The Queen of Pop Learn English through story level 2
young jennifer
it is july 24th
1970
a hot summer day
in the bronx new york
a lot of puerto rican people live here
and they are not all happy
but it is a good day for david and
guadalupe lopez
and their daughters
linda and leslie
they are happy because they have a new
little girl in the family
they call her jennifer
jennifer is beautiful and interesting
from four years old she performs for the
family
sometimes she is a singer
sometimes she is a dancer or a movie
star
she loves the movie west side story
she watches it 100 times
in west side story
rita moreno plays anita
for jennifer
rita is america’s number one actress and
dancer
i’d like to be her
jennifer thinks
at five
jennifer goes to a school of theater and
dance
in a short time she can sing
act and dance very well
but is this important
david and guadalupe ask
they have good jobs
they want to see jennifer in a good job
too
for this
school work is very important
jennifer the dancer
in 1975
jennifer goes to the holy family
catholic school in new york
it is a good school
and she is a good student
but in
1983
the problems start
now
school work is not very important to
jennifer
she wants to be a performer
one day in 1988 she says
i want to stop going to school
david and guadalupe are angry
jennifer is angry with them too
she walks out of the house
jennifer lives in her dance school for a
short time
then she moves into an apartment in
manhattan with some friends
she dances in the school every day
she works
well then she starts to look for a job
this is going to take a long time
jennifer thinks
she is wrong
first
she gets a job in the theater show
golden musicals of broadway
the show goes to europe
then
after five months
she gets a job in a new show
synchronicity
this show goes to japan
in 1991
jennifer is back in the us
she is a very good dancer now
and she is beautiful too
a lot of famous singers want the young
dancer for their short music movies
jennifer dances behind the singer janet
jackson
this helps her
and she meets important people in the
movie business
there are no problems with her family
now
she has work
and she is a success
she has a boyfriend too
david cruz
later that year
jennifer moves to los angeles for the
famous tv show
in living color
jennifer is a dancer in the show
but she is not always happy in her job
she wants to be
an actress
jennifer the actress
the head of the tv show south central
likes jennifer’s work
in 1993
he wants an actress for the show
he gives the job to jennifer
after south central
jennifer works in three new tv shows
second chances malibu road
and
nurses on the line
the crash of flight seven
jennifer is now a famous tv star
then in 1995
she is in her first hollywood movie
me familia
mi familia
is a latin movie
her first english movies are money train
and jack
in money train
jennifer is grace santiago
a new york policewoman
wesley snipes and woody harrelson played
two brothers
they work for the police too
the two men love grace
the movie is about their problems
jack is a funny movie
robin williams plays a boy jack
people look at jack and think
he’s not a boy he’s a man
jennifer plays jack’s teacher
in her movies
jennifer is in love stories with famous
men
her boyfriend david is unhappy about
this
and he goes back to new york
jennifer is unhappy too
but then she finds a new boyfriend
his name is ohani noah and he is from
cuba
she marries him in 1997.
in the same year
jennifer is in four movies
the first movie is blood and wine with
two very famous actors
jack nicholson and michael kane
the movie is about two bad men
alex gates
and victor spansky
jennifer is gabriella
alex’s girlfriend
after blood and wine
jennifer is in the movies anaconda
u-turn and selena
the movies are a success in the us
but selena is a success in latin
countries too
in selena
jennifer plays selena quintanilla
the famous mexican singer
it is an unhappy story because the
singer’s life was very short
selena’s father gives money for the
movie
the director is gregory nava
jennifer works on the movie in front of
selena’s family
this is difficult
but the family likes jennifer
and the movie teaches people about their
daughter
this makes jennifer happy
because she liked selena
selena is a big success in many
countries
suddenly jennifer lopez is not only a
famous name in the u.s
the year
1998 arrives
jennifer is happy but she can’t take a
vacation
she is in two movies that year
out of sight
and ants
in out of sight
jennifer is karen cisco
a policewoman
george clooney is jack foley
foley takes money from a bank
he gets away from the police
and takes karen with him
the story is about their love
ants is a movie for children
we hear jennifer
but we don’t see her face
men and movies
jennifer’s 1998 movies
are a big success
but ohani
isn’t happy
he and david have the same problem
they don’t like to see jennifer with men
in love stories
ohani moves away
later
he and jennifer divorce
but they meet often and they are good
friends
in 1999
jennifer has a new boyfriend
his name is sean
coombs he is a famous black singer
on december 27
1999
sean and jennifer come out of a dance
bar
and get in their car
the police stop them
they find a gun in the front of the car
the gun is not shawn’s
but the police take him away
jennifer is in the back of the car
it is not her problem
the story is in the newspapers
early in 2000
jennifer stops seeing sean
in that year
she makes the movie the cell
jennifer plays catherine dean
a doctor
vincent d’onofrio plays carl
a bad man
he takes a young girl
but where is she
in 2001
jennifer stars in the wedding planner
this is a funny movie
and a love story
jennifer plays maria fiori
maria falls in love with steve edison a
doctor
the wedding planner is the number one
movie of 2001.
in the same year
jennifer marries chris judd a dancer
but they divorce in august 2002
jennifer stars in two thrillers
angel eyes
and
enough
then she is in made in manhattan
a love story
jennifer starts going out with the actor
ben affleck
in 2003
they star in the movie
jili
a lot of newspapers don’t like the movie
but julie makes money
are ben and jennifer going to marry
people ask
the answer is no
jennifer’s love story finishes in
september
but in 2004
ben and jennifer act in jersey girl
the story of a father and his little
girl
jennifer is not the star of that movie
after jersey girl comes shall we dance
with richard gere
it is a love story about a dance teacher
and her student
jennifer sings for it with her friend
mark anthony
some people are unhappy about jennifer’s
movies at this time
jennifer doesn’t act well and the
stories aren’t interesting they say
but 2004 is a good year for jennifer
she falls in love with mark
jennifer and mark marry and they are
very happy
after the movies monster-in-law
an unfinished life and border town
jennifer and mark starr in
el cantanti
mark plays the famous puerto rican
singer
hector laveau
laveau married poochie
and jennifer plays her
jennifer the singer
music was always important to jennifer
today
the famous actress
is a famous singer too
jennifer’s music success story
starts in 1999
in that year she makes
on the six
it is her first music cd
the name comes from the number of a
train
young jennifer went on the six from a
station near her home in new york
on the cd
she sings
no me llames with marc anthony
she sings in english too
but the music is latin
after only five weeks
if you had my love
from the same cd
is number one in the us
the success of jennifer the singer
doesn’t stop in 2001
her cd
jlo
is again number one in the us
she is the first singer actress with a
cd
and a movie the wedding planner at
number one in the same week
in
2002
jennifer makes two music cds
the first cd of that year
is
j to the l o
the remixes
it gets to number one two
after that
this is me
then
gets to number two
jennifer’s cd
rebirth
arrives in 2005.
it gets to number two in the u.s
then jennifer makes her cd
it is in spanish
a lot of latin people love this cd
and it is number one in mexico
in september
2007
jennifer’s cd
brave arrives
it doesn’t have the same success
and only gets to number 12 in the us
success in business
jennifer lopez is not only an actress
she is not only a dancer
and she is not only a singer
she has success in the fashion business
too
this starts in 2001.
after the success of the wedding planner
jennifer opens a closed business with
andy hilfiger
andy is the brother of fashion’s famous
tommy hilfiger
they call their business sweet face
there aren’t many clothes for big women
but this isn’t a problem with sweet face
jennifer starts jlo too from jlo
women can buy clothes and perfume too
in a very short time
jennifer’s clothes are famous and her
perfume glow is number one
but some people are angry about
jennifer’s business
some of her clothes come from dead
animals they say
that’s not right
jennifer listens
because she likes animals
today
those people are happy
jennifer is in the food business too
in april 2002
she opens a place in pasadena california
jennifer calls it madres
madre is mother in spanish
the food there is the cuban food of her
mother’s family
for the children
children are important to jennifer
she does a lot of charity work for sick
children
and she helps families with very little
money
these are important to mark too
today
jennifer lopez and mark anthony are
famous for their charity work
one night in may 2007
the two stars are in new york with the
famous singer paul simon
they ask people for money for sick
children
the night is a big success
people give a lot of money to the
charity
and now
jennifer and mark have children too
jennifer’s friends and family are very
happy for them
for jennifer
children are very important
this time is important too
it is a quiet time
for now
work comes after family
jennifer lopez
the star with many
faces she is a dancer
a singer
an actress
a businesswoman
and she helps unhappy children and
families
jennifer lopez does all of these jobs
very well
in the 1990s
jennifer lopez was the number one
actress and dancer in the u.s
today
she is famous for many things in many
countries
from asia to america
people ask
who is our number one latina
the answer is always the same
jennifer lopez
of course
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