英国人眼中2025年世界的样子

Imagine waking up to a world where China is the world's leading superpower, astronauts are busy walking on Mars and a brand new political party is ruling the UK.

想象一下，有一天当你醒来时，发现中国成了世界领先的超级大国，宇航员们在火星上行走，而统治英国的是一个崭新的政党。

Well this could be the reality in 15 years if some of the predictions of 100,000 Britons are correct.

The massive survey asked the men and women of the UK how they pictured the world in 2025.

Nearly half believe Prince William will bypass（绕开，忽视） Prince Charles to be crowned King of England although one in six think the monarchy¹ will have been abolished.

On the world stage 60 per cent think China is set to become the world's leading superpower, while a third of us think Great Britain will be made up of four self-governed countries.

A quarter of those polled believe a new party will form the Government in 2025 although the same proportion think that Labour will be back in power.

Further afield（在战场上，去野外） four per cent are optimistic there will be a permanent human base on Mars while one in ten expect a colony of humans to be living in space. Meanwhile technology will have come on in leaps and bounds.

More than half questioned in the MSN study predict people will watch all their favourite shows via TV sets hooked up to the internet.

Two-thirds believe cosmetic² surgery（整形手术） will have become common place and one in six think we will look after our own health using apps and gadgets³ rather than relying on the doctor.

But at least we can distract ourselves with the daily comings and goings of pop singers and reality stars, as more than half think that 'celebrity⁴' will be a registered profession.

The Pulse of the Nation survey was carried out to mark MSN's 15 year anniversary.

Matt Ball, editor-in-chief at MSN UK, said: 'When MSN launched Toy Story came out and was the first completely computer generated film, John Major was Prime Minister and Barings bank collapsed⁵.

'British life has changed remarkably⁶ since then. The depth and breadth of insight from our research demonstrates how passionate⁷ and opinionated（固执己见的，武断的） people are about life in the UK.'