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 Do you still remember there was a singer performing on the 2011 NBA All-Star Game halftime show on February 20, 2011? There is no doubt that she is Rihanna, the popular R&B singer. And that day is just her 23rd birthday.

 

Rihanna was born in Barbados .She began singing at around the age of seven. Rihanna attended a local primary school in Barbados, where she formed a musical trio with two of her classmates at the age of fifteen. In 2003, friends introduced her bands to record producer Evan Rogers, who was vacationing in Barbados with his wife.

 

Rogers said that"the minute Rihanna walked into the room, it was like the other two girls didn't exist." Over the next year, Rihanna and her mom shuttled back and forth¹ to Rogers' home in Connecticut. Then, shortly after turning 16, she relocated in the United States and moved in with Rogers and his wife.

 

There,she got the help to record a four-song demo including her first hit "For the Love of You" .But it took a year to finish recording² them all, because Rihanna was going to school and would only record during summer and Christmas school breaks. Her demo made its way to Def Jam, which invited her to audition³ for the then-president, Jay-Z, who quickly signed her.

 

After that,. She released⁴ her debut⁵ single, "Pon de Replay", on August 22, 2005, which ranked number two on the Billboard⁶ Hot 100.It became a global hit where it peaked within the top ten across fifteen countries. Her debut album, Music of the Sun reached number ten on the Billboard 200, selling 69,000 copies in its first week. Following that were awards of Grammy and more.

 

Beside singing, she also contributes a lot to charity. Rihanna created her Believe Foundation⁷ in 2006 to help terminally⁸ ill children. Rihanna explained her reasons for starting the Foundation saying, "When I was young and I would watch television and I would see all the children suffering, I thought when I grow up, I want to help."在歌

Well, it’s just too hard for us to know a person well through few words and maybe in her songs and her performance, you’ll get a rather clear picture about her.

 

1 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

2 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。

3 audition   

n.(对志愿艺人等的)面试(指试读、试唱等)

参考例句：

• I'm going to the audition but I don't expect I'll get a part.我去试音，可并不指望会给我个角色演出。
• At first,they said he was too young,but later they called him for an audition.起初，他们说他太小，但后来他们叫他去试听。

4 released   

v.释放( release的过去式和过去分词 )；放开；发布；发行

参考例句：

• He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
• With hindsight it is easy to say they should not have released him. 事后才说他们本不应该释放他，这倒容易。

5 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。

6 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。

7 foundation   

n.[pl.]地基；基础；基金会；建立，创办

参考例句：

• The foundation of the university took place 600 years ago.这所大学是600年前创办的。
• The Foundation gives money to help artists.那家基金会捐款帮助艺术家。

8 terminally   

ad.晚期地，致命地

参考例句：

• Cupressaceae and Taxodiaceae produce their flowers terminally on the branches. 柏科和杉科树种是在枝条顶端开花的。
• Flower buds trees can be produced terminally. 树木的花芽，可能是顶生的。