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    Shania Twain became one of the biggest stars in country music in less than five years. Her first album sold over 9 million copies. She was raised poor in Ontario, Canada and both of her parents died in a car crash when she was 22, forcing her to support her four younger brothers. This tragedy pushed her musical career forward as she used her talents to support herself during this difficult time. She has overcome a lot to become the successful singer she is today without losing her love of music.

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    Ka Ching Shania Twain

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    Shania Twain became one of the biggest stars in country music in less than five years. Her first album sold over 9 million copies. She was raised poor in Ontario, Canada and both of her parents died in a car crash when she was 22, forcing her to support her four younger brothers. This tragedy pushed her musical career forward as she used her talents to support herself during this difficult time. She has overcome a lot to become the successful singer she is today without losing her love of music.

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    Shania Twain became one of the biggest stars in country music in less than five years. Her first album sold over 9 million copies. She was raised poor in Ontario, Canada and both of her parents died in a car crash when she was 22, forcing her to support her four younger brothers. This tragedy pushed her musical career forward as she used her talents to support herself during this difficult time. She has overcome a lot to become the successful singer she is today without losing her love of music.

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    Ka Ching Shania Twain

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    Shania Twain became one of the biggest stars in country music in less than five years. Her first album sold over 9 million copies. She was raised poor in Ontario, Canada and both of her parents died in a car crash when she was 22, forcing her to support her four younger brothers. This tragedy pushed her musical career forward as she used her talents to support herself during this difficult time. She has overcome a lot to become the successful singer she is today without losing her love of music.

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    Worksheet
    • Spending money is the topic of the song Ka-ching! by Shania Twain,
    a well-known Canadian singer.
    Listen to the song and underline all the verb tenses you can find. Then
    insert them in the right column.
    Ka-ching!
    We live in a greedy little world Can you hear it ring
    that teaches every little boy and girl It makes you wanna sing
    To earn as much as they can possibly It’s such a beautiful thing
    then turn around and Ka-ching!
    Spend it foolishly Lots of diamonds rings
    We’ve created us a credit card mess The happiness it brings
    We spend the money we don’t possess You’ll live like a king
    Our religion is to go and blow it all With lots of money and things
    So it’s shoppin’ every Sunday at the
    mall When you’re broke go and get a loan
    All we ever want is more Take out another mortgage on your
    A lot more than we had before home
    So take me to the nearest store Consolidate so you can afford
    To go and spend some more when
    you get bored
    Chorus:
    Simple Simple Infinitive Future Imperativ Present
    present past simple e perfect

    USE OF TENSES
    Find out more about Shania Twain by completing the text below using the
    correct forms of the verbs in brackets.
    In less than five years, Shania Twain (1) _______________ (do) the unthinkable.
    Her first CD, The Woman In Me, sold over 9 million copies. She (2) _______________
    (become) one of the biggest stars in country music due to her indomitable spirit and
    determination.
    Raised in Timmins, Ontario, Shania (3) _______________ (be) the second of five
    children and (4) _______________ (grow up) poor.
    Her adoptive father, Jerry, (5) ______________ (be) an Ojibway Indian, (Shania (6)
    _______________ (mean) “On My Way” in Ojibwan), and her mother was Irish-
    Canadian.
    The family may have struggled financially, but there (7) _______________ (be) a
    lot of love and music in the Twain household. As a child, Shania (8) _______________
    (start) writing and singing, influenced by very different singers and composers.
    Shania’s precocious talents (9) ________________ (notice) by her mother, and
    soon the little girl (10) _______________ (sing) on radio and TV stations, land in
    community centres.
    When she (11) _______________ (be) 22, both of her parents (12) _______________
    (die) in a car crash, forcing her to take responsibility for her four younger brothers.
    Ironically enough, this tragedy (13) ______________ (push) Shania’s musical
    career forward because during this time, she (14) _______________ (use) her musical
    talents to put food on the table.
    Shania (15) _______________ (come through) a lot to arrive where she (16)
    ________________ (be) today. But during it all, she (17) _______________ (never lose)
    the love and joy for music she developed as a little girl in Ontario, Canada.

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