1. POP STARS
POP STARS

2. Our aims
1. To improve your English 2. To learn more about famous pop stars 3. Refreshing your memory 4. Remember grammar rules 5. To discuss new information 6. To have fun

4. Britney Spears

5. Britney Spears
Britney Spears is one of the world’s famous pop princesses. But how did she become famous?
Britney was born in Kentwood, Louisiana, the USA. The girl was born on 2nd December Even when she was very young, she loved music and singing. She sang popular songs at home and at school, and people said, she had a real talent for singing. The first person who asked Britney to sing for other people was her mum. And that was a success.
Britney travelled a lot when she was a little girl but it was difficult for her because she missed her friends who were at school in Kentwood. For a year she lived in New York. She studied drama and singing at school for talented children. When Britney was eleven, she was in a television show the «Mickey Mouse Club» and that was a success too. After the «Mickey Mouse Club», Britney went to Kentwood to go to the high school. After high school, Britney started working on her first album «Baby One More Time.» She recorded it when she was sixteen. It became popular all over the world and in 2000, Britney recorded her second album «Oops! I Did It Again.» In 2001, Britney acted in the film «Crossroads» and recorded her third album.
Now she has got a big house in Beverly Hills and a restaurant in New York. She opened it in June Britney always says, «Follow your dreams! Don’t listen to anyone, who says you can’t be successful!»

6. «Baby one more» time

7. «Oops! I did it again»

8. Complete the chart
1981 Britney Spears was born 1992 ? ? She recorded her first album 2000 ? 2001 ? 2002 ?

9. The Beatles

10. The Beatles
Do you know these names: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr? They were the world’s most successful pop group. But the road to success was not always easy. They came from working-class families and didn’t have much money. They could sing and some of them wrote songs. They listened to many American stars in the afternoons and played in hot Liverpool nightclubs late in the evenings.
They played in Hamburg in Germany too. That did not give much money but that helped them a lot. The group became very famous. Its name was not usual – the Beatles. The group was world-famous in 1960s. Their first single «Love me do» came on Wednesday 24th October Then people could see them in films, and could read interviews with them in many places.
The singers had a talent for writing beautiful songs and singing them. They travelled a lot too and visited many countries. After a decade of successful music and films the Beatles decide to stop singing together. But now, in the new century a lot of people still enjoy listening to their old songs.

11. «Yesterday»

12. «Girl»

13. Test 1) There were __________ people in the pop group. a) three
b) Four
There were four people in the pop group.
2)Their road to success was ___________ .
a) Difficult
b) Easy
Their road to success was difficult.
3) The young men sang in night-clubs in ___________ to get money.
a) America and Germany
b) England and Germany
The young men sang in night-clubs in England and Germany to get money.
4) Singing in nightclubs gave them _________ money.
a) little
b) a lot of
Singing in nightclubs gave them little money.
5) Their first single was ________________ .
a) You Don’t know me
b) Love me Do
Their first single was «Love me Do».
6) The Beatles were successful singers for about _________ years.
a) ten
b) twenty
The Beatles were successful singers for about ten years.
7) The Beatles stopped singing together _____________ .
a) In the sixties
b) In the seventies
The Beatles stopped singing together In the seventies.

14. Jennifer Lopes

15. Jennifer Lopes
Jennifer Lopes was born in New York on July 24th  1970. Her father is a company programmer, her mother is a teacher. She has two sisters: Leslie who is a opera singer, and Lynda who is a DJ.
When Jennifer was a child, she lived in New York. She had a hobby. She liked singing very much. She began singing when she was five. Jennifer went to an all-girl high school. She loved sport. She played tennis and softball.
Now Jennifer often sings about those years. Her songs are sometimes sad. Jennifer worked very much when she was a child. She works much now too. Her album «This is me» is very famous. But Jennifer is not only a singer. She starred in six film.

16. «Que Hiciste»