Hot Issues. What will our life be like?

What will our life be like? 147

Chips are changing the world 147

What does the future hold? 148

Why are we so excited about the Internet? 148

We may have no choice 149

Arthur Clarke predicts 150

The Earth is our home 150

What shall we do with our packed planet? 152

"Smog" was invented in Britain 152

Do we live to eat? 153

There is a danger hanging over your life 154

Game of chance 154

Mass Media

What is news? 155

American press 155

Newspaper wars 156

Hooked on the Net 156

What kind of viewer are you? 157

Hobbies and Pastimes

What is a hobby? 158

Video games 158

The future of travelling 159

Countries and Cities

Scotland: the land of lochs and legends 160

What does the Queen do? 161

The new face of London 161

The Tower of London 162

St Paul's Cathedral 163

London's East End 164

Madam Tussaud's 164

The White House 165

New York 166

The Statue of Liberty 168

From the history of New York 168

Australia 169

Canada 170

Some facts about Moscow 171

Literature and Arts

The future of the book — if it has a future 172

On books and reading 172

The Globe Theatre —173

Robert Burns 174

Mark Twain 174

Michelangelo 175

William Hogarth 176

Abstract art 176

Pablo Picasso 177

Beethoven — 178

Theatre and cinema in Britain 179

Steven Spielberg: movie wizard 180

Leonardo DiCaprio 180

Science and Scientists

Great inventions 182

The gene revolution 183

Miniature revolution 183

Sports

In-line roller-skating 184

Snowboarding 184

Surfs up! 185

Sport and competition in Britain 186

Baseball 187