Susan Boyle to sing in China

    BEIJING, Dec. 22 (Xinhuanet) -- Susan Boyle will sing live in China on New Year's Eve, a local television broadcaster has announced（宣布）.
    The much-loved Scottish singing sensation¹ has agreed to perform on December 31 in Nanjing, eastern China's Jiangsu Province, at the New Year's Eve concert hosted by Jiangsu Satellite TV, the broadcaster said on its website.
    Boyle will sing three songs during the gala, including her signature song, "I Dreamed a Dream".
    This will be Boyle's debut² on the Chinese mainland, after the 49-year-old impressed the world with her stunning³ voice during the 2009 season of the TV talent show "Britain's Got Talent".
    "She has strict technical requirements for the concert, from lighting⁴ to stage design," Zhang Lingyan, director of Jiangsu Satellite TV concert, was quoted as saying. "Contrary to that, Susan asked for no special treatment in terms of travel and accommodation, except that she likes pineapple juice."(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)

1 sensation   

n.感觉，感知力，激动，轰动

参考例句：

• He lost all sensation in his legs through cramp.他的腿部因抽筋而失去知觉。
• Seeing him again after so many years was a strange sensation.那么多年以后又见到他，是一种不可思议的感觉。

2 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。

3 stunning   

adj.极好的；使人晕倒的

参考例句：

• His plays are distinguished only by their stunning mediocrity.他的戏剧与众不同之处就是平凡得出奇。
• The finished effect was absolutely stunning.完工后的效果非常美。

4 lighting   

n.照明，光线的明暗，舞台灯光

参考例句：

• The gas lamp gradually lost ground to electric lighting.煤气灯逐渐为电灯所代替。
• The lighting in that restaurant is soft and romantic.那个餐馆照明柔和而且浪漫。