This year, The Voice of China (the second season) hit China again. The Voice of China was a Chinese reality talent show. It has greatly influenced China. Chinese audiences are also broadening their musical taste. And it wanted to bring back China’s belief in music. “Almost every other show in China looks at someone’s appearance to judge their talent,” says The Voice of China director Zhang Weiqi. “This isn’t one of those shows.” 　      The Voice of China was on Zhejiang Television. It gave a good stage for the people who loved singing songs and gave them a choice to show their voice people all over the world. In this season, Wang Feng, Na Ying, Zhang Huimei and Yu Chengqing were the teachers. They were popular and people liked to listen to their songs very much. They gave their students lots of help and helped them make great progress. The final battle was on October 1, 2013. Li Qi, the singer from Amei’s family won the first prize. Zhang Hengyuan was second and Xuan Xuan was third. We hope we can watch this programme next year.

　　“Where Are We Going, Dad?” is the theme song of the star parenting reality TV show. Produced by Hunan Satellite TV, the show invites five male stars from different fields and their children. The guests are Olympic diver-turned-actor Tian Liang and his 5-year-old daughter Tian Yucheng(Cindy), Taiwanese actor Jimmy Lin and his 4-year-old son Kimi, actor Guo Tao and his six-year-old son Guo Zirui (nickname: Little Stone), model Zhang Liang and his six-year-old son Zhang Xuanyu (Nickname: Tiantian), director Wang Yuelun and his 4-year-old daughter Wang Shiling(Angela).     “Where Are We Going, Dad” has aired every Friday night at 10pm on Hunan Satellite TV since October 11th. According to Baidu Baike, every episode of “Where Are We Going, Dad” all topped the charts. 　　     In every episode, the star fathers and their children spend quality time together and complete different tasks without the company of the mothers. The first two episodes recorded a three-day trip to a village on the outskirts of Beijing, while the third and fourth episodes sent the guests to the desert. Then they went to Yunnan, Hunan and Shandong, ect. The children are between 4 and 6 years old, all of whom were well-known as soon as the first episode came out. This reality show has generated heated discussions about parenting, fatherhood, childhood, as well as the stars’ careers and wives.

Many cities have interesting nicknames. New Orleans probably has more nicknames than any other American city. One web site lists its more than twenty nicknames. The most famous is “The Big Easy”. It shows the slow and easy-going way of life in New Orleans.So how did the city get this nickname? In the early 1900s there was a dance hall in New Orleans called “The Big Easy”. But the nickname did not become famous until the early 1970s. That was when a newspaper writer began calling New Orleans by this name. She compared the easy-going way of life there to the hurried pace of life in New York City. In 1970, James Conaway wrote a book called “The Big Easy”. The story was in New Orleans. In 1987, they made that book into a film. It made the nickname even more popular.New Orleans has other nicknames. Another nickname is “The Birthplace of Jazz”, because that kind of music started in New Orleans. And, there is a nickname that uses the short way to write New Orleans and Louisiana. It you do not want to use the complete  name, you can call the city “NOLA.”

　　Many cities have interesting nicknames. New Orleans probably has more nicknames than any other American city. One web site lists its more than twenty nicknames. The most famous is “The Big Easy”. It shows the slow and easy-going way of life in New Orleans. 　　    So how did the city get this nickname? In the early 1900s there was a dance hall in New Orleans called “The Big Easy”. But the nickname did not become famous until the early 1970s. That was when a newspaper writer began calling New Orleans by this name. She compared the easy-going way of life there to the hurried pace of life in New York City. In 1970, James Conaway wrote a book called “The Big Easy”. The story was in New Orleans. In 1987, they made that book into a film. It made the nickname even more popular. 　　New Orleans has other nicknames. Another nickname is “The Birthplace of Jazz”, because that kind of music started in New Orleans. And, there is a nickname that uses the short way to write New Orleans and Louisiana. It you do not want to use the complete  name, you can call the city “NOLA.”