?”{{U}} (48) {{/U}}We will
be able to leave most of the cooking to the machines,just tasting things from
time to time to check.
The house of the future will be
personal-each house will be different.{{U}} (49) {{/U}}You won't have to
paint them-you'll be able to tell the wall to change the color!And if you don't
like the color the next day,you will be able to have a new one.{{U}} (50)
{{/U}}
A.You will be able to change the color of the wall
easily.
B.The only thing you won't be able to do is move the
house somewhere else!
C.And the machine will tell us what food
we will have to buy and how to cook it.
D.What will our home be
like then?
E.The house of the future will have to grow and
change with the family.
F.The kids might take their bedrooms
with them as they leave.