Patricia was born in Michigan and grew up in California. When she was a little girl, she often stayed with her grandparents who lived in Union City, Michigan. One summer day, a meteorite (流星) {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (fall) from the sky, right into her grandparents' backyard! Before that, her grandparents had lived a {#blank#}2{#/blank#} ['kwaiət] life on their farm. Now things were {#blank#}3{#/blank#} from before. They had so much to do. People came to see the meteorite. The professors from the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} [ju:ni'vəsti] came to study it and analyze (分析) it. Her grandparents had never talked to so many people in {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (they) lives! Everything changed.

    As you can guess, no one in the town had ever {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (see) a meteorite before! They were confused (困惑) and didn't know {#blank#}7{#/blank#} to do. Some people thought it would bring them good {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (lucky) if they touched it.

    Patricia loves to tell the story about her meteorite and even today, she carries a piece of the meteorite with her {#blank#}9{#/blank#} [weər'evə] she goes. When I met her, she let all of us touch it and make a {#blank#}10{#/blank#}. What might you wish for if you could meet Patricia and see her meteorite?

    My name is Mike. I am a {#blank#}1{#/blank#}（Germany）boy. I have been in China {#blank#}2{#/blank#}two weeks. I have traveled to many places and I have {#blank#}3{#/blank#}（see）a lot of interesting things. I went {#blank#}4{#/blank#}（visit）the Palace Museum last week. It is wonderful. There are so many beautiful {#blank#}5{#/blank#}（treasure）. I have {#blank#}6{#/blank#}（be）to the Great Wall. It is the {#blank#}7{#/blank#}（long）wall around the world. I also know the emperors built it to protect the part of China. I have eaten a lot of Chinese food and my favorite {#blank#}8{#/blank#}is Beijing Duck. It's so tasty. I am going {#blank#}9{#/blank#}to Germany next week，but {#blank#}10{#/blank#}I leave, I will visit the Terracotta Army in Xi' an in a couple of days.

    What will life in the future be like? Will it be much better than it is now? And what will we be able to do in 10, 20 or 30 {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (year) time?

    Genetic engineering (基因工程) may help us make the perfect human. Babies may grow up {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (play) basketball like Yao Ming or look like Cecilia Cheung. Also, we may be able to bring the dead back to life. Maybe people will be able to meet and talk with their dead family members.

    Over the next 20 to 50 years, it will become harder to tell the {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (different) between humans and machines.

    Perhaps we will be able to make copies of {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (our), so we will appear to be alive long after we are dead. People may be able to find ways of putting the life of a person {#blank#}5{#/blank#} a new body.

    Nanobots (纳米机器人) will be important. We will use them {#blank#}6{#/blank#} we are sick. For example, when we have a stomachache, we will swallow (吞下) a nanobot and it will travel {#blank#}7{#/blank#} our stomach, taking a video of what's happening there. The video {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (help) the doctor heal (治愈) us.

    In the future, computers may have their feelings. They may be able to think {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (well) than us. We may be more and more interested in computers and the Internet, spending all our time in front of computers. Perhaps we will forget our real needs. Perhaps we will become super couch {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (potato) weighing 250kg!