Celine dion’s singing career (0) (start) in a similar way to michael jackson’s. the youngest of fourteen children, she (1) (begin) performing with her family in the canadian province of quebec when she was just twelve years old. by the age of eighteen, she (2) (produce) nine albums in her native french, but she was still unknown in the english-speaking world. she (3) (decide) to learn english so she could enter the world of international pop music. dion does not write her own love songs. she (4) (admire) singers who (5) (write) their own material, but, for the moment, she is happy to interpret other people’s songs. since she (6) (become) successful, she says, she (7) (receive) thousands of songs from writers, so she has plenty of songs to choose from. at the moment she (8) (record) in french and she wants to introduce her french songs to an english-speaking audience. (adapted from bbc english)