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Young Fame Comes at a Heavy Price 少年得志代价高

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Child stars capture the imagination, and sometimes the indignation, of the public. People watch them closely to see if their fame ___1___ or fades away. Growing up ___2___ and dogged by media attention, child stars travel a rocky road to adulthood.

童星会虏获大众的想象，有时却会犯众怒。人们会密切地注意，他们会变得更有名或是成了过气名星。在众人的目光及死缠不放的媒体紧迫盯人下成长，童星从小到大一路走来并不顺遂。

It’s usually the parents who ambitiously manage their children’s careers, and some child actors, like Haley Joel Osment, are a credit to their parents’ wise management and guidance. However, painful court battles between child stars and their parents, like the one ___3___ Macaulay Culkin, are all too common. Michael Jackson’s ongoing legal problems arguably___4___ his “lost” childhood, and “Jacko” has often mentioned his father’s abusive and exploitative management.

通常都是父母野心勃勃地掌管孩子的事业，而有些像海利乔奥斯蒙的童星，则是父母明智的管理与引导的成果。然而，童星与父母间痛苦的官司却司空见惯，像麦考利克金就是一例。麦克杰克森持续不断的法律问题可以说是源自于其「失落」的童年，而麦克杰克森这个「怪叔叔」也常提到他父亲那种虐待及剥削式的管理。

Though some child stars disappear into obscurity, ___5___ eventually become powerful figures in the entertainment industry. Drew Barrymore struggled to overcome early drug and alcohol problems before establishing a successful career as a popular actress and producer. Jodie Foster avoided the pitfalls of childhood superstardom, becoming a film director and an Oscar-winning actress. In contrast, the young cast members of the popular eighties TV show Diff’rent Strokes have struggled with their personal demons for years, all of ___6___ becoming entangled with the law at one time or another.

虽然有些童星不再发光发亮，但其他童星最后则变成娱乐圈中的重量级角色。茱儿芭莉摩在建立成功的事业而成为知名女演员和制作人之前，曾努力克服早期嗑药和酗酒的问题。茱蒂佛斯特也避开了超级童星身分中潜藏的危险，成了电影导演及奥斯卡影后。相较之下，1980年代知名电视剧《小淘气》中的年轻演员们与他们内心中的恶魔奋战多年，每个人都曾经一度卷入了法律纠纷。

Becoming a child star seems like a ticket ___7___ Easy Street. However, most celebrity kids miss ___8___ a normal childhood, and looking back, they may wish that they had never seen their name in lights.

成为童星看起来像是生活不愁吃穿的保证，然而，大部份的童星们却很怀念正常的童年生活。回首来时路，他们倒宁愿不曾出名过。

－By Ben Andrews

Vocabulary

indignation [͵ɪndɪgˋneʃən] n. 愤怒；愤慨

dog [dɔg] v. 尾随，跟踪

adulthood [əˋdʌlthʊd] n. 成年（期）

abusive [əˋbjusɪv] adj. 骂人的﹐辱骂的

exploitative [ɛkˋsplɔɪtətɪv] adj. 剥削的

obscurity [əbˋskjʊrətɪ] n. 不引人注目；隐匿

celebrity [sɪˋlɛbrətɪ] n. 名人

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fade away: 消失,消退,逐渐衰弱 to diminish

credit [ˋkrɛdɪt] n. 增光的人（或事物）

court [kort] n. 法庭，法院

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arguably [ˋɑrgjʊəblɪ] adv. 雄辩地；可以认为

pitfall [ˋpɪt͵fɔl] n. 陷阱；圈套

superstardom  超级明星身分

in contrast 相比之下,相反地(= by contrast)

demon [ˋdimən] n. 恶魔，恶鬼

entangle [ɪnˋtæŋg!] v. 使卷入；连累

at one time or another: 曾经一度  on different occasions

Easy Street: 指生活富裕  A condition of financial security or independence.

see one’s name in lights:  成名 to be famous for one’s work in film, theatre, music etc

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