Everyyearmobilephonesdevelop.Imaginingwhattheywilllooklikeandbeabletodoin2020isreallyachallenge.Tohelpexpertshaveoutlinedthreemajormobiletrendsthattheybelievewillhavebecomerealitybythen.Ourphoneswill
Everyyearmobilephonesdevelop.Imaginingwhattheywilllooklikeandbeabletodoin2020isreallyachallenge.Tohelpexpertshaveoutlinedthreemajormobiletrendsthattheybelievewillhavebecomerealitybythen.
Ourphoneswillbesosmartin10years’timethatthey’llknoweverythingaboutoursituationandwarnuswhensomethingneedsourattention.ThisisthetoppredictionofbothNokiaandGoogle.Theypredictthatourcarsandhomeapplianceswillbeabletocommunicatewithourmobile.Forexamplefridgeswilltellyourmobiletotellyoutopickupmilkonthewaybackfromwork.Whiledrivingyourmobilewillsuggestthatyoutakeadifferentroutebecausethere’saroadaccidentupahead.
Thesecondtrendisingesture-basedcontrols.PeoplewhoknowtheiPhone’stouch-sensitivescreenarealreadyfamiliarwiththetechnology.Ittranslateshandmovementsintoactionson-screen.Butgesturalcommunicationswillmakethephonemoreconvenienttouseandmaycompletelyreplacetouchpads.Accordingtoindustryinsidersthemostimmediatestepforwardingesturaltechnologywillbeinvoicerecognition.It’sbelievedvoicerecognitiontechnologywillspeedupcommunications.Itisquickertospeakthantype.Eventuallyphonescreenswilldisappear.
Thethirdmajordevelopmentwillchangeourunderstandingofamobilephone.Fromasinglephonethemobilewillbedevelopedintomulti-partdevices.Itisoppositetothecurrenttrendinwhichmobilephonesarecombiningthefunctionsofcamerasmusicplayersandgameconsoles.Thepredictionisbasedontheideathattheworldwillbecomemorewirelessandallthese—camerasmusicplayersandgameconsoles—willbewirelesslyconnected.Mobilephoneswon’tneedtocontainthesedevicesbecauseuserswillbeabletocontrolthemwirelesslythroughtheirphones.
【小题1】Thefirstparagraphservesas .
A.alead-inB.aconclusionC.asummaryD.asupportingfact【小题2】Whichofthefollowingismostlikelytobetheappearanceofamobilephonein2020?
【小题3】Fromthetextwecanlearnthatthefuturemobilephoneswill