Fifty years ago, the tools we rely upon to communicate today were only science fiction. Today, you can purchase a smartphone and make calls, surf the Web, play games, run applications and accomplish more than most speculative fiction authors dared to dream. So what's next?

In the short term, we'll likely see basic cell phones slowly fade away. As smartphones become more common and less expensive, more people will adopt them. The process is gradual. As with most new technologies, a group of enthusiastic adopters lead the way. Sometimes, the general population will follow the early pioneers -- the compact disc is a good example of such technology. In other cases, the early adopters end up owning technology that becomes obsolete without ever finding wide acceptance -- like LaserDiscs.

Smartphones seem to be in the first category. Products like the Apple iPhone and Google's Android operating system have pushed the smartphone out of the world of gadget geeks and into the mass market. In 2010, the first 4G smartphone for a major carrier in the United States made an appearance. It was the HTC EVO 4G, running on Sprint's WiMAX network [source: CNET]. The 4G network allows for faster data transfer speeds than other networks.

The Internet will continue to play an increasing role in communication. Voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) already plays a large role in several communication products and services. Sites like Facebook and Twitter allow users to communicate with networks of people. With the rise of the Web, people now have a platform from which they can address the world. In the past, only celebrities and politicians could address so many people at one time. Now, anyone with an Internet connection can do the same thing.

This may lead to changes in everything from entertainment to politics. Using the Web as a communication tool, people with aspirations may be able to find an audience more easily than ever before. It may not be long until a relatively unknown person uses the Internet to win enough support to be elected president of the United States.

So far we've looked at some fairly mundane advances in communication. But what about the distant future?

Đầu tiên, bạn viết văn tiếng việt ra tưởng tượng của bạn về 1 thành phố của bạn trong tương lai rồi mình sẽ viết tiếng anh cho rồi gửi cho mình

Communication plays a role in all information exchanged between living species. Technically speaking, even plants and fungi communicate with each other.

What sets us humans apart is the speed at which our means of communication develops and innovates. Technology has been helping us to communicate easier, faster and more often. We’re now at a point where we’re “always on” and panic sets in when we temporarily lose the ability to communicate – for example when we lose the data connection our mobile phone.

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Have you ever asked yourself what ways of communication you will be using in the future?
I strongly believe there will be huge changes in the way we communicate.
Presently, we often meet face-to-face, send emails or chat online to work on our group projects.
But it’s possible that in the year 2030, we’ll be having video conferences with 3D images and Hololens Virtual Reality Glasses to interact with these people.
When we want to ask our friends to get some drinks, we often contact them by phone or social media.
However, in 20 years, super-smart phones, which can read your thoughts and automatically transfer them into text or voice messages, will be replacing those methods.
Besides, I guess telepathy will be especially popular then.
And I bet in 40 years, we will be able to understand what our pets are thinking with the help from some smart devices.
That will certainly be very amazing!

Have you ever asked yourself what ways of communication you will be using in the future? I strongly believe there will be huge changes in the way we communicate. Presently, we often meet face-to-face, send emails or chat online to work on our group projects. We also prefer to use social media to keep in touch with our friends who live far away. But it’s possible that in the year 2030, we’ll be having video conferences with 3D images and Hololens Virtual Reality Glasses to interact with these people. When we want to ask our friends to get some drinks, we often contact them by phone or social media. However, in 20 years, super-smart phones, which can read your thoughts and automatically transfer them into text or voice messages, will be replacing those methods. They will help send out the messages to your friends immediately. Besides, I guess telepathy will be especially popular then. You’ll be using it to show all your thoughts and feelings to people without having to use words. And I bet in 40 years, we will be able to understand what our pets are thinking with the help from some smart devices. That will certainly be very amazing!

1. A
2. B
3. C
4. B
5. C

1. A

What is the interview mainly about? - A. One way of future communication.

(Cuộc phỏng vấn nói về điều gì? - A. Một cách giao tiếp trong tương lai.)

Thông tin:

MC: Hi everyone. Today, I'll ask some members of the Technology Club to predict how people will communicate in the future. Let’s meet Minh and Tom.

(MC: Xin chào mọi người. Hôm nay tôi sẽ hỏi vài thành viên của CLB Công nghệ để dự đoán mọi người sẽ giao tiếp như thế nào trong tương lai.)

2. B

Which way of communication below is NOT mentioned in the interview? - B. Writing an email.

(Cách giao tiếp nào bên dưới không được nhắc đến trong phỏng vấn? Viết thư điện tử.)

Thông tin:

Minh: Well, we mostly text each other. We also send voice messages.

Tom: I often see my friends in person, but sometimes we call via the Internet.

(Minh: À, bọn em nhắn tin với nhau. Bọn em cũng gửi tin nhắn thoại nữa.

Tom: Mình thường gặp trực tiếp bạn bè, nhưng đôi khi mình gọi điện qua Internet.)

3. C

According to Tom, telepathy means communicating by thoughts.

(Theo Tom, thần giao cách cảm bằng cách giao tiếp bằng ý nghĩ.)

Thông tin:

Minh: Yes, but in the future, everyone will be able to use telepathy. We'll wear a tiny device to catch our thoughts and send them to other people.

(Minh: Vâng, nhưng trong tương lai, mọi người sẽ có thể dùng thần giao cách cảm. Chúng ta sẽ đeo một thiết bị nhỏ xíu để bắt những suy nghỉ của chúng ta và gửi cho người khác.)

4. B

The MC says that not all people can do telepathy.

(MC nói rằng không phải tất cả mọi người có thể dùng thần giao cách cảm.)

Thông tin:

MC: Hold on. I think only a very few people may have this ability.

(MC: Từ từ. Tôi nghỉ rằng chỉ một vài người có thể có khả năng này.)

5. C

What does the MC think may be a problem with telepathy? - C. Some people won't want to talk anymore.

(MC nghĩ rằng có vấn đề gì với thần giao cách cảm? - C. Vài người sẽ không nói chuyện nữa.)

Thông tin:

MC: Besides that, some people will be too lazy to even talk anymore.

(MC: Bên cạnh đó, vài người sẽ trở nên quá lười biếng để nói.)

Fifty years ago, the tools we rely upon to communicate today were only science fiction. Today, you can purchase a smartphone and make calls, surf the Web, play games, run applications and accomplish more than most speculative fiction authors dared to dream. So what's next?

In the short term, we'll likely see basic cell phones slowly fade away. As smartphones become more common and less expensive, more people will adopt them. The process is gradual. As with most new technologies, a group of enthusiastic adopters lead the way. Sometimes, the general population will follow the early pioneers -- the compact disc is a good example of such technology. In other cases, the early adopters end up owning technology that becomes obsolete without ever finding wide acceptance -- like LaserDiscs.

Smartphones seem to be in the first category. Products like the Apple iPhone and Google's Android operating system have pushed the smartphone out of the world of gadget geeks and into the mass market. In 2010, the first 4G smartphone for a major carrier in the United States made an appearance. It was the HTC EVO 4G, running on Sprint's WiMAX network [source: CNET]. The 4G network allows for faster data transfer speeds than other networks.

The Internet will continue to play an increasing role in communication. Voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) already plays a large role in several communication products and services. Sites like Facebook and Twitter allow users to communicate with networks of people. With the rise of the Web, people now have a platform from which they can address the world. In the past, only celebrities and politicians could address so many people at one time. Now, anyone with an Internet connection can do the same thing.

This may lead to changes in everything from entertainment to politics. Using the Web as a communication tool, people with aspirations may be able to find an audience more easily than ever before. It may not be long until a relatively unknown person uses the Internet to win enough support to be elected president of the United States.

So far we've looked at some fairly mundane advances in communication. But what about the distant future?