【轻松英文阅读】小小歌唱家

 A Texas tyke named Kai Langer is just like any other four year old… except that he has become famous across America , thanks to some YouTube videos of him that went viral .

Kai is a big fan¹ of Grammy-winning singer Bruno Mars², so in his first YouTube video he sang Mars’ hit song “Generade.” Among the many people who saw that clip³ was Ellen DeGeneres, an American TV talk-show host . Ellen invited Kai onto her program , where he even met Bruno himself.

 

Last week, Kai was on the show again, and after asking the 55-year old DeGeneres to be his girlfriend, he sang another Bruno Mars song, “When I Was Your Man.” Kai’s popularity⁴ continues to grow and the pint-sized singer is now becoming known⁵ in other countries as well . Please watch the YouTube video below and see if you agree that Kai is the cutest crooner since Shirley Temple:

1 fan   

n.风扇，迷，狂热者；v.煽，煽动，刺激

参考例句：

• Are you a football fan?你是足球迷吗？
• Jack is a baseball fan.杰克是个棒球迷。

2 Mars   

n.火星，战争

参考例句：

• As of now we don't know much about Mars.目前我们对火星还知之甚少。
• He contended that there must be life on Mars.他坚信火星上面一定有生物。

3 clip   

n.夹子，别针，弹夹，片断；vt.夹住，修剪

参考例句：

• May I clip out the report on my performance?我能把报道我的文章剪下来吗？
• She fastened the papers together with a paper clip.她用曲别针把文件别在一起。

4 popularity   

n.普及，流行，名望，受欢迎

参考例句：

• The story had an extensive popularity among American readers.这本小说在美国读者中赢得广泛的声望。
• Our product enjoys popularity throughout the world.我们的产品饮誉全球。

5 known   

adj.大家知道的；知名的，已知的

参考例句：

• He is a known artist.他是一个知名的艺术家。
• He is known both as a painter and as a statesman.他是知名的画家及政治家。