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🤔️小作业:

1. According to the passage, which of the following best describes the relationship between Ride the Wind 2026 and China's 15th Five-Year Plan?

A. The show was directly funded by initiatives outlined in the plan.

B. The plan provided a theoretical framework which the show's format inadvertently reflects.

C. The show consciously positions itself as an experimental implementation of the plan's cultural vision.

D. The plan's targets were adjusted based on the show's early success.

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无注释原文:

Live from the stage: How ‘Ride the Wind 2026’ is reinventing entertainment shows

From: Global Times

In an era when polished variety shows have long dominated Chinese screens, Ride the Wind 2026, a show from China's Mango TV, has thrown open its studio doors. By broadcasting performances live without cuts, auto-tune or post-production polish, the show has become the talk of the town. 

What began as a bold technical experiment has quickly evolved into something deeper: A live laboratory for the kind of "new forms of literature and art for the general public" envisioned in China's 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-30). It is not merely entertainment; it is a cultural statement about authenticity, collective creation and the resilience of women in the spotlight.

For decades, domestic variety shows perfected the art of the "finished product." Audiences received glossy, tightly edited packages designed to impress. Ride the Wind 2026 flips the script. The 33 female contestants - singers, athletes, actors and cultural figures from China and abroad - step onto the stage raw. Viewers have witnessed singer Christine Fan's occasional off-key notes, Olympic short track speed skating champion Wang Meng's unfiltered rap delivery, actress Sun Yi's breathless moments and other unscripted "flops" that would have been scrubbed in the past. Rather than damaging the show, these moments have sparked laughter, memes and a surprising warmth. Netizens call it "finding new fun in the flaws." The rawness feels liberating.

This approach has transformed the audience from passive consumers into active co-creators. Real-time voting and instant feedback can influence song choices and even the flow of the competition. The show has moved from a "past-perfect" narrative to a "present-continuous" dialogue. In doing so, it embodies the 15th Five-Year Plan's call to promote new forms of literature and art for the general public. Art is no longer handed down from above; it grows from the "we-community" of viewers and participants alike. The result is a genuine sense of shared ownership rarely seen in heavily industrialized entertainment.

The emotional payoff is immediate. Contestants like He Xuanlin and Dai Si have emerged as dark horses through sheer grit. Tang Yixin's comeback story, Kan Qingzi's tearful performance and Hou Yu's stunning Chinese-style rendition have become living chapters in a contemporary chronicle of female strength. 

The live format captures the sweat, the hesitation and the triumph in real time, forging an intimacy that pre-recorded shows simply cannot replicate. No wonder the program has dominated trending lists and sparked round-the-clock discussions long after each broadcast ends.

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注:完整题目见本文开头;中文文本为机器翻译,仅供参考

含注释全文:

Live from the stage: How ‘Ride the Wind 2026’ is reinventing entertainment shows

From: Global Times

In an era when polished variety shows have long dominated Chinese screens, Ride the Wind 2026, a production by China's Mango TV, has thrown open its studio doors. By broadcasting performances live—without edits, auto-tune, or post-production gloss—the show has become the talk of the town.

在精致综艺长期霸屏的时代,芒果TV推出的《乘风2026》却毅然敞开演播室的大门。全程直播,不剪辑、不修音、不后期包装,让这档节目迅速成为大众热议焦点。

polish

polish /ˈpɒl.ɪʃ/ 1)表示“擦,擦亮,磨光”,英文解释为“to rub something using a piece of cloth or brush to clean it and make it shine”如:to polish the furniture 擦家具。

2)表示“修改;润饰;润色”,英文解释为“to make changes to sth in order to improve it”举个🌰:The statement was carefully polished and checked before release.这项声明是经仔细润色检查后才发表的。

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auto-tune

autotune /ˈɔː.təʊ.tjuːn/ 1)表示“自动调节(收音机或电视频道)”,英文解释为“to tune a radio or television so that channels are chosen automatically”举个🌰:You can autotune stations or manually select them. 你可以自动调台或者手动选择。

2)表示“(电脑)自动修改人声,自动变声”,英文解释为“to use a special computer program to change the sound of someone's recorded voice”举个🌰:She criticized the autotuned vocals on his new album. 她对他新出的唱片中对歌声的自动修改提出了批评。

gloss

gloss /ɡlɒs/ 1)表示“光亮,光泽”,英文解释为“a smooth, shiny appearance on the surface of something”举个🌰:Marble can be polished to a high gloss. 大理石可以被磨得非常光滑。

2)表示“注释;评注”,英文解释为“an explanation for a word or phrase”举个🌰:Difficult expressions are explained in the glosses at the bottom of the page. 难以理解的词组在页脚都有注释。

3)表示“精彩的解释(或阐述)”,英文解释为“a way of explaining sth to make it seem more attractive or acceptable”举个🌰:The director puts a Hollywood gloss on the civil war. 导演对南北战争作了一番好莱坞式的精彩阐述。

the talk of the town

be the talk of the town表示“成为街谈巷议的话题;成为众人的谈资”,英文解释为“to be what everyone is talking about”举个🌰:The new statue in the park is the talk of the town. 公园里的新塑像成了镇上人们谈论的焦点。

What began as a bold technical experiment has quickly evolved into something deeper: a live laboratory for the kind of "new forms of literature and art for the general public" envisioned in China's 15th Five-Year Plan (2026–30). It is not merely entertainment; it is a cultural statement about authenticity, collective creation, and the resilience of women in the spotlight.

最初是一场大胆的技术实验,却迅速升华为更具深意的事物——一个践行中国“十五五”规划(2026—2030年)所倡导“新大众文艺”的直播试验场。这不仅是娱乐,更是一份关于真实、共创与聚光灯下女性坚韧力量的文化宣言。

envision

envision /ɪnˈvɪʒ.ən/ 表示“设想;展望,预计”,英文解释为“to imagine or expect something in the future, especially something good”举个🌰:I always envisioned that I would return home at some point. 我总是设想我会在某个时候回家。

authenticity

authenticity /ˌɔː.θenˈtɪs.ə.ti/ 表示“确实性;真实性;可靠性”,英文解释为“the quality of being genuine or true.”举个🌰:The authenticity of her story is beyond doubt. 她讲述的事情的真实性不容置疑。

resilience

resilience /rɪˈzɪliəns/ 表示“快速恢复的能力;适应力”,英文解释为“the ability of people or things to feel better quickly after sth unpleasant, such as shock, injury, etc.”

For decades, domestic variety shows perfected the art of the "finished product." Audiences received glossy, tightly edited packages designed to impress. Ride the Wind 2026 flips the script. The 33 female contestants—singers, athletes, actors, and cultural figures from China and abroad—step onto the stage raw. Viewers have witnessed singer Christine Fan's occasional off-key notes, Olympic short track speed skating champion Wang Meng's unfiltered rap delivery, actress Sun Yi's breathless moments, and other unscripted "flops" that would have been scrubbed in the past. Rather than damaging the show, these moments have sparked laughter, memes, and a surprising warmth. Netizens call it "finding new fun in the flaws." The rawness feels liberating.

数十年来,国内综艺将“成品美学”打磨到极致。观众看到的永远是光鲜亮丽、剪辑严密的精美包装。《乘风2026》彻底颠覆了这一套路。33位来自海内外的女性参赛者——歌手、运动员、演员、文化名人——以未经修饰的姿态站上舞台。观众亲眼见证了范玮琪偶尔的走音,奥运短道速滑冠军王濛毫无修音的说唱,演员孙怡唱到喘不过气的瞬间,以及种种过去必然会被剪掉的“翻车”名场面。这些“瑕疵”非但没有损害节目,反而催生了笑声、热梗和一种意外的温情。网友称之为“在破绽里找到新乐趣”。这种真实感,令人如释重负。

glossy

glossy /ˈɡlɒsɪ/ 1)作形容词表示“光滑的;光彩夺目的;有光泽的”,英文解释为“smooth and shiny”如:glossy hair 光亮的头发,a dog with a glossy coat 亮毛狗。

2)表示“浮华的;虚有其表的;虚饰的”,英文解释为“giving an appearance of being important and expensive”

3)glossy magazine 可以特指“(通常指内容为名人、时尚或美容的)用亮光纸印刷的杂志”(a magazine printed on shiny, high-quality paper, containing a lot of colour photographs and advertisements, and usually about famous people, fashion, and beauty)

flip the script

表示“打破常规;彻底改变局面;反其道而行之”,英文解释为“to completely change the way a situation is expected to develop, especially by doing something unexpected or the opposite of what is usual”

contestant

表示“参赛者,选手”,英文解释为“A contestant in a competition or game show is a person who takes part in it”

区分:

📍combatant表示“战斗人员,战士,斗士”,英文解释为“a person who fights in a war”

off-key

off-key /ˌɒfˈkiː/ 表示“(唱歌或演奏音乐)跑调,走调,音调不准”,英文解释为“If you sing or play music off-key, you produce notes that are slightly higher or lower than they should be.”

note

note /nəʊt/ 表示“音;音符”,或者表示“语调;口气”,英文解释为“a single sound at a particular level, usually in music, or a written symbol that represents this sound”举个🌰:She played three long notes on the piano. 她在钢琴上弹了3个长音。

scrub

scrub /skrʌb/ 可以作名词也可以作动词,1)表示“(尤指用硬刷、肥皂和水)擦洗,刷洗”,英文解释为“to rub something hard in order to clean it, especially using a stiff brush, soap, and water”举个🌰:She scrubbed (at) the mark on the wall for a long time, but it wouldn't come off. 她花了很长时间擦洗墙上的印迹,但仍然没有擦掉。

2)表示“取消(原计划)”,英文解释为“to decide not to do something you had planned to do”举个🌰:We had to scrub our plans when I lost my job. 我失业了,我们不得不取消计划。

meme

meme (/ˈmiːm/ )是指在同一个文化氛围中,人与人之间传播的思想、行为或者风格,音译为媒母、米姆、谜米、弥母,又名模因、拟子等。其实「meme」指的就是在网上迅速传播,流行起来的一些概念(或图像、视频等)等东西,可以直接解释成我们常说「梗」、「段子」、「表情包」,词典中定义为:a type of behaviour that is passed from one member of a group to another, not in the genesbut by another means such as people copying it;举个🌰:Take a look at the top ten internet memes for this past year. 看一下去年互联网上的十大梗。

This approach has transformed the audience from passive consumers into active co-creators. Real-time voting and instant feedback can influence song choices and even the flow of the competition. The show has moved from a "past-perfect" narrative to a "present-continuous" dialogue. In doing so, it embodies the 15th Five-Year Plan's call to promote new forms of literature and art for the general public. Art is no longer handed down from above; it grows from the "we-community" of viewers and participants alike. The result is a genuine sense of shared ownership rarely seen in heavily industrialized entertainment.

这种模式将观众从被动的消费者转变为积极的共创者。实时投票与即时反馈,足以影响选曲乃至赛程走向。节目从“过去完成时”的既定叙事,转向了“现在进行时”的实时对话。由此,它践行了“十五五”规划中关于发展“新大众文艺”的号召。艺术不再是自上而下的赐予,而是在观众与参与者共同构成的“我们共同体”中自然生长。最终形成的,是在高度工业化娱乐生态中极为罕见真正的共同参与感。

narrative

narrative /ˈnær.ə.tɪv/ 作形容词,表示“叙述的,讲故事式的”,英文解释为“telling a story”如:a narrative poem 叙述诗。

作名词,1)表示“故事;叙事”,英文解释为“A narrative is a story or an account of a series of events.”如:a fast-moving narrative 一个快节奏的叙事。

2)表示“(对事件的特定的)陈述”,英文解释为“a particular way of explaining or understanding events”

embody

embody /ɪmˈbɒd.i/ 1)表示“体现(思想或品质);具体象征;代表”,英文解释为“To embody an idea or quality means to be a symbol or expression of that idea or quality.”举个🌰:Jack Kennedy embodied all the hopes of the 1960s. 杰克·肯尼迪体现了20世纪60年代的全部希望。

2)表示“包含;收录”,英文解释为“If something is embodied in a particular thing, the second thing contains or consists of the first.”举个🌰:The proposal has been embodied in a draft resolution. 这项提议已经被包含在一份决议草案中。

The emotional payoff is immediate. Contestants like He Xuanlin and Dai Si have emerged as dark horses through sheer grit. Tang Yixin's comeback story, Kan Qingzi's tearful performance, and Hou Yu's stunning Chinese-style rendition have become living chapters in a contemporary chronicle of female strength.

情感共鸣,立竿见影。何宣林、代斯等选手凭借过人的坚韧成为黑马;唐艺昕的回归之路,阚清子的动情落泪,侯宇惊艳的国风演绎——皆化作当代女性力量谱系中鲜活的篇章。

dark horse

dark horse /ˌdɑːk ˈhɔːs/ 1)表示“不爱张扬的人;(尤指)深藏不露的人,内秀的人”,英文解释为“a person who keeps their interests and ideas secret, especially someone who has a surprising ability or skill”举个🌰:Anna's such a dark horse - I had no idea she'd published a novel. 安娜可真是深藏不露——我一点儿都不知道她已经出版了一本小说。

2)表示“黑马(在赛马或竞选中出人意料的获胜者)”,英文解释为“a horse or a politician who wins a race or competition although no one expected them to”

rendition

rendition /renˈdɪʃ.ən/ 表示“(对歌曲,音乐或诗歌的)诠释”,英文解释为“a particular way of performing a song, piece of music, or poem”举个🌰:She ended the concert with a powerful rendition of "I Will Always Love You". 她以对《我会永远爱你》的强有力的诠释结束了音乐会。

The live format captures the sweat, the hesitation, and the triumph in real time, forging an intimacy that pre-recorded shows simply cannot replicate. No wonder the program has dominated trending lists and sparked round-the-clock discussions long after each broadcast ends.

直播的形式,实时捕捉着汗水、迟疑与高光时刻,铸就了一种录播节目无法复刻的亲近感。难怪这档节目屡屡霸榜热搜,每期结束后仍能引发全天候的热议。

intimacy

intimacy /ˈɪn.tɪ.mə.si/ 表示“亲密;密切;关系密切;暧昧关系”,英文解释为“the state of having a close personal relationship with sb”。也可以表示“亲昵的言行;性关系”,英文解释为“things that are said or done only by people who have a close relationship with each other”

round-the-clock

round-the-clock /ˌraʊnd.ðəˈklɒk/ 表示“全天的,全天候的;不分昼夜的”,英文解释为“happening or done all day and all night”举个🌰:He's very sick and needs round-the-clock care. 他的病很重,需要全天候护理。

- 词汇盘点 -

polish、 auto-tune、 gloss、 the talk of the town、 envision、 authenticity、 resilience、 glossy、 flip the script、 contestant、 off-key、 note、 scrub、 meme、 narrative、 embody、 dark horse、 rendition、 intimacy、 round-the-clock

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A singing contestant's raw rendition, full of off-key notes, became the talk of the town. Producers wanted to polish it with auto-tune and gloss, but he refused to scrub his authenticity. This dark horse flipped the script on the polished narrative, his resilience embodying raw intimacy. A meme was born, a round-the-clock testament to embracing flaws.
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