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To celebrate Chinese New Year, a group of top singing and dancing talents from China performed at the O2 centre in London. It's a rare chance for British audiences to experience Chinese culture through music and dance.

Helen from BBC Learning English was there to meet one of the stars of the show, Mr Guoqing Cai.

As an avid¹ learner of the English language, we find out what inspired him to learn English and how he keeps the momentum² going after all these years.

Listen to the programme to find out which British TV programme Mr Cai watched nearly 30 years ago.

1 avid   

adj.热心的；贪婪的；渴望的；劲头十足的

参考例句：

• He is rich,but he is still avid of more money.他很富有,但他还想贪图更多的钱。
• She was avid for praise from her coach.那女孩渴望得到教练的称赞。

2 momentum   

n.动力，冲力，势头；动量

参考例句：

• We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
• The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。