23.English Listening in Secondary Schools

Kate was born in New York in 1982.
When she was a child, she lived with her father in different cities.
She dreamed of becoming a famous singer.
She loved to sing, but had never had any training.
When she was 14 years old, a teacher heard her singing and invited her to join the school singing group.
She had a lot of training as a member of the group.
After graduating from high school, Kate made a short CD of her singing, but no recording companies were interested in her.
She moved to Hollywood because she wanted to become a professional singer.
After two years with little success, she decided to go back to New York.
She took part in a TV singing contest in 2013.
Her beautiful voice and talented performances helped her get second place.
Winning the contest was the turning point in her professional career.
Since then, she has released a few records of pop songs and become a successful singer.
Her hard work has paid off.
译文：
凯特于1982年出生在纽约。
当她还是个孩子时，她与她的父亲在不同的城市生活。
她梦想着成为一名著名的歌手。
她喜欢唱歌，但从未接受过任何训练。
当她14岁时，一位老师听到她的歌声，邀请她加入学校的歌唱团。
作为小组成员，她接受了很多训练。
高中毕业后，凯特将她的演唱制作成一张简短的CD，但没有唱片公司对她感兴趣。
她搬到了好莱坞，因为她想成为一名职业歌手。
两年后，没有什么成功，她决定回到纽约。
她在2013年参加了一个电视歌唱比赛。
她美丽的声音和有才华的表演帮助她获得了第二名。
赢得比赛是她职业生涯的转折点。
从那时起，她发行了几张流行歌曲的唱片，成为一名成功的歌手。
她的努力工作得到了回报。
重点词汇：
born in 出生于
New York 纽约 ; 缩写词为NY
years old 岁 ; 年龄 ; 当我八岁时
a lot of 很多 ; 许多
from high 从天上，从高处
interested in 感兴趣 ; 尽力 ; 关心 ; 对…关注
two years 两年
go back to 恢复 ; 重新开始 ; 重操 ; 回到