2016年CRI Spring Festival Gala Anticipated

 

The playbill for this year's show was released on Saturday. 

The 39 performances on the list will start from 8:00 pm Sunday and last into the first day of the lunar New Year. 

As widely expected, popular domestic trio "the fighting boys" will make their debut¹ at the country's most-watched variety TV show. 

Singer Wang Junkai said they will use the opportunity to keep the audience well entertained. 

"This is the first time that we've been invited to the gala. So exciting! We have watched the show since we were young. In our minds, the stage of the Spring Festival gala is of special significance for every performer. We will surely try our best and not let the audience down." 

The past Spring Festival Galas have each featured a song that promotes family love and that has quickly become popular with the public. 

This year, singer Tong Tiexin and actor Yang Yang will sing a new song named Father and Son. 

Tong Tiexin, who will act as the father, explained his understanding of the lyrics².

"As a son, he loves and cares about his parents. And it's more true for the parents. People say that most fathers and sons are tolerant to each other for most of the time. When they watch TV and listen to this song, Father and Son, I hope young people will be reminded of their father. If their father is not by their side, that they may send a message of just a couple of words to their parents. I think that is the power of this song." 

This year's show may also bring a sense of nostalgia³. 

A Mongolian family that performed song called Jixiang Sanbao back in 2006 will return. 

This year, the family will return to the gala's sub-venue stage in their hometown of Hulunbeier in north China's Inner Mongolia. 

Wurina is the mother of the family.

"Jixiang Sanbao came out of our hometown ten years ago and it allowed a large number of people to know us. Ten years later, our family came back to the sub-venue in our hometown. It is a great honor for us." 

Also, their new song "the Spring Comes" will be performed in Mandarin⁴ instead of Mongolian. 

Also different from ten years ago, the couple will sing with their daughter this time, rather than their niece who appeared on the show a decade ago. 

The CCTV New Year's Gala was first held in 1983. 

Commonly abbreviated⁵ in Chinese as Chunwan, it has a yearly viewership of over 700 million. 

As usual, this year's show will be closed with a performance of the song "Can't forget tonight", originally performed by famous singer Li Guyi.

But Liu Xiao Ling Tong, who is deemed the country's best monkey portrayor, will miss the gala despite earlier calls from the public for his participation⁶. 

For CRI, this is Li Jianhua.

1 debut   

n.首次演出，初次露面

参考例句：

• That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
• The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。

2 lyrics   

n.歌词

参考例句：

• music and lyrics by Rodgers and Hart 由罗杰斯和哈特作词作曲
• The book contains lyrics and guitar tablatures for over 100 songs. 这本书有100多首歌的歌词和吉他奏法谱。

3 nostalgia   

n.怀乡病，留恋过去，怀旧

参考例句：

• He might be influenced by nostalgia for his happy youth.也许是对年轻时幸福时光的怀恋影响了他。
• I was filled with nostalgia by hearing my favourite old song.我听到这首喜爱的旧歌，心中充满了怀旧之情。

4 Mandarin   

n.中国官话，国语，满清官吏；adj.华丽辞藻的

参考例句：

• Just over one billion people speak Mandarin as their native tongue.大约有十亿以上的人口以华语为母语。
• Mandarin will be the new official language of the European Union.普通话会变成欧盟新的官方语言。

5 abbreviated   

adj. 简短的，省略的 动词abbreviate的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He abbreviated so much that it was hard to understand his article. 他的文章缩写词使用太多，令人费解。
• The United States of America is commonly abbreviated to U.S.A.. 美利坚合众国常被缩略为U.S.A.。

6 participation   

n.参与，参加，分享

参考例句：

• Some of the magic tricks called for audience participation.有些魔术要求有观众的参与。
• The scheme aims to encourage increased participation in sporting activities.这个方案旨在鼓励大众更多地参与体育活动。