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第十二期 2009年6月真题 文章(5/6) - 英语听力
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[00:02.533] In Hollywood, everybody wants to be rich, famous and beautiful.
[00:08.974] Nobody wants to be old, unknown and poor.
[00:13.095] For Hollywood kids, life can be difficult because they grow up in such an unreal atmosphere.
[00:20.346] Their parents are ambitious and the children are part of the parents’ ambitions.
[00:26.438] Parents pay for wasteful grand parties, expensive cars and designer clothes.
[00:34.174] When every dream can come true, kids don’t learn the value of anything because they have everything.
[00:41.821] A thirteen-year-old boy, Trent Maguire, has a driver, credit cards and unlimited cash to do what he wants when he wants to.
[00:53.508] “One day, I’ll earn more than my dad!” he boasts.
[00:57.859] Parents buy care and attention for their children because they have no time to give it themselves.
[01:05.073] Amender’s mother employs a personal trainer, a bodyguard, a singing coach and a councilor to look after all her fifteen-year-old daughter’s needs.
[01:17.439] Often, there is no parent at home most days, so children decide whether to make their own meals or go out to restaurants, when to watch television or do homework.
[01:29.869] They organize their social life.
[01:32.799] They play no childhood games.
[01:35.576] They become adults before they’re ready.
[01:39.004] Hollywood has always been the city of dreams.
[01:43.813] The kids there live unreal lives where money, beauty and pleasure are the only gods.
[01:51.476] Will children around the world soon start to think the same? Or do they already?
[00:08.974] Nobody wants to be old, unknown and poor.
[00:13.095] For Hollywood kids, life can be difficult because they grow up in such an unreal atmosphere.
[00:20.346] Their parents are ambitious and the children are part of the parents’ ambitions.
[00:26.438] Parents pay for wasteful grand parties, expensive cars and designer clothes.
[00:34.174] When every dream can come true, kids don’t learn the value of anything because they have everything.
[00:41.821] A thirteen-year-old boy, Trent Maguire, has a driver, credit cards and unlimited cash to do what he wants when he wants to.
[00:53.508] “One day, I’ll earn more than my dad!” he boasts.
[00:57.859] Parents buy care and attention for their children because they have no time to give it themselves.
[01:05.073] Amender’s mother employs a personal trainer, a bodyguard, a singing coach and a councilor to look after all her fifteen-year-old daughter’s needs.
[01:17.439] Often, there is no parent at home most days, so children decide whether to make their own meals or go out to restaurants, when to watch television or do homework.
[01:29.869] They organize their social life.
[01:32.799] They play no childhood games.
[01:35.576] They become adults before they’re ready.
[01:39.004] Hollywood has always been the city of dreams.
[01:43.813] The kids there live unreal lives where money, beauty and pleasure are the only gods.
[01:51.476] Will children around the world soon start to think the same? Or do they already?
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