If you still don’t know who Justin Bieber is, you are a little bit outdated.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

如果到现在您还不知道谁是贾斯汀•比伯，您实在就有点落伍了。这个现年17岁的小男生已经在奥巴马总统的就职典礼作为表演嘉宾献曲一首，又在2010年格莱美奖上作为嘉宾致辞。想了解更多吗？那就跟我来看看吧。

Bieber was born in Canada and during his childhood, Bieber taught himself to play the piano, drums, guitar, and trumpet. 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 Usher.

比伯是在加拿大出生的，小时候他就无师自通地学会了四门乐器：钢琴，鼓，吉他和小号。2007年也就是他12岁时，比伯参加了当地的一个音乐比赛并获得了第二名。他的妈妈为了让更多的朋友和家人看到比伯的表演就将比赛视频传到了网上，并持续更新。在YouTube上，比伯逐渐开始积累人气，直到被著名R&B歌手亚瑟小子相中。

Bieber's first single, "One Time", was released to radio while Bieber was still recording his debut album. The song later peaked at number 17 on the Billboard 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.

在制作第一张专辑时，比伯的单曲One Time便在Billboard百首金曲上排到了第17位。而当他的代表作Baby在2010年面世后，则在美国榜单中排名第五并在其他的七个国家的排名中名列前矛，一时间，比伯的名字传遍世界。

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.

除了在唱歌方面，他展现出了过人之举，比伯在今年2月11日推出的自传电影《贾斯汀•比伯：永不言败》在首映当天就取得了1240万的票房好成绩，大大超过了最初的商业预想。

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 awareness. 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 tsunami.

音乐和电影的巨大成功都无一例外地证明了比伯的巨大影响力，而他正凭借他的影响力，积极投身慈善事业以唤起公众意识。在日本地震发生后，比伯在Twitter上写道：“日本需要我们的帮助，我们必须站出来。”同时，比伯也确定为日本筹款的专辑录制献声。

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.

尽管比伯还年轻，未来还在前方等着他，但是现在当我们看到这位优质，积极的小艺术家也是充满了无尽欢欣的。

词汇：
outdated adj, 过时的
inauguration n.就职典礼
deliver a speech 发表演说
post v.[新]发帖
attract the attention of 吸引了……的注意
autobiographical adj.自传性质的
entitle v.命名
grossing n.总的，总量

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