In the future, at-home cookers will be ready for you to cook a big meal with a switch(开关). Televisions will tell you prices at the shops and news around the world. Videophones will bring holograms(全息影像). The home will become the centre of entertainment(娱乐) through television and electronic games. Machines will control(控制) temperature, lighting, washing and gardening. Lighting will make your room look nicer. People will also have a lot more kinds of food.

There will be different kinds of materials(材料) for clothes. Special materials will keep the clothes clean forever. They will never get dirty or wear out. We will have less work because we won’t have to wash them. So we can save water and money. And children won’t worry about what to wear to school every day. They won’t go to school. They’ll stay at home in front of their computers to study. They can wear their favourite “Saturday clothes” every day. It will be fun.

At work, robots will take over most jobs in factories. Working hours will fall to under 30 hours a week. Holidays will get longer. There will be more foreign travels. Non-stop flights will be cheaper. Hobbies and education will become more and more important.

Zhoushen is a singer with a magical voice. He can sing different kinds of songs, from pop music to Italian opera. However, he is best known for guofeng music—bringing traditional Chinese ideas into pop music. He helps more people fall in love with it.

In Silver Lining (光亮), Zhou sings in the Peking Opera style. In Painting Silk (画绢), people can hear sounds from the Chinese xiao (箫).

Some popular songs have internet words. But you can hear Chinese poetry in Zhou’s songs. “When our lives are full of internet words, it may suddenly touch our hearts when we hear an ancient poem. I am often surprised at the things our people made thousands of years ago. Their works (作品) were simple in words but rich in meaning.” Zhou told China Daily.

Zhou said music is a good way to spread culture and tell China’s stories. “When I was studying abroad, my teachers listened to my songs for the first time. They felt that Chinese music is so beautiful. They really liked my songs using the Chinese opera style.”

Zhou also said that guofeng music is a bridge between the modern and the classic.

Many street dancers are happy now, because street dance will be an event (项目) at the Olympic Games in Paris in 2024. Here’s something you should know about it.

Street dance started in the 1960s. African Americans first danced in groups on New York streets. Now, it’s one of the most popular sports for young people.

There are different kinds of street dance. The traditional kind, we usually call old school. In old school, the most famous kinds are locking, popping, and breaking. In new school, hip hop and jazz are the most popular.

In fact, of all the street dance kinds, only breaking becomes an Olympic event. It has a great influence (影响) in the world and is the best for competing and watching. It is a dance sport with strength and skills. Breaking dancers must be strong enough to use the hand, head and body to make rotations (旋转) on the ground with changes in the footsteps. Because of the difficult rotation, this dance is full of visual impact(视觉冲击). This will attract more people to enjoy it.

When a group of street dancers get together, they will battle-dance against each other. The dancers take turns to dance. There aren’t any rules. Dancers can freely express (表达) music. These days, a TV show, This is the Street Dance 4, is really hot. In the show, there are four stars as the captains(队长). They each lead a group of street dancers to battle. Many world-class street dancers from other countries join in the show, too. So it’s more than just a TV show.

Do you like street dance? Come and join us. Let’s battle for peace!