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Mao Amin, one of the country's biggest stars in the 1990s, is staging a revival. Photos by Zou Hong / China Daily
Veteran entertainer Mao Amin is holding a comeback concert on New Year's Eve, signaling a fresh start to her 30-year career. Chen Nan interviews the star.
Slumped on a red sofa in a five-star hotel in Beijing, Mao Amin looks ecstatic. China's most famous female singer of the 1990s has been doing media interviews all day and she can expect more of the same after announcing she will hold a New Year's Eve comeback concert. The 47-year-old has every reason to be excited. It will be her first solo concert in 30 years. She says she can hardly believe she has been in show business so long.
"I will try to make the evening last," says the singer who would have to sing for three hours, every night, for a week, to cover all the popular songs from her 26 albums.
"I feel excited rather than nervous. The audience will understand the emotion I am feeling and I am looking forward to seeing them," she says.
For her first major media appearance in 10 years, Mao decided to go for the natural look. Unlike the graceful floor-length gown and high heels she often wore on stage in the 1990s, she matched red pants with green sneakers, a white Hello Kitty T-shirt and white blazer.
Singer Mao still looks glamorous in her 40s.
"You are so chic," fans screamed, as Mao announced her upcoming concert on New Year's Eve at the Capital Stadium.
"Amin, I love you and all my family love you," shouted one 60-year-old woman who had taken her daughter with her.
"I think her songs are all great and I would particularly like to listen Yearning, like 10,000 times," the woman said.
She was referring to the theme song of the popular soap opera, Ke Wang (Aspirations), China's first long-running soap opera broadcast in 1990, episodes of which had an audience of about 550 million people.
When Mao, 1.72 meters tall and 55 kg, smiled like a veteran pageant queen and told her fans she would sing all her classic hits, the crowd went wild.
She said that she set the date of Dec 31, because, "I want to celebrate the coming new year on stage, which I missed very much".
Many of Mao's early hits were bombastic and slow, mainly for big galas and popular TV series.
"It's really unbelievable," she says. "I saw some young faces out there, who are at an age when they grew up with Jay Chou's music. Won't (the songs) be too formal for them?"
Born in Shanghai to an ordinary working class family, she became a child star in her neighborhood when she was 6, imitating singers from the radio, whether it was Peking Opera or pop songs.


Her silky voice enabled her to become a solo singer in a song and dance troupe of the People's Liberation Army in Nanjing when she was 23, even though she had little formal musical education.
"I had a teacher from Shanghai Music Conservatory. But I never practiced after class, because it didn't work for me," she recalls. "I believe singing is a blessed gift for me."
Mao first received significant attention when she won the Yugoslavian International Musical Festival with the pop song, Green Leaf and the Root, in 1993.
Her appearances at CCTV's annual Spring Festival Gala after 1988 further cemented her position as a household name in China.
"I enjoyed every moment on stage and I thought it was my fate. On those nights, when I look back one day and tell my grandkids, I will say, 'Yeah, I had that night when everyone stood up and I felt awesome,'" she says.
Known in her heyday as the country's biggest star, Mao was hit by a tax scandal in 1996, caused by her ex-boyfriend, who was also her agent.
Even now, she doesn't want to go into the details, but did say in an interview several years ago, "Those days almost killed me".
She withdrew from the public glare after the scandal and lived abroad in Canada and Britain, where, she says, she found inner peace again.
"Rumors were flying even abroad. I dared not look at Chinese newspapers and I even avoided going to Chinatown," she says.
But time was the best medicine and the situation gradually improved.
"Some guessed that I was put in prison and some said I was ill. I think that's the way. Not to talk about it in the press. I never complained and I don't want to start now. I think that's what's got me to where I am now. In the last 10 years, it's got much better and it's getting better all the time," she says.
"It is life and you move on. It's been very hard but I've got over it now. I am quite happy that it is still my voice that defines me."
She says she had an emotional breakdown because of the situation and what she says was the betrayal of her ex-boyfriend, but admits she grew as a person because of the experience.
Mao mentions the word "adjustment" five times during the interview.
"I really didn't know what to do with myself when I wasn't on stage then. But as time went by, I figured that I needed to make some changes," referring to her career and becoming the mother of a daughter and a son.
She has a regular life, gets up early, cooks and reads bedtime stories to her kids.
She has shown up on TV occasionally, including at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and some big variety shows, but says she's dedicated to being a mother.
"Being a full-time mother and wife is the happiest thing for me. I go to buy vegetables without cosmetics. I don't have to wear a pair of huge sunglasses to hide myself because no one can tell it's me. I look very different on and off the stage," she giggles. "That's exactly what I want."


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我翻一下，晚上发上来。

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回归最佳
毛阿敏，90年代国内最大的腕儿之一，正在筹划复出。
新年前夕，资深艺人毛阿敏将举办一场个人回顾演唱会，标志着她三十年从艺履历的一个全新开始。陈楠（音译）采访了这位明星。
靠在北京一个五星级酒店的红色沙发上，毛阿敏看起来精神愉悦。作为90年代中国最著名的女歌手，一路走来，她接受过无数次的媒体采访，在宣布将举办跨年演唱会后，更多相同形式的（采访）可以拭目以待。这个四十七岁的人有充分的理由感到兴奋，这将是她从艺三十年第一场个人演唱会。她感言自己甚至不敢相信已在演艺界渡过了这么多春秋岁月。

谢谢楼主，谢谢文吧主！

“我将尽全力那晚保持良好状态。”她说。下来一周，她每晚都唱三个小时，涵盖了她26张专辑中的所有流行曲目。
“我感到很兴奋，而不是紧张。现场我感受着的情感，观众会懂的。很期待看到他们。”她说。
2010年伊始第一次重要的媒体见面活动，毛阿敏以自然、生活装出现。和90年代她经常在舞台上身着的典雅拖地晚礼服和高跟鞋搭不同，她身着红裤、绿球鞋，配白色凯蒂猫T恤和外套。

虽然已经有40多岁了，毛阿敏仍然有着迷人的魅力。
当阿敏宣布她将在首体举办跨年演唱会时，粉丝尖叫着说：“你真潇洒！”
“阿敏，我和全家都爱你！”一个60多岁的中年女士把她的女儿也带到了现场。
“我认为她所有的歌都太棒了！我特别喜欢听《渴望》，可以听上一万遍。”这位女士感言。
她提到的这部热播剧主题曲《渴望》，是1990年播出的中国第一部长篇电视剧，当时剧集吸引了5亿5千万观众。

身高一米七二、体重55公斤的毛阿敏，微微一笑的样子，尽显资深的庆典皇后风范。当她告诉现场粉丝将演唱自己所有的经典热门歌曲时，粉丝群立刻“炸”了。
她说选12月31号这一天开个唱，是因为“想在舞台上庆祝即将到来的新年，也是一直以来期盼的。”
她早期的很多热门歌曲，风格比较高调和舒缓，主要是为大型晚会演出和热播电视连续剧所用的。

“真是太难以置信了,”她说。“我看见一些年轻面孔在那里，论年龄他们应该是跟着周杰伦的歌长大的吧。这些歌对他们来说不会觉得太正式吗？”
出生在上海一个普通的工人阶级家庭，6岁的时候就已在四邻八舍成为一个小童星。不论是京剧还是流行歌曲，她都跟着收音机模仿、学唱。

尽管早期正规的音乐教育并不多，但那如丝般柔滑的声音，使她在23岁那年成为南京一个军队歌舞团的独唱演员。
“我在上海音乐学院有一位老师，但下课后我从不练习，因为作用不大。”她回忆说。“我相信唱歌上天送给我的神圣礼物”。
毛阿敏第一次被万众瞩目，是她在南斯拉夫国际音乐节折桂后，《绿叶对根的情意》，1993年。
（注：采访记录失误，南斯拉夫获奖是在1987年。这个就是京华茶馆访谈那次，《中国日报》记者记录的英文版，上面这段他只记录了只言片语，我在现场完整听了，谈到唱歌，阿敏完整的表达是唱流行歌需要悟性，和唱美声还不一样。当然练声对高难度的艺术歌曲演唱和气息控制有作用，现在能体会到。另外记者把北京阿姨旁边的女孩子误当成阿姨的女儿了，哈哈。还有，阿敏提到年轻歌迷应该是跟着周杰伦的歌长大的，是对着我们几个说的，但其实周杰伦出道时我已经上高中了，他的音乐对我成长之路的影响，应该是远不及从童年一直听过来的阿敏，那种岁月的记忆。后来歌迷提问时我问到了她早期两首经典《小小火车站》和《总想》，阿敏会心地点了点头，知道我们是铁杆了，后来姜维在旁边介绍了下我们，对上号了）。

1988年，她在中央台一年一度的春节联欢晚会上露面后，进一步巩固了歌坛地位，成为家喻户晓的一个名字。
“在那些夜晚，享受舞台上的每一刻，我认为这是我的命。当有一天回过头去看时，会这样告诉自己的孙辈们。拥有那样的时刻，所有的人都站了起来，我感到很骄傲。”
众所周知，在那些日子里，作为中国最大的腕儿，1996年，毛阿敏遭遇了税务风波，因代理人引起。

即使是现在，她并不想去详谈，但确实在几年前的一次采访中坦言:“那些日子几乎杀了我”。
风波之后，她退出了公众视线，在加拿大和英国居住，在那里重新找回了内心的平静。
“谣言甚至飞到国外去了。我不敢看中文报纸，甚至避免去唐人街,”她说。
但时间是最好的良药，形势逐渐有所改变。

“有些人猜疑我进了监狱，有些说我病了。我想大抵有如此说法。并不在媒体面前澄清这些，也没有抱怨过，现在也不想抱怨什么。我认为这是一种命吧。最近的十年里，情况越来越好了。”她说。
“这就是生活，你得继续前进。真的是非常艰难，但是我挺过来了。我很高兴仍是我的声音定义了我，表达了我。”
她说她有一次情感破裂，遭遇背叛,但也坦言那段经历带给了她成长。
在采访过程中，她五次提到了“调整”这个词。
“如果不在台上唱歌，我真不知道要做些什么。但是随着时间的推移，我认为需要一些改变。”提及她的职业，还有一女一子的母亲角色。
她有着一个很规律的生活，早上早起，做饭，给儿女们讲床头小故事。
她不时在电视上露面，包括2008年的北京奥运会相关文艺演出和其他一些大型综艺节目，但她言之把精力主要放在了做一个母亲上。
“做一个全职母亲和妻子，是我最幸福的事情。我不化妆就出去买菜，不用戴一副大的太阳镜，因为没人能认出我来。我在台上下是很不一样的。”她咯咯地笑着说：“这正是我想要的（生活）。”
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注：是按照文章的内容意译的，因为英汉语法、句式不同，为语句的通顺，翻译过来有细微调整，文意未变。记者记录的是大意，好多并不是原话，举例，比如翻译过来的——
“真是太难以置信了,”她说。“我看见一些年轻面孔在那里，论年龄他们应该是跟着周杰伦的歌长大的吧。这些歌对他们来说不会觉得太正式吗？”
这段，我是根据记者写的英文翻译过来的，就是这样。我记得阿敏当天现场说的话好像是“我觉得有点吃惊，因为......”后面这几句大体相同。大家大体看看吧。

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谢谢！