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 If you still don’t know who Justin Bieber is, you are a little bit outdated¹. The 17 years’ old boy has already made a performance at the inauguration² of president Obama and delivered a speech at Grammy award in 2010. Come with me to know more about this famous boy.

 

Bieber was born in Canada and during his childhood, Bieber taught himself to play the piano, drums, guitar, and trumpet³. In early 2007, when he was twelve, Bieber took part in a local singing competition and placed second. Then his mother posted a video of the performance on YouTube for their family and friends to see. She continued to upload videos of Bieber singing of various R&B songs, and Bieber's popularity on the site grew until finally attracted the attention of the famous R&B singer Usher⁴.

 

Bieber's first single, "One Time", was released to radio while Bieber was still recording⁵ his debut⁶ album. The song later peaked at number 17 on the Billboard⁷ Hot 100. But his most popular song is "Baby", the lead single from his debut album, My World 2.0, was released in January 2010 and became his biggest hit thus far, charting at number five in the U.S. and reaching the top ten in seven other countries.

 

Besides singing, Bieber released an autobiographical film entitled Justin Bieber: Never Say Never, on February 11, 2011. It topped the box office with an estimated grossing of $12.4 million on its opening day from 3,105 theaters. Never Say Never is said to have exceeded industry expectations.

 

The huge success all proves that Bieber owns enormous influence on the world. Largely because of these facts, Bieber associates himself with charity to raise the public awareness⁸. After the earthquake in Japan, Bieber wrote on Twitter "Japan needs our help... We all need to step up." And meantime he has agreed to contribute songs to an album to raise funds for victims of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami⁹.

 

Will, he is still young, the future is waiting for him. But we are delighted to regard him as a positive and talented young artiste.

 

1 outdated   

adj.旧式的，落伍的，过时的；v.使过时

参考例句：

• That list of addresses is outdated,many have changed.那个通讯录已经没用了，许多地址已经改了。
• Many of us conform to the outdated customs laid down by our forebears.我们许多人都遵循祖先立下的过时习俗。

2 inauguration   

n.开幕、就职典礼

参考例句：

• The inauguration of a President of the United States takes place on January 20.美国总统的就职典礼于一月二十日举行。
• Three celebrated tenors sang at the president's inauguration.3位著名的男高音歌手在总统就职仪式上演唱。

3 trumpet   

n.喇叭，喇叭声；v.吹喇叭，吹嘘

参考例句：

• He plays the violin, but I play the trumpet.他拉提琴，我吹喇叭。
• The trumpet sounded for battle.战斗的号角吹响了。

4 usher   

n.带位员，招待员；vt.引导，护送；vi.做招待，担任引座员

参考例句：

• The usher seated us in the front row.引座员让我们在前排就座。
• They were quickly ushered away.他们被迅速领开。

5 recording   

n.录音，记录

参考例句：

• How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？
• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。

6 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。

7 billboard   

n.布告板，揭示栏，广告牌

参考例句：

• He ploughed his energies into his father's billboard business.他把精力投入到父亲的广告牌业务中。
• Billboard spreads will be simpler and more eye-catching.广告牌广告会比较简单且更引人注目。

8 awareness   

n.意识，觉悟，懂事，明智

参考例句：

• There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。
• Environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。

9 tsunami   

n.海啸

参考例句：

• Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
• Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。