Mariah Carey Holds Concert in China

Mariah Carey has kicked off a 10-day concert tour of China in Beijing's Worker's Stadium. This marks the pop star's first tour in China, and there are many excited fans.
玛丽亚凯莉在北京工人体育场开启了为期10天的中国巡演。这是乐坛天后的首次中国巡演，受到了粉丝们的热烈欢迎。

 
Pop diva(流行歌手) Mariah Carey is bringing her world tour(世界巡演) to China. "The Elusive Chanteuse Show " is in support of her fourteenth studio album(专辑) which was released(发行) in May.
 
This is her first ever(首次) tour of the Chinese Mainland. Carey's only previous appearance in China was a lone concert(演唱会) in Shanghai in 2003, so many fans have been looking forward to(期待) this.

This is Carey's eighth concert tour and her first re-emergence(复出) since her last tour in 2006. At last Friday's concert, the pop star performed(演出) for an announced crowd of 38,000 at Beijing Worker's Stadium. It was a moment long in the making for some of Carey's fans(粉丝). Her concert stop in Beijing will be followed by performances in Chengdu, Chongqing, Tianjin, and Shanghai.

重点词汇 Key Words:

演唱 yǎn chàng
sing/singing
The word has two characters: "演" means perform, and "唱"means sing.

• v. eg. 她想听他现场演唱。
           She wanted to hear him sing in person.
• n. eg. 他的演唱比以前要动听许多。
           He sang much more sweetly than he has before.

演唱会 yǎn chàng huì
concert

• eg.乐队举行了13场全国巡回演唱会。
       The group made a 13-concert cross-country tour.

粉丝fěn sī
fans

Some Chinese words are from English, and there are more as follows:

[bā lěi]芭蕾 ballet [kǎo bèi] 拷贝copy [jiǔ bā] 酒吧 bar [yǐn qíng] 引擎 engine [bái lán dì]白兰地 brandy [bā shì] 巴士 bus [kā fēi] 咖啡 cafe [jī yīn] 基因 gene [hàn bǎo] 汉堡 hamburger [jiá kè] 夹克jacket

[qiǎo kè lì] 巧克力chocolate [mó tè] 模特 model [shā fā] 沙发 sofa [lún tāi] 轮胎 tire [làng màn] 浪漫romance [sāng ná] 桑拿sauna [shā yú] 鲨鱼 shark [xiū kè] 休克shock [dēng pào]灯泡 bubble [ké sòu] 咳嗽 cough