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Musical Prodigy Emily Bear Shines on Diversity

    June Simns who is reportor in Washington reports news about musical prodigy Emily Bear. She says about the music business in Nigeria is one of the fastest growing industries in Africa. However, sales of Nigerian CDs may not be paying off. First, we tell about musical prodigy Emily Bear she shines on Diversity. She is someone who shows extraordinary skill in more areas in very early age. She has performed herself at the Carnegie Hall, the White House, world-class shows, and on an album produced by Quincy Jones before she is eleven years old.

    Most children who are Emily Bear’s age always likes to play video games or get together with friends for movies weekend or fun. On contrary, she always performs her music. She always prepares her television appearance, writes songs, performs in public or shares the recording studio with famous musicians. Emily tells working with Quincy Jones on an album “Diversity” was one of the most exciting events in her life. In addition, she tells it’s great for hers because she has learned many things about music from him.

   She tells she loves travelling. She is going to Switzerland with Quincy Jones to promote all songs of her album “Diversity.” There is the song “Q,” in which she wrote in honor of Quincy Jones. She tells “she love few e-mails that she gets from patients who have cancer, they use her music to relax during chemo treatments. She is so happy that her music can inspire people to feel good.” Now, Emily is studying film scoring and classical piano. She will perform at the 2013 Montreux Jazz Festival on July 21, playing music in recognition of Quincy Jones’ 80th birthday. After this time, she travels to Tokyo to take part time for Quincy Jones’s birthday celebration on July 28.

    Emily Bear is younger performer music that can inspire for people who have cancer and her fan music to feel better. She is so famous all areas. I think she can solve problem widespread in Nigeria that most people don’t like to buy original copies of the recordings. Nigerian music artists say the reproduction of their approval work can be a successful industry.

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Musical Prodigy Emily Bear Shines on Diversity

      Hello and welcome to As It Is. I’m June Simms in Washington. Today, we take a trip to the imaginary planet Krypton to witness the historic birth of Superman and to hear about how he came to Earth. Also, the music business in Nigeria is one of the fastest growing industries in Africa. But sales of Nigerian CDs may not be paying off. First, we tell about musical prodigy Emily Bear.      

      Musical Prodigy Emily Bear Shines on “Diversity” A child prodigy is someone who at a very early age shows extraordinary skill in one or more areas. Emily Bear is such a child. She has performed at Carnegie Hall, the White House, world-class shows, and on an album produced by Quincy Jones -- all before the age of 11.

     Most children Emily Bear’s age are playing video games or getting together with friends for a weekend of movies and fun. But the young performer is instead directing her attention to her music. You can find her preparing for her next television appearance, writing songs, performing in public or sharing the recording studio with famous musicians. Among them is Quincy Jones, who worked with Emily on her new album “Diversity.” Emily says working with Quincy Jones was one of the most exciting events in her life.

    “It was great. He’s such a nice guy. He’s like a walking encyclopedia of jazz music and history. I learned so much from him.”

     Emily Bear was born and raised in Rockford, Illinois. She was already singing and playing piano when she was two years old. At the age of six, she was invited to play piano on the Ellen DeGeneres television show. Her performance was such a hit that she was invited back to the show five more times. Emily Bear is in high demand to play at performing arts centers around the world and has become quite a world traveler.

    “I love traveling. I’ve seen China and Italy and France and London and Switzerland and Vienna. Actually, we’re going with Quincy this summer to Switzerland for the Montreux Jazz Festival which is going to be a blast, and Korea and Japan.”The young musician composed all of the songs on her new album “Diversity.” This includes the song “Q,” which she wrote in honor of Quincy Jones.

     Although her life is very busy, she still enjoys getting together with friends, watching movies and answering fan mail.

    “I love when they get inspired and they start playing piano again or they start doing an instrument. I love these few e-mails that I got from patients who have cancer, that use my music to relax during chemo treatments. I’m so glad that it inspires people to do things.”

     Emily is currently studying film scoring and classical piano. She will perform at the 2013 Montreux Jazz Festival on July 21, playing music in recognition of Quincy Jones’ 80th birthday. From there she travels to Tokyo to take part in another birthday celebration for him on July 28. Thanks to VOA’s Doug Levine for his reporting on this story. You are listening to As It Is, from VOA Learning English. I’m June Simms. Nigerian Artists Seek New Ways to Fight Music Piracy Music piracy is so widespread in Nigeria that most people do not consider buying original copies of the recordings they want. Nigerian music artists say the reproduction of their work without their approval is destroying what could be a successful industry.

     Now some musicians are taking steps to fight back. Mario Ritter has our report.

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Musical Prodigy Emily Bear Shines on Diversity

Vocabularies	Pronunciation	Meaning
Diversity(n)	daɪˈvɜ:sətɪi	ความหลากหลาย    a range of many people or things that are very different from each other    Ex: There is a need for greater diversity and choice in education.
Prodigy(adj.)	ˈprɒdədʒi	สิ่งมหัศจรรย์    a young person who is unusually intelligent or skillful for their age    Ex: Tony become a musical prodigy since he is 8 years old.
Extraordinary(adj.)	ɪkˈstrɔ:dnri	เพื่อจุดมุ่งหมายพิเศษ    arranged for a special purpose and happening in addition to what normally or regularly happens    Ex: An extraordinary meeting was held to discuss the problem.
Encyclopedia(n)	ɪnˌsaɪkləˈpi:dɪa	สารานุกรม     a book or set of books giving information about all areas of knowledge or about different areas of one particular subject, usually arranged in alphabetical order; a similar collection of information on a CD-ROM or on the Internet    Ex: Students always search knowledge in an encyclopedia.
Honor(n)	ˌɒnə	ชื่อเสียง    the quality of knowing and doing what is morally right    Ex: Proving his innocence has become a matter of honor.