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Technology: today and tomorrow

Technology has changed how we live. Today large thin TVs hang on walls. Computers sit on desks at home, school and work and in many other places. In cars, a box can speak to the driver to tell him where to go. We can use our mobile phones to listen to music, take photos, watch TV or films, use the Internet and to send text messages to each other – oh, yes, and talk to people! 

So what about the future? How will technology change the life of children? 

• One thing we can be sure about – there will be many more computers. Schools use computers now but in the next decades they will use them more and more. Some people say all children will have one on their desk. Or perhaps they will take a small laptop with them all day.

 • And what about next century? Some scientists say there will be no schools. Children will stay at home and have their lessons on computers. Teachers will not teach – they will only program the computers