首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
My kids tell me that I am "so 20th century", which troubles me. A person likes to feel that he is "with it", as we used to say i
My kids tell me that I am "so 20th century", which troubles me. A person likes to feel that he is "with it", as we used to say i
admin
2012-06-26
54
问题
My kids tell me that I am "so 20th century", which troubles me. A person likes to feel that he is "with it", as we used to say in the 20th century.
So I have been thinking how I might change myself into a true 21st-century man. Clearly, in my advanced state of age I would be foolish to attempt some wild leap into the contemporary fashion. And anyway, my distinctive taste attracts much favourable comment.
But if my clothing is too characteristic to change, perhaps I should do something about my lifestyle. So last week I took myself to the NEC for the Smart Home Show which is "the exhibition dedicated to all the latest trends in smart home technology".
It was a shock. How could I have lived for half a century without a fingerprint-operated front door? ("Never lock yourself out of your home again!") Or vacuum cleaners that suck dust straight into a dustbin, via a system of pipes in your house walls? (MI you have to do is rebuild your entire home.) Or automatic garden sprinklers which are so smart that they turn themselves off when it starts to rain? Of course, you could just look out of the window, observe that it’s raining and turn them off yourself, but that would be so 20th century.
Besides, those were just the simpler things. For the true smart-home owner, a plasma (等离子) TV fireplace is a must. At first glance it’s just an electric fire with a mantelpiece, but press your remote and a giant TV screen rises from the mantelpiece. "Thieves won’t even know it’s there," a spokesman claimed. Just as well. At £5,280, it would be a pity to have it broken. But the real revolution has happened in the bathroom. Never again need you feel cut off from world events as you go about your washing. Forget the mirrors that turn into TV screens. They’re old hat. The buzz in bathrooms now is all about heated towel-racks that turn into TVs.
Enough! I was convinced: I want a smart home. There’s only one problem: The cost. You are looking at £18,000 to £25,000 for an average home. Hmm. I won’t be entering the 21st century just yet, then.
What is the most revolutionary smart home technology according to the author?
选项
A、The plasma TV fireplace.
B、The automatic garden sprinkler.
C、Mirrors that turn into TV screens.
D、Heated towel-racks that turn into TVs.
答案
D
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/scTO777K
0
研究生英语学位课统考(GET)
相关试题推荐
Theworkers’demandsare______:theyareaskingforonlyasmallincreaseintheirwages.
WhatisbecomingincreasinglyobviousisthattheInternetis______demandforoff-the-shelfmedia.(2006年厦门大学考博试题)
Sittingstillalldayis______toahealthyboy’snature.
ThoughhewasbornandbroughtupinAmerica,hecanspeak______Chinese.(2013年厦门大学考博试题)
ThebrutalbombingbytheU.S.anditsNATOalliesoftheChinese______inBelgradeevokedgreatindignationofallChina.
ThedevelopmentandwidespreaduseofcomputertechnologyandtheInternethavetransformedhowwecommunicate,howwecommunica
PresidentBush’svisitwasplannedto______30thanniversaryofPresidentNixon’svisittoChina.
Shehashelpedthousandsofmenandwomen______withthingsthatbotherthemandthattheycouldnottalkaboutwithothers.
Violinprodigies,Ilearned,havecomeindistinctwavesfromdistinctregions.Mostofthegreatperformersinthelate19than
Someobserversthoughtthewarwouldbecalamitous.
随机试题
养子女继承了养父母遗产的,还可以根据血缘关系继承其生父母的遗产。()
已知某常规药治疗冠心病的有效率为70%。根据纳入标准和排除标准选取300例冠心病患者,采用某新药进行治疗,结果显示240例患者有效。欲比较新药的疗效是否好于常规药,宜采用
干燥失重测定法所要求的适宜条件为
试验电流4500<Ir<6000(A)预期电流峰值与有效值的比率n为()。
研究污染物在包气带和地下水系统中的物理、化学作用规律,对()是非常有意义的。
生产性建设工程总投资包括()两部分。
物质环境是学前教育存在与发展的()。
一、注意事项1.申论考试与传统的作文考试不同,是分析驾驭材料的能力与表达能力并重的考试。2.作答参考时限:阅读资料40分钟,作答110分钟。3.仔细阅读给定的资料,按照后面提出的“作答要求”依次作答在答题纸指定位置。
【2015北京NO.66—70】斑头雁冬天的栖息地与海平面齐平,为了飞到夏天繁殖地,斑头雁至少要飞到海拔5000米的高度,才能飞越横亘其间的喜马拉雅山脉。在这个高度,空气密度大概只有海平面的一半,鸟通过振动翅膀产生升力,就要消耗更多能量,要更难获得飞行中需
Itisaknownfactthatphysicalactivityimprovesoverallhealth.Notonlydoesitimprovecirculation,increasebloodflowto
最新回复
(
0
)