Midterm test II on Discourse Analysis for the 2nd

Technology news analysis. Read over the news report. Then, tick the things that were predicted successfully. (1 points)

Predicting the future

Is it possible to predict the future? In 1988, an American reporter interviewed 30 futurologists and asked them what technology would be like in 2013. So, what did they say? And what did they get right and wrong? A few of the futurologists predicted Sat-Navs, saying “cars will come equipped with electronic map systems.” And they also said we’d be using e-mail, doing banking online and making video calls with our computers. But the futurologists got plenty of things wrong as well. For example, they said that robots would be doing allour cooking and cleaning. “Convenience robots that can perform a variety of household tasks may start hitting the marketplace by the late 1990s,” one scientist said. Also, none of the futurologists predicted the rise of mobile phones or tablet computers. What do you think the top gadget will be in 2030?

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  Mobile phones
  
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  Tablet computers
  
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  Sat-Navs
  
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  Video calls
  
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  E-mail
  
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  Online banking
  
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  Home robots
  

Midterm test II on Discourse Analysis for the 2nd year students English language the first faculty