必修4
Module 1
Interviewer is a woman, with a British accent。 G is an American architect。
Interviewer:
Good afternoon everybody and on the programme this afternoon is an expert of American domestic architecture, Mr Simon Oppenheim who's going to talk to us about the house of the future. So where shall we be living in twenty years' time?
G:
Twenty years isn't a long time。 We won't be living underground or in space. We'll be living in houses and flats just as we do today。
Interviewer:
What will the houses look like?
G:
I think they’ll look much the same as they do today, at least from the outside. But they will be different inside.
Interviewer:
In what way?
G:
For a start, they'll be more flexible。 That means we'll be able to move the walls to create bigger or smaller rooms when we want to. So the dining room and living room as we know them would disappear.
Interviewer:
And the kitchen?
G:
The kitchen will become the most important room in the house! We’ll still be cooking, and we'll probably be using the kitchen more as a family room。 And bathrooms will be bigger。
Interviewer:
So we'll be spending more time in the bath。
G:
Just as other people have done in the past, like in the days of the ancient Romans, when the bath had an important social function ...
Interviewer:
What about furniture?
G:
Well, a lot of furniture will be the same—we'll still be sit
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