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Shakira is a Colombian singer-songwriter, musician, record producer and dancer. She is one of Latin America’s top stars and is very popular internationally. She is the highest-selling Colombian artist of all time. She has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide, and has won numerous awards. She is also the only South American singer to have a number one record in the USA.
夏奇拉是一名哥倫比亞唱作人、音樂家、唱片制作人以及舞者。她是拉丁美洲的超級明星，并享譽國內(nèi)外。她是哥倫比亞歷史上唱片銷量最高的藝人。全球唱片銷量為5000萬，并榮獲諸多獎項。她也是唯一一位在美國保持銷量第一的南美歌手。
Shakira was born in 1977 in Colombia. Her mother is of Spanish and Italian ancestry, and her father is of Lebanese descent. She speaks fluent Spanish, English, Portuguese and Italian, and a little Arabic. Shakira was an outstanding student at school. Reports are she has an IQ of 140. She grew up writing poems on a typewriter she got as a Christmas gift.
1997年，夏奇拉出生在哥倫比亞。母親擁有西班牙和意大利血統(tǒng)，父親擁有黎巴嫩血統(tǒng)。她能夠說一口流利的西班牙、英語、葡萄牙語、意大利語以及一些阿拉伯語。夏奇拉在學校表現(xiàn)非常優(yōu)異。有報道稱她的智商為140。她從小用打字機創(chuàng)作詩歌，這也是她獲得的圣誕禮物。
Shakira wanted to perform from the age of four. She danced at school every Friday and her classmates nicknamed her "belly dancer girl". She said: "That's how I discovered my passion for live performance." Aged 13, she signed a three-album contract with Sony Music. The first two flopped; but the third, ‘Pies Descalzos’ sold over five million copies and made her a star.
夏奇拉4歲時就表現(xiàn)出了表演的欲望。每周五，她都會在學校跳舞，她的同學將她稱之為“肚皮舞女孩”。她稱：“通過跳舞，我發(fā)現(xiàn)了自己對現(xiàn)場表演的喜愛。”13歲時，夏奇拉與索尼音樂娛樂簽訂了三張唱片合約。前兩張均以失敗告終，而第三張《赤腳》銷售了500多萬，她也因此成為了明星。
Shakira crossed over into singing in English. Her 2001 album ‘Laundry Service’ sold 13 million copies and established her as an international phenomenon. Gabriel Garcia Marquez asked her to write the songs for the movie ‘Love in the Time of Cholera’. Shakira has written the lyrics to every song she has recorded, bar two. She describes herself as a perfectionist.
之后，夏奇拉開始唱英文歌曲。2001年，她的專輯《愛情洗禮》銷售了1300萬張，這也使她成為了國際明星。加西亞·馬爾克斯曾邀請她為電影《霍亂時期的愛情》創(chuàng)作主題曲。夏奇拉為每首記錄下來的歌曲填詞，排除了兩首。她認為自己是一名完美主義者。
譯文屬可可英語原創(chuàng)，未經(jīng)允許，不得轉(zhuǎn)載。
