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It’s a Wednesday night. You’ve just recorded a song and posted it online. Then the number of listens of your song is climbing higher and higher. Many people tell you that they want to hear more songs from you. Does this sound like a dream? In 2015, this became a reality (現實) for Billie Eilish.
In Billie’s case, the song was Ocean Eyes. She recorded it with her brother for her dance teacher to use it for a dance. The song got more than 10 million listens in a short time. This was the start of Billie Eilish as a singer.
Billie Eilish was born on December 18, 2001 in Los Angeles, the USA. She is close to her family. When she was young, her mother taught her how to write music. Her brother, Finneas, works with her on most of her music, including her first album (專輯): 2019’s When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? The album was so successful that it made her become the first person born in the 2000s to have a N0. 1 album on the Billboard 200.
Many people love Billie’s songs. The teen also hopes her music can encourage people to make their dreams come true. In her words, “It’s you and it’s your life. Do what you want.”
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Vocabulary
online /'ɒn'laɪn/ adv. 在線地 adj. 在線的；聯網的
eg. Have you ever bought anything online?
case /keɪs/ n. 情況；情形；事例
eg. In this case, you can help your mother do more housework.
in sb.’s words 用某人的話說
eg. Mike is, in his aunt’s words, “a cute boy”.
Sentence
The album was so successful that it made her become the first person born in the 2000s to have a N0. 1 album on the Billboard 200.
句意：這張專輯非常成功，以致於讓她成為首位在美國公告牌專輯排行榜上擁有排名第一專輯的零零後。
句型：… so + adj./adv. + that 從句 ……太……以致於……
eg. He was so angry that he couldn’t speak.
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