电影名星是怎样对待成名的？出名后能给他们带来幸福吗？家庭对他们来说很重要吗？
How do film stars cope with being famous? Does fame bring happiness? Rory Taylor takes a closer look at stardom and its effects on those lucky enough to have it.
After more than 20 years in the film industry Mel Gibson says that the biggest lesson he's learned as an actor has been how important it is to have a loving family at his side. “When I started out in my career, I was often referred to as ‘the sexiest man in the world’ or some such nonsense. At the time, though, it went to my head and I really took to being a celebrity. However, after the initial euphoria I found that not only was I spending long periods away from home but I never had any time to myself, none of which made me particularly happy.” His wife Robyn saw what was happening and came to the rescue; she simply told him to “stop, come home and take some time off”.
But Mel Gibson thinks it's ten times worse for today's young stars. he believes that the new breed of heart-throbs such as Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio have it much harder than he ever did. “The youngsters today receive constant attention from the media, which means they can't do anything without seeing their picture all over the front page the next day”.
The experience of Cameron Diaz bears witness to that. All the time she was dating Matt Dillon she never felt her personal life was her own. “After a while we both got used to being chased by photographers, and having every aspect of our relationship analysed by the media. But it meant we could never really lead a normal life together”. The pressures of working together with Dillon on There's Something About Mary were probably as much to blame for their painful and much publicised break-up as the sensation-seeking journalists, but all the same, Cameron has resolved to be more guarded about her private life and she now gives as little away as possible about her relationships.
Wild man of comedy, Jim Carrey, also complains about the lack of privacy. He remembers with anger the time he took some family photographs to be developed in a shop close to his $4 million Los Angeles home. “Two weeks later they were in the local newspaper. Someone in the shop obviously made a lot of money out of them”. For Carrey, being a famous actor also means being a diplomat, “People may come up to you in the street when you're in a really bad mood, and you have to talk to them as if you were delighted to see them. If not, word gets round that you're a miserable human being and that's how you're remembered”.
1. What are we told about Mel Gibson's attitude to fame?
A. It has taught him a lot about life.
B. He enjoyed it at first.
C. It has helped to make him happy.
D. Fame is not important to him.
2. What does the underlined sentence mean?
A. She was with Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio when they were photographed.
B. She understands what it's like to be a photographer.
C. What happened to her proves that young film stars have no privacy.
D. Her experience was worse than that of Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio.
3. What, according to the writer, caused Cameron Diaz and Matt Dillon to end their relationship?
A. Their appearance together in a film.
B. Cameron Diaz had a relationship with someone else.
C. A combination of reasons.
D. The attentions of the media.
4. Jim Carrey was angry about the photographs because _________.
A. they took a long time to develop
B. they were very expensive to develop
C. the shop was closed for a long time
D. his privacy was not respected
5. What does Jim Carrey say about being recognized in the street?
A. He sometimes has to hide his true feelings.
B. He finds it very irritating.
C. He is always pleased to meet people.
D. It is a sign that people have not forgotten him.
参考答案：1. B 2. C 3. C 4. D 5. A
