Note:
(a) Carrie Gracie
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_Gracie
(1962- ; Scottish; Spouse: Jin (separated))
(i) Carrie
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie
(may refer to Carrie (name), a female given name in English speaking countries, usually a pet form of Caroline or Carolyn)
(ii) The Scottish surname Gracie is a variant of Grass. The latter is “reduced from Gaelic greusaiche ‘shoemaker.’”
(b) “Beijing was once luxury foreign brands only, but high street names like Zara and H&M now seem omnipresent.”
(i) high street (n):
“British The main street of a town, especially as the traditional site for most stores, banks, and other businesses.
[AS MODIFIER] (Of retail goods) catering to the needs of the ordinary public <high-street fashion>” www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/de ... english/high-street
(ii) “High Street is the most common street name in the UK, which according to a 2009 statistical compilation has 5,410 High Streets, 3,811 Station Roads and 2,702 Main Streets.” Wikipedia
(c) “Ballroom dancing in the park every evening. Hurrah! And plangent arias from Chinese opera.“
(i) plangent (adj): "having a loud reverberating sound" www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plangent
(ii) aria (n): "a piece of music sung by one person in an opera"
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/aria