1. Alvin Toffler (born 1928) was the most famous futurologist of his generation. 阿尔文·托夫勒(1928年出生)是他那年代最有名的未来学家。
2. It sounds like the exaggerated vision – utopian or distopian according to taste – of a parlour futurologist. 听起来这像是会客室中一位未来学家夸张的想象——根据不同的偏好，可以将其视为一种乌托邦观点，或是反乌托邦观点。
3. The futurologist Neville sure about that in the new social bits, key strategic resource has changed for information, knowledge and creativity. 未来学家奈斯比特认为，在新的社会中，关键的战略资源已转变为信息、知识和创造性。
4. “You will just pop it into your eye in the morning and take it out at the end of the day, ” said Ian Pearson, a futurologist who advises companies on new technologies. 一个名叫Ian Pearson的专为很多公司做新技术方面顾问的未来学家说，“你只需要在早晨把隐形眼镜放入眼睛，然后在一天结束后把它拿出来就行了。”
5. What makes a BMW is not the fuel source or even the engine. According to Ulrich Kranz, the company's resident futurologist, cars are "a huge interactive system" that BMW manages. 据公司的居民未来学家乌尔里希。克朗茨说，宝马使汽车成为一个巨大的交互系统。
