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Poland's pop princess

CNN's Phil Black talks to Polish pop star Natalia Kukulska about her music and why Poland inspires her.

Meet one of Poland’s biggest music stars, Natalia Kukulska, rehearsing in the musical studio at her Warsaw home. It’s the title track from her new Album Sexi-Flexi. Natalia is just 32, but she’s worked a long musical journey.

I was 6 years old when I sang my first song.

In the mid¹ 80s, little Natalia was an unconventional pop star, but Poland loved her. Three childhood albums sold more than 2 million copies.

I don’t look so nice, so pretty. I like a lot of girls because of my glasses and I was a little bit fat, and I think that people like me because they saw, “oh, this is a typical girl.”

Natalia comes from a famous family, both celebrated² and tragic³.

My daddy is a composer and my mother, my mother was a singer. I said she was a singer because she’s gone.

Natalia’s mother Anna Jantar was one of the biggest Polish performers in the 70s. She was killed in a planned crash when Natalia was just four. Poland watched Natalia grow up and came to terms with that loss.

That was hard, because you know every, every time when I was on the stage, I know the people are looking at me, but they, they see also (没听出来) my mother in me.

In 1996, she launched her adult career. Six albums later, she’s confident people see her as an artist in her own right, successful, diverse and happy.

That the most important, I think, to me in my job is to do what I want, not what I should do. And I think that I have the time now. It’s a good time.

As Natalia grew, her country transformed from communism to thriving democracy.

Communism was so sad. Everything was uncolored, let’s say, and music was one of the things that make, make people more believe in the future.

Poland’s future is now one of great optimism⁴. And Natalia says that brings great energy to the country’s contemporary music.

Everything is changing around you, and that’s inspiring.

Polish music was on show at this recent concert in London’s Wembley Arena⁵. Natalia performed with the lineup at the country’s biggest music ?. While this art says she’s inspired by her homeland, she also hopes her music is influencing ? new sense of impalement⁶.

Phil Black, CNN, Warsaw.

1 mid   

adj.中央的，中间的

参考例句：

• Our mid-term exam is pending.我们就要期中考试了。
• He switched over to teaching in mid-career.他在而立之年转入教学工作。

2 celebrated   

adj.有名的，声誉卓著的

参考例句：

• He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
• The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。

3 tragic   

adj.悲剧的，悲剧性的，悲惨的

参考例句：

• The effect of the pollution on the beaches is absolutely tragic.污染海滩后果可悲。
• Charles was a man doomed to tragic issues.查理是个注定不得善终的人。

4 optimism   

n.乐观，乐观主义

参考例句：

• Don't pour cold water on their optimism.别给他们的乐观态度泼冷水。
• Optimism made him alive through the hard days.乐观主义使他在艰难的岁月里活了下来。

5 arena   

n.竞技场，运动场所；竞争场所，舞台

参考例句：

• She entered the political arena at the age of 25. 她25岁进入政界。
• He had not an adequate arena for the exercise of his talents.他没有充分发挥其才能的场所。

6 impalement   

刺穿，刺刑，围住

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