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　　His teacher thought he was dumb(愚笨的)．Talent spotters(星探)thought he was ugly．But Jay Chou,24, is now one of Asia’s hottest pop stars．

　　Last week he had the honour of being the first Asian male singer to make the cover of Time, a popular magazine based in the US．He has won more than 30 entertainment awards over the past two years．

　　Chou released(发行)his first album Jay in November 2000, and with two follow up albums－Fantasy and Eight Dimensions－his music has come to rule the Asian pop world．

　　The entertainment industry has nicknamed him “a small heavenly king”．But Chou says, he is not a king, at least he wasn’t before he shot to stardom．As a boy, he was called “stupid”．His high school English teacher said young Chou had a learning disability．“He had very few facial expressions(面部表情)．I thought he was dumb．”

　　Chou did poorly at maths, science and English．But his mother noticed the quiet, shy boy was sensitive to music; when he heard western pop music, he seemed to vibrate(摇摆)．So she took Chou to a piano school at four years old．He practiced all the time, focusing on the keys the way other children focus on ice-cream．At the end of the high school, he failed his exams and didn’t go to university．

　　In a show he was seen playing the piano by a major Taiwanese entertainer, Jacky Wu．The 18 year old Chou became a contract(签约)song writer for Wu’s music studio．There he spent one and a half years writing songs for famed artists such as a Valen Hsu and Coco Lee．

　　He proved that he could be more than a songwriter．His catchy tunes have mainstreamed(成为主流)rap and R&B in the Mando pop world(华语音乐)．And his success proves that the music still matters more than looks and image．

阅读理解

　　His teacher thought he was dumb(愚笨的)．Talent spotters(星探)thought he was ugly．But Jay Chou, 24, is now one of Asia’s hottest pop stars．

　　Last week he had the honour of being the first Asian male singer to make the cover of Time, a popular magazine based in the US．He has won more than 30 entertainment awards over the past two years．

　　Chou released(发行)his first album Jay in November 2000, and with two follow up albums－Fantasy and Eight Dimensions－his music has come to rule the Asian pop world．

　　The entertainment industry has nicknamed him “a small heavenly king”．But Chou says, he is not a king, at least he wasn’t before he shot to stardom．As a boy, he was called “stupid”．His high school English teacher said young Chou had a learning disability．“He had very few facial expressions(面部表情)．I thought he was dumb．”

　　Chou did poorly at maths, science and English．But his mother noticed the quiet, shy boy was sensitive to music：when he heard western pop music, he seemed to vibrate(摇摆)．So she took Chou to a piano school at four years old．He practiced all the time, focusing on the keys the way other children focus on ice-cream．At the end of the high school, he failed his exams and didn’t go to university．

　　In a show he was seen playing the piano by a major Taiwanese entertainer, Jacky Wu．The 18-year-old Chou became a contract(签约)song writer for Wu’s music studio．There he spent one and a half years writing songs for famed artists such as a Valen Hsu and Coco Lee．

　　He proved that he could be more than a songwriter．His catchy tunes have mainstreamed(成为主流)rap and R&B in the Mando-pop world(华语音乐)．And his success proves that the music still matters more than looks and image．

阅读理解

　　His teacher thought he was dumb(愚笨的)．Talent spotters(星探)thought he was ugly．But Jay Chou, 24, is now one of Asia’s hottest pop stars．

　　Last week he had the honour of being the first Asian male singer to make the cover of Time, a popular magazine based in the US．He has won more than 30 entertainment awards over the past two years．

　　Chou released(发行)his first album Jay in November 2000,and with two follow up albums－Fantasy and Eight Dimensions－ his music has come to rule the Asian pop world．

　　The entertainment industry has nicknamed him “a small heavenly king”．But Chou says, he is not a king, at least he wasn’t before he shot to stardom．As a boy, he was called “stupid”．His high school English teacher said young Chou had a learning disability．“He had very few facial expressions(面部表情)．I thought he was dumb．”

　　Chou did poorly at maths, science and English．But his mother noticed the quiet, shy boy was sensitive to music：when he heard western pop music, he seemed to vibrate(摇摆)．So she took Chou to a piano school at four years old．He practiced all the time, focusing on the keys the way other children focus on ice-cream．At the end of the high school, he failed his exams and didn’t go to university．

　　In a show he was seen playing the piano by a major Taiwanese entertainer, Jacky Wu．The 18-year-old Chou became a contract(签约)song writer for Wu’s music studio．There he spent one and a half years writing songs for famed artists such as a Valen Hsu and Coco Lee．

　　He proved that he could be more than a songwriter．His catchy tunes have mainstreamed(成为主流)rap and R&B in the Mando-pop world(华语音乐)．And his success proves that the music still matters more than looks and image．