Justin Bieber, the new teen sensation, Maganews

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Justin Bieber, the new teen sensation

This young singer is only 16 but is idolized [1] by millions of girls all over the world

Justin is skinny [2], has a boyish [3] face and he likes the kind of things most kids [4] his age like – skateboarding, hanging [5] out with his friends, playing videogames, playing sports (basketball and hockey) and he can’t say no to desserts [6]. And, of course, just like many kids, he loves Beyoncé. But that’s where the similarities end. This young Canadian singer is rich and famous and personally knows Beyoncé, as well as other pop stars. The teen star has even sung for President Barack Obama. Justin released his first album, “My World”, in 2009. Several songs off that album were hits in the USA, Canada, Brazil, and many other countries.  

Bieber’s childhood

Justin was born in Stratford, a small Canadian city with a population of just 30,000 people. His childhood was not at all easy. He lived in a small house, with his mom, Pattie Mallette, who raised him alone. She worked hard, having two jobs, to pay the bills [7] and to put food on the table. Justin’s life began to change in 2007 thanks to YouTube.  Justin posted videos of his singing hits by stars such as Stevie Wonder and Usher. In no time at all his videos were seen 10 million times. Besides singing, Justin also plays piano, guitar, the drums [8] and trumpet. His success story was recently told in a book and a film about his life will probably be released in 2011. On the next page you can check out the lyrics to “Baby”, one of Justin’s biggest hits. The video to this song became one of the most-watched on YouTube and so far it has been watched 340 million times.

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Matéria publicada na edição de número 57 da revista Maganews.

Áudio – David Hatton

Vocabulary

1 idolized – idolatrado

2 skinny – magro / magrinho

3 boyish face – rosto de menino

4 kid  (criança) – aqui = garoto

5 to hang out – sair / passear

6 dessert – doce / sobremesa

7 bill – conta

8 drum - bateria