二十年后回故乡

二十年后，我已经是一名驻美大使了，我回到了阔别很久的家乡。

twenty years later, i was already an ambassador to the united states, and i returned to my hometown where i had been away for a long time.

来到银川，眼前的一幕使我惊呆了，一辆辆汽车在空中行驶，一座座高楼大厦足有两百多层，跟原来比起来有着天翻地覆的变化。我却怎么也找不到我的家，便急忙给妈妈打电话，过了一会儿，妈妈开着飞车过来了。在落地的一刹那，轮子“嗖”地一声伸了出来，妈妈介绍给我说：“这是一辆太阳能汽车，底部有火箭筒，车轮可以伸缩。”我听入了迷，直到妈妈把我拉进车里，我才如梦初醒。

when i came to yinchuan, i was shocked by the scene. a car was running in the air, and there were more than 200 stories in a high-rise building. compared with the original, it was a huge change. i couldn't find my home, so i called my mother in a hurry. after a while, my mother came here in a flying car. at the moment of landing, the wheel "swished" out, and my mother introduced me: "this is a solar car, with a rocket launcher at the bottom, and the wheels can be retracted." i was fascinated. i didn't wake up until my mother pulled me into the car.

我刚刚坐稳，车子就飞驰起来。我发现，车子里面没有mp3，没有空调，甚至连方向盘也没有，妈妈这时又说了：“车子有卫星探测系统，还有语言控制系统。你只需要告诉它你去的目的地就行了。其它的像mp3、空调……都在车子里面呢，你只需发话就行了。”我惊叹不已。

as soon as i was seated, the car galloped. i found that there was no mp3 in the car, no air conditioner or even the steering wheel. my mother said at this time: "the car has a satellite detection system and a language control system. you just need to tell it where you're going. others like mp3, air conditioner it's all in the car. you just need to talk. " i was amazed.

我还发现城市里的清洁工全是机器人。它们将全部垃圾塞进了自己的嘴里，将不可回收的垃圾塞进垃圾场，将可回收的放入再次利用场。

i also found that city cleaners are all robots. they put all the garbage into their mouths, put the non recyclable garbage into the garbage dump, and put the recyclable garbage into the recycling site.

到了家门口，我发现没有车库，妈妈似乎看出了我的心思，便在车钥匙上按了一个按扭，只听见“啪”的一声，车子就变成了手提包一般大小。

when i got to the door, i found that there was no garage. my mother seemed to see my mind, so she pressed a button on the car key, and only heard a "bang", the car became the size of a handbag.

我准备进门吃饭，可是大门却不见了踪影，妈妈告诉我：“它是通过指纹来识别主人的。”

i was going to enter the door for dinner, but the door disappeared. my mother told me, "it identifies its owner by fingerprint."

进门之后，我发现房子里的东西都在地下呢，只要对门口的话筒说出你想要的东西，它就会从地下冒出来。我惊讶极了。突然，墙上有一排按扭吸引了我的眼球，按扭上面写着：吃饭、睡觉、工作、休闲。

after entering the door, i found that everything in the house is underground. as long as you say what you want to the microphone at the door, it will come out of the ground. i was astonished. all of a sudden, a row of buttons on the wall attracted my attention. the buttons said: eat, sleep, work, leisure.

如果你按一下睡觉键，床会从地下冒出，床头上的mp8会放出优美的音乐，使你进入甜美的梦乡。如果你按一下吃饭键，香喷喷的饭会呈现在你的面前。

if you press the sleep button, the bed will come out from the ground, and the mp8 on the head of the bed will send out beautiful music, which will make you fall asleep. if you press the eat button, delicious rice will appear in front of you.

由于工作关系，很快我要离开了家乡，我恋恋不舍，在回去的路上，我深深的感到：家乡二十年变化可真大呀！

due to the working relationship, i will leave my hometown soon. i am reluctant to part from it. on the way back, i feel deeply that my hometown has changed a lot in 20 years!