What does the future hold for the problem of housing? A good deal depends, of course, on the meaning of future. If one is thinking in terms of science fiction and the space age, it is at least possible to assume that man will have solved such trivial and earthly problems as housing. Writers of science fiction, from H.G. Wells onwards, have had little to say on the subject. They have conveyed the suggestion that men will live in great comfort, with every conceivable apparatus to make life smooth, healthy and easy, if not happy. But they have not said what his house will be made of. Perhaps some new building material, as yet unimagined, will have been discovered or invented at least. One may be certain that bricks and mortar will long have gone out of fashion.
But the problems of the next generation or two can more readily be imagined. Scientists have already pointed out that unless something is done either to restrict the worlds rapid growth in population or to discover and develop new sources of food , millions of people will be dying of starvation or at the best suffering from underfeeding before this century is out. But nobody has yet worked out any plan for housing these growing populations. Admittedly the worst situations will occur in the hottest parts of the world, where housing can be light structure or in backward areas where standards are traditionally low. But even the minimum shelter requires materials of some kind and in the teeming, bulging towns the low-standard housing of flattened petrol cans and dirty canvas is far more wasteful of ground space than can be tolerated.
Since the war, Hong Kong has suffered the kind of crisis which is likely to arise in many other places during the next generation. Literally millions of refugees arrived to swell the already growing population and emergency steps had to be taken rapidly to prevent squalorand disease and the spread crime. The city is tackling the situation energetically and enormous blocks of tenementsare rising at an astonishing aped. But Hong Kong is only one small part of what will certainly become a vast problem and not merely a housing problem, because when population grows at this rate there are accompanying problems of education, transport, hospital services, drainage, water supply and so on. Not every area may give the same resources as Hong Kong to draw upon and the search for quicker and cheaper methods of construction must never cease.
雅思听力地理场景词汇总结
雅思听力健康场景词汇总结
雅思听力多选题解答技巧
备考雅思听力必看三大建议
基础薄弱考生如何突破雅思听力6分
雅思听力9分必备同音词汇
雅思听力关键词后置问题及应对策略
如何培养雅思听力的“条件反射”?
你犯了雅思听力备考六大忌吗?
雅思听力必知的13条金科玉律
雅思听力游戏规则:找准敌人即可通关
浅析文化背景知识在提高雅思听力中的重要性
雅思听力考试Part 1场景分析
雅思听力生活场景分析及解题技巧
雅思听力单选题的出题特点
雅思听力“疯狂撞车”惨案分析:剖析低分原因
如何通过精听练习快速提高雅思听力
利用中英语音区别突破雅思听力
雅思听力考试的4个替换原则
雅思听力场景词汇:旅游
搞定雅思听力的四个高分策略
雅思听力进阶step by step
雅思听力图书馆场景词汇
如何利用美国之音(VOA)提高雅思听力
雅思听力高分绝技:熟悉留学生活场景
雅思听力练习之精听与泛听
通过英国留学生活熟悉雅思听力场景
雅思听力中的经典高频同义转换
雅思听力选课场景词汇总结
深度剖析雅思听力教学:为什么我们听不清
不限 |
英语教案 |
英语课件 |
英语试题 |
不限 |
不限 |
上册 |
下册 |
不限 |