1. Digital money

We used to pay with cash (现金) for everything we bought. In fact, we are already using one type of digital money, when we swipe (刷) our bus pass or use a credit card (信用卡) to shop online. You have to admit that using a card is much easier than searching your pocket for change. It is also safer than carrying a lot of cash on your person. People in Sweden completely stopped using cash last year and the US might be next.

2. Bionic（仿生的）eye

People who are blind may have a chance to get their sight back---by wearing bionic eyes. A blind eye can no longer sense light, but a bionic eye can use a camera to ―see‖ the environment and send data into the brain.

Although the bionic eye that‘s out now only allow patients to see lights and unclear shapes, a high resolution(高清的) version could be just a few years away.

3. Self-driving car

Unlike a human driver, a self-driving car won‘t be distracted(分神) by a phone call, the radio or something outside the window. Sensors（探测器） and cameras on the car would allow it to keep strictly to the rules of the road and keep a safe distance from other cars. This would greatly reduce the number of road accidents. Many vehicle companies are now planning self-driving cars. By 2040,

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Travelling can be a feast(宴会). Every city has their trademark dish, but

it comes to banquets((盛大的宴会)), Yangzhou stands out.

The Red Mansion Banquet is the most famous.

A Dream of the Red Mansions (红楼梦) was written in the middle

of the 18th century the Qing Dynasty. In this novel, the

Manchu and Han cultures, as well as the cultures of North China and

South China, are integrated with each other. What‘s more, it the daily life of the upper class