新视野大学英语第三版第二册课文语法讲解_Unit4
新视野三版读写B2 U4 Text A
College sweethearts
1 I smile at my two lovely daughters and they seem so much more mature than we, their parents, when we were col ege sweethearts. Linda, who's 21, had a boyfriend in her freshman year she thought she would marry, but they're not together anymore. Melissa, who's 19, hasn't had a steady boyfriend yet. My daughters wonder when they wil meet "The One", their great love. They think their father and I had a classic fairy-tale romance heading for marriage from
the outset. Perhaps, they're right but it didn't seem so at the time. In a way,
love just happens when you least expect it. Who would have thought
that Butch and I would end up getting married to each other? He became my boyfriend because of my shal ow agenda: I wanted a cute boyfriend!
2 We met through my col ege roommate at the university cafeteria. That fateful night, I was merely curious, but for him I think it was love at first sight. "You have beautiful eyes", he said as he gazed at my face. He kept staring at me al night long. I real y wasn't that interested for two reasons. First, he looked like he was a real y wild boy, maybe even dangerous. Second, although he was
very cute, he seemed a little weird.
3 Riding on his bicycle, he'd ride past my dorm as if "by accident" and pretend to be surprised to see me. I liked the attention but was cautious about his wild, dynamic personality. He had a charming way with words which
would charm any girl. Fear came over me when I started to fal in love. His exciting "bad boy image" was just too tempting to resist. What was it that attracted me? I always had an excel ent reputation. My concentration was solely on my studies to get superior grades. But for what? Col ege is supposed to be a time of great learning and also some fun. I had nearly achieved a great education, and graduation was just one semester away. But I hadn't had any fun; my life was stale with no component of fun! I needed a boyfriend.Not just any boyfriend.He had to be cute. My goal that semester became:
Be ambitious and grab the cutest boyfriend I can find.
4 I worried what he'd think of me. True, we lived in a time when a dramatic shift in sexual attitudes was taking place, but I was a traditional girl who wasn't ready for the new ways that seemed common on campus. Butch
looked superb! I was not immune to his personality, but I was scared. The
night when he announced to the world that I was his girlfriend, I went along
with him. And then I suddenly thought: "Oh my gosh! Am I his girlfriend? How did that happen?" Then he whispered sweet words in my ear and said, "I'm going to marry you one day and I wil be a lawyer. You wil see."
5 I was laughing inside and said to myself, "I'd never marry this guy. He's a rebel without a good future. He's my boyfriend because I hate my boring student life. I just want to have fun."
*6 S ure enough, the fol owing month, I found out he had failed al his courses. Consequently, he was going to be expel ed from the university. To
my disgust, he seemed resigned to his fate. I knew there was hope, so I led
him to the col ege secretary for reconsideration.
*7 "You are going to graduate with a BA in political science
from UPenn and proceed to the Col ege of Law," I told him, lodging an appeal on his behalf, which was approved. Butch was granted reconsideration. And, once we became steadies, he coordinated his studies and social life, passing
al of his classes. He eventual y studied law.
8 Despite Butch's somewhat wild character, at his core, he is always a perfect gentleman and deserves a lot of credit for that.True, he'd sometimes take
the liberty of displaying his love by planting a kiss on my lips right in front of my astonished friends who watched and disapproved. But the truth is we had a
pure and responsible relationship for seven ful years. Sitting by the palm trees, hand in hand, we would listen to romantic songs, watch the sunset,
and weave dreams of being together with children of our own, forever.
9 Two years passed in a blur. One day, Butch took me by surprise as
he knelt down and proposed marriage holding a dozen red roses! Fil ed with deep emotion, I confessed my love for him, "How roooomaaaantic!!" Then my brain woke up from fantasy land. I cried out, "Good heavens. No! We're too young to tie the knot. We haven't even graduated from col ege yet!" I real y loved him but was pessimistic about our chances for success.
10 We married five years later.
11 Our faithful journey of love and learning took us down rocky roads of hardship and on smooth easy-going highways. It is a long, romantic, sometimes crazy, love story that sums up a 29-year long honeymoon together
*as a couple who are stil madly in love with each other. Our
love commenced with a casual attraction but bloomed into a mature love and rich life.
Language Points:
1 I smile at my two lovely daughters and they seem so much more mature than we, their parents, when we were college sweethearts. (Para. 1)
Meaning beyond words: Married to her col ege sweetheart, the author now is happy with
her family and two grown daughters.
Note:College sweethearts refer to someone with whom one is in love and by whom one is loved at col ege; sweetheart is equivalent to lover,darling, beloved, or dear. For example:
*Wel done, sweetheart, we are all so proud of you. 做得好，宝贝，我们以你为荣。
*My husband is the greatest guy in the world; he was my col ege sweetheart. 我丈夫是世
界上最棒的，大学时他就是我的恋人。
He tries to locate his former sweetheart Melina from whom he has heard nothing for a very
*long time. 他在努力寻找他以前的恋人梅利娜，他已经很久没有她的消息了。
2 Linda, who’s 21, had a boyfriend in her freshman year she thought she would marry, but they’re not together anymore. Melissa, who’s 19, hasn’t had a steady boyfriend yet. My daughters wonder when they will meet “The One”, their great love.(Para. 1)
Meaning beyond words: Her two daughters are at the age of just dating, but they seem to be very mature wondering when they will meet their true love.
3 They think their father and I had a classic fairy tale romance heading for marriage
from the outset. (Para. 1)
Meaning beyond words:Her daughters consider their parents’ marriage a typical conventional romance because they think it aimed at marriage from the very beginning. Usage note: classic, classical
1 classic 用作形容词表示“经典的；精彩的；一流的”。例如：
*Death on the Nile is one of the classic works of Agatha Christie. 《尼罗河上的惨案》是阿
加莎?克里斯蒂的经典作品之一。
*口语中也会用到classic 这个词。当你看到一场精彩的演出时，就可以说“That’s classic!”来
表达赞美。
classic 用作形容词也表示“典型的；标准的”。例如：
*London is the classic example of the scattered city. 伦敦是标准分散型的城市。
*This statement was a classic il ustration of British politeness. 这项陈述是对英国礼貌的一
个典型说明。
classic 也可用作名词，表示“文学名著；经典作品；杰作”。例如：
*We have al the standard classics of Hayao Miyazaki at home. 我们家有宫崎骏的所有的
经典作品。
2 classical 不能用作名词，只能用作形容词，表示“古典的；经典的”。例如：
*I spend a lot of time reading and listening to classical music. 我花了很多时间阅读和聆听
古典音乐。
*Classical music is music written by composers such as Mozart and Beethoven. 像莫扎特
和贝多芬所创作的音乐称为古典音乐。
*莫扎特和贝多芬所创作的音乐属于古典音乐(classical music), 但这些古典音乐经久不衰，
有永久的意义和价值，所以这些音乐也可称为经典的音乐（classic music）。反之，在前面
有一例中说可口可乐瓶子的设计是精彩的，一流的，所以是经典（classic）之作，但很明显
可口可乐瓶子的设计不是古典的（classical）设计。所以，经典的（classic）作品不一定
就是古典的（classical）作品。
Note: Classic fairy-tale romance is used to describe a romance blessed with unusual happiness. Colloquially, a fairy tale can also refer to any story extremely unlikely to be true.
4 Perhaps, they’re right but it didn’t seem so at the time. (Para. 1)
Meaning:My daughters’ perception may be right, yet our romance back then was actually
not like what they have assumed.
5 In a way, love just happens when you least expect it. Who would have thought that Butch and I would end up getting married to each other? He became my boyfriend because of my shallow agenda: I wanted a cute boyfriend! (Para. 1) Meaning:Love comes your way when you don’t real y expec t it. No one thought that Butch and I would finally get married. He became my boyfriend simply because I would like to fulfil my shallow wish: to have an attractive boyfriend in col ege.
Meaning beyond words: Here is the suspense of the story – the author gives a broad hint that she wil tell us how she and her husband got married at last.
6 We met through my college roommate at the university cafeteria. That fateful night, I was merely curious, but for him I think it was love at first sight. (Para. 2) Meaning:At the school dining hal that important night, we were introduced to each other
through my roommate. I met Butch just out of curiosity, but he seemed to fal in love
with
me as soon as he saw me.
7 “You have beautiful eyes,” he said as he gazed at m y face. (Para. 2)
Meaning beyond words: The author was obviously attractive to Butch since he tried to please her by praising her eyes.
8 He kept staring at me all night long. (Para. 2)
Note: Both gaze at and stare at mean “looking at something fixedl y for a long time because of being attracted, surprised, or thinking, etc.”. Stare at usually has the additional
meaning of “with eyes widely open”. Also, it usually implies “with great attention”; gaze
at usually implies “in a dreamy and unaware state of mind”.
9 I really wasn’t that interested for two reasons. First, he looked like he was a really wild boy, maybe even dangerous. Second, although he was very cute, he seemed a little weird. (Para. 2)
Meaning beyond words:She wasn’t interested in him beca use she got the impression that he was wild and strange, which il ustrates that she didn’t know much about him at the
beginning. Therefore, it’s not true that their romance was heading for marriage from the start.
10 Riding on his bicycle, he’d ride past my dorm as if “by accident” and pretend to be surprised to see me. I liked the attention but was cautious about his wild, dynamic personality. (Para. 3)
Meaning beyond words: She understood his little trick: trying to see her by manufacturing excuses. Though she was happy to be the focus of his attention, she was also very alert to his wild and dynamic personality.
11 He had a charming way with words which would charm any girl. (Para. 3) Meaning: He knew how to please and attract girls because what he said was always pleasant to their ears.
12 Fear came over me when I started to fall in love. His exciting “bad boy image”was just too tempting to resist. What was it that attracted me?(Para. 3) Meaning: I was in an awkward position: I started to fal in love with him, but I was also afraid of that. His bad boy image was too attractive to resist, but at the same time it was somewhat fearful. So, what exactly was it in him that attracted me?
Note:Tempting is a present participle of the verb tempt, used as an adjective to describe the effect that something has on someone’s feelings. For example, if you find something tempting/charming/disgusting/frightening, it means it tempts/charms/disgusts/frightens you. In English there are a group of words describing an effect that something has on your
feelings and ideas. For example:
*a tempting job offer 一个诱人的工作机会
an alarming increase in racial hostility 种族仇视的惊人增长
*a welcoming smile 热情的微笑
*a surprising number of 数量惊人的
13 I always had an excellent reputation. My concentration was solely on my studies to get superior grades. But for what? (Para. 3)
Meaning: I was an outstanding student who only concentrated on studies in order to get excellent grades. But so what? Shouldn’t a good student also have fun?
14 College is supposed to be a time of great learning and also some fun. I had nearly achieved a great education, and graduation was just one semester away. But I hadn’t had any fun; my life was stale with no component of fun! I needed a boyfriend. (Para. 3)
Meaning: College is definitely a nice place for education but should have some fun as well. Throughout my years at col ege, I had devoted all my time to study but hadn’t had any fun yet. Now that I was graduating, I wanted to have a boyfriend to enrich my col ege
life.
15 Not just any boyfriend. He had to be cute. My goal that semester became: Be ambitious and grab the cutest boyfriend I can find. (Para. 3)
Meaning: The one I wanted to date was not just an ordinary boy; he had to be handsome, pleasant and attractive. My ambition for that semester, therefore, was to find the cutest boyfriend at col ege.
16 I worried what he’d think of me. (Para. 4)
Meaning beyond words: Her concern about how Butch would look at her shows that she
was becoming more interested in him and cared about his real thinking.
17 True, we lived in a time when a dramatic shift in sexual attitudes was taking place, but I was a traditional girl who wasn’t ready for the new ways that seemed common on campus. (Para. 4)
Meaning: It is true that we lived in an era when sexual attitudes were changing dramatical y, but since I was traditional, I wasn’t ready for the new sexual practice seemingly common on campus.
18 Butch looked superb! I was not immune to his personality, but I was scared. (Para. 4)
Meaning: Butch looked extremely wonderful. I was surely influenced by his personality, but I felt scared.
19 The night when he announced to the world that I was his girlfriend, I went along with him. (Para. 4)
Meaning: That night when my boyfriend announced publicly I was his girlfriend, I did not
have any objection.
Meaning beyond words: She has apparently changed her perception of Butch, from being merely curious about him at first to becoming cautious about his wild, dynamic personality later; from being fearful of failing to resist his “bad boy image” to approving of
being his girlfriend.
20 And then I suddenly thought: “Oh my gosh! Am I his girlfriend? How did that happen?” (Para. 4)
Meaning beyond words: Al of a sudden, she realized that she had made a mistake because she was not real y ready to have a boyfriend yet.
Note:“Gosh”, as an interjection, is used to express surprise. For example:
*Gosh, I didn’t expect to see you here!天哪，我没想到在这里见到你！
*Gosh, it’s so cold.天哪，太冷了！
*Gosh, there’s a lot of noise. 天哪，这儿真吵。
21 Then he whispered sweet words in my ear and said, “I’m going to marry you one
day and I will be a lawyer. Y ou will see.” (Para. 4)
Meaning: Then he quietly said sweet words in my ear and said that he would marry me and I could eventual y see him become a lawyer.
22 I was laughing inside and said to myself, “I’d never marry this guy. He’s a rebel without a good future. He’s my boyfriend because I hate my boring student life. I just want to have fun.” (Para. 5)
Meaning: Though I agreed to be his girlfriend, from my heart, he was just a rebellious boy
without a bright future. Therefore, I was not very serious about our relationship. To me, the
only purpose to date him was to get away from my boring student life.
23 Sure enough, the following month, I found out he had failed all his courses. (Para.
6)
Meaning:Just as I had expected, he didn’t pass any of his courses.
24 Consequently, he was going to be expelled from the university. (Para. 6) Meaning: As a consequence, the university was going to dismiss him from the school.
25 To my disgust, he seemed resigned to his fate. I knew there was hope, so I led him to the college secretary for reconsideration. (Para. 6)
Meaning: What upset me was that he seemed to accept his fate. As I knew there was stil
a hope, I took him to the col ege secretary to see whether the decision could be changed.
26 “You are going to graduate with a BA in political science from UPenn and proceed to the College of Law,” I told him, lodging an appeal on his behalf, which was approved. (Para. 7)
Meaning beyond words:What she did for her boyfriend indicated their relationship had
come to a new stage. Besides encouraging him to consult with the col ege secretary and submitting the appeal on his behalf, she also planned for his future career. She told him he had to continue his studies at law school.
Note:Besides a noun, “proceed to” can also be fol owed by a verb phrase. For example: Having said how much she liked my idea, she then proceeded to make critical comments *about it. 说完她是多么喜欢我的点子，她接着就提出了批评性的意见。
27 Butch was granted reconsideration. And, once we became steadies, he coordinated his studies and social life, passing all of his classes. He eventually studied law. (Para. 7)
Meaning beyond words: Here we see the turning point of the relationship between the two. Her suggestions did work well with Butch since he was granted reconsideration. As soon as they became steady lovers, Butch balanced his studies and social life and passed every course. Final y, he studied law as had been planned.
Note:Steady can also be used as a noun, as is in the text. It’s an old-fashioned American way to describe a boyfriend or girlfriend that someone has been having a romantic relationship with.
28 Despite Butch’s somewhat wild character, at h is core, he is always a perfect gentleman and deserves a lot of credit for that. (Para. 8)
Meaning:In spite of Butch’s a little wild character, he was always a perfect gentleman in
essence, for which he should be given recognition.
29 True, he’d sometim es take the liberty of displaying his love by planting a kiss on my lips right in front of my astonished friends who watched and disapproved. (Para.
8)
Meaning: Without my permission, sometimes he would press a kiss on my lips to show his love in front of my friends, who were astonished and resented what he did.
Note:“Plant a kiss” is a figurative use of the word plant, which means an intimate and publicly demonstrative kiss showing his love to all who are watching.
30 But the truth is we had a pure and responsible relationship for seven full years. Sitting by the palm trees, hand in hand, we would listen to romantic songs, watch the sunset, and weave dreams of being together with children of our own, forever. (Para. 8)
Meaning beyond words: Butch showed much respect for her conservative perception of
love. For seven years, they just enjoyed their romance in a traditional way.
31 Two years passed in a blur. One day, Butch took me by surprise as he knelt down and proposed marriage holding a dozen red roses! (Para. 9)
Meaning:Two years passed so quickly that I didn’t real y remember everything clearly. One day, I was startled when Butch, holding a dozen red roses, knelt down to propose marriage.
Note: propose to sb. = propose marriage to sb.
32 Fill ed with deep emotion, I confessed my love for him, “How roooomaaaantic!!”(Para. 9)
Meaning: I admitted my love for him with deep affection. It was super romantic! Meaning beyond words:She was so happy and thril ed to accept Butch’s marriage proposal that she said the word romantic in a slow and exaggerated way.
Note: In informal writing, people would emphasize something in a similar way. For example:
*Thank you soooooo much! 真是太太太感谢您了！
33 Then my brain woke up from fantasy land. I cried out, “Good heavens. No! We’re
too young to tie the knot. We haven’t even graduated from college yet!” I really loved him but was pessimistic about our chances for success.(Para. 9)
Meaning beyond words: Al of a sudden, she woke up from the romantic scene. Though she already accepted love from Butch and confessed her love for him, she was not sure whether they would get married and have a happy ending as they were stil col ege students.
Note: I t isn’t clear whether this expression tie the knot derives from an actual knot used in
marriage ceremonies or whether the knot is merely symbolic of a lasting unity. Knots have
a place in many cultures and usually symbolize unbreakable pledges. Actual knots have
certainly been used in marriage ceremonies for some time. The word knot, although not in
the phrase tie the knot, has been associated with marriage since at least the 13th century.
34 We married five years later. (Para 10)
Meaning beyond words: Though she was pessimistic about their chance for success of love, she accepted Butch’s proposal. They got married five years later, which il ustrates their deep and true love for each other.
35 Our faithful journey of love and learning took us down rocky roads of hardship and on smooth easy-going highways. (Para. 11)
Meaning: Our devoted and faithful love guided us both in times of happiness and also in
times of hardship.
Note: The word rocky comes from the noun rock combining with -y. A rocky road refers to
a road ful of rocks, uneven or not flat. Words of this group
include: muddy, stony, grassy, snowy, rainy, etc.
36 It is a long, romantic, sometimes crazy, love story that sums up a 29-year long honeymoon together as a couple who are still madly in love with each other. (Para.
11)
Meaning beyond words: She felt very proud of her long-lasting romantic, sometimes even crazy love, which was just like a 29-year long honeymoon for her and her husband.
37 Our love commenced with a casual attraction but bloomed into a mature love and rich life. (Para. 11)
Meaning beyond words: Completely beyond her expectation, love came to her as she started with a casual date but ended up growing into a mature love and rich life. Note: We usually use commence doing sth. or commence with sth. Also, in the US, the official col ege/university graduation ceremony is cal ed “commencement”. The word refers to the completion of one’s education and the beginning of one’s new adult life. Note:The phrase “bloomed into a mature love and rich life” in the text is used figuratively,
meaning their love was just like blossoms on a tree.
新视野大学英语4第二版课文翻译
Unit 1 Section A 艺术家追求成名，如同狗自逐其尾，一旦追到手，除了继续追逐不知还能做些什么。成功之残酷正在于它常常让那些追逐成功者自寻毁灭。 对一名正努力追求成功并刚刚崭露头角的艺术家，其亲朋常常会建议“正经的饭碗不能丢～”他们的担心不无道理。 追求出人头地，最乐观地说也困难重重，许多人到最后即使不是穷困潦倒，也是几近精神崩溃。 尽管如此，希望赢得追星族追捧和同行赞扬之类的不太纯洁的动机却在激励着他们向前。享受成功的无上光荣，这种诱惑不是能轻易抵挡的。 成名者之所以成名，大多是因为发挥了自己在歌唱、舞蹈、绘画或写作等方面的特长，并能形成自己的风格。 为了能迅速走红，代理人会极力吹捧他们这种风格。他们青云直上的过程让人看不清楚。他们究竟是怎么成功的，大多数人也都说不上来。 尽管如此，艺术家仍然不能闲下来。 若表演者、画家或作家感到无聊，他们的作品就难以继续保持以前的吸引力，也就难以保持公众的注意力。 公众的热情消磨以后，就会去追捧下一个走红的人。 有些艺术家为了不落伍，会对他们的写作、跳舞或唱歌的风格稍加变动，但这将冒极大的失宠的危险。 公众对于他们藉以成名的艺术风格以外的任何形式都将不屑一顾。 知名作家的文风一眼就能看出来，如田纳西?威廉斯的戏剧、欧内斯特?海明威的情节安排、罗伯特?弗罗斯特或 T.S.艾略特的诗歌等。
同样，像莫奈、雷诺阿、达利这样的画家，希区柯克、费里尼、斯皮尔伯格、陈凯歌或张艺谋这样的电影制作人也是如此。 他们鲜明独特的艺术风格标志着与别人不同的艺术形式上的重大变革，这让他们名利双收，但也让他们付出了代价，那就是失去了用其他风格或形式表现自我的自由。 名气这盏聚光灯可比热带丛林还要炙热。骗局很快会被揭穿，过多的关注带来的压力会让大多数人难以承受。 它让你失去自我。你必须是公众认可的那个你，而不是真实的你或是可能的你。艺人，就像政客一样，必须常常说些违心或连自己都不完全相信的话来取悦听众。 一滴名气之水有可能玷污人的心灵这一整口井，因此一个艺术家若能保持真我，会格外让人惊叹。 你可能答不上来哪些人没有妥协，却仍然在这场名利的游戏中获胜。 一个例子就是爱尔兰著名作家奥斯卡?王尔德，他在社交行为和性行为方面以我行我素而闻名于世。虽然他的行为遭到公众的反对，却依然故我，他也因此付出了惨痛的代价。在一次宴会上，他一位密友的母亲当着他的朋友和崇拜者的面，指责他在性方面影响了她的儿子。 他听了她的话以后大为光火，起诉了这个年轻人的母亲，声称她毁了自己的“好”名声。但是，他真该请一个更好的律师。 结果是，法官不仅不支持他提出的让这个女人赔偿他名声损失费的请求，反而对他本人进行了罚款。 他由于拒交罚款最终还被送进了监狱。更糟糕的是，他再也无法获得更多公众的宠爱。在最糟糕的时候，他发现没有一个人愿意拿自己的名声冒险来替他说话。
新视角unit4课文翻译
UNIT 4 What Is Happiness? 1、The right to pursue happiness is issued to Americans with their birth certificates, but no one seems quite which way it ran. It may be we are issued a hunting license but offered no game. Jonathan Swift seemed to being well deceived.” The felic i ty of being “a fool among knaves.” For Swift say society as Vanity Fair, the land of false goals. 自从呱呱坠地，美国人就被赋予了追求幸福的权利，但似乎没人确信幸福究竟在哪里。正如它发给我们狩猎证，却不给我们提供猎物。乔纳森?斯威福特似乎持此观点，他抨击幸福的想法是“鬼迷心窍的上当，”是“骗子堆中的傻瓜”的自鸣得意。因为他视社会为虚妄目标聚集的名利场。 2、It is, of course, un-American to think in terms of fools and knaves. We do, however, seem to be dedicated to the idea of buying our way to happiness. We shall all have made it to heaven when we possess enough. 当然用傻子、骗子这样的字眼来形容是不合美国的人的风俗习惯的，然后我们似乎确实沉溺于用金钱购买幸福的想法：只要有足够的钱，我们百年后就能上天堂。 3、And at the same time the forces of American commercialism are hugely dedicated to making us deliberately unhappy. Advertising is one of our major industries, and advertising is one of our major
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Most would be hard-pressed to tell you how they even got there. Artists cannot remain idle, though. When the performer, painter or writer becomes bored, their work begins to show a lack of continuity in its appeal and it becomes difficult to sustain the attention of the public. After their enthusiasm has dissolved, the public simply moves on to the next flavor of the month. Artists who do attempt to remain current by making even minute changes to their style of writing, dancing or singing, run a significant risk of losing the audience's favor. The public simply discounts styles other than those for which the artist has become famous. Famous authors' styles—a Tennessee Williams play or a plot by Ernest Hemingway or a poem by Robert Frost or T.S. Eliot—are easily recognizable. The same is true of painters like Monet, Renoir, or Dali and moviemakers like Hitchcock, Fellini, Spielberg, Chen Kaige or Zhang Yimou. Their distinct styles marked a significant change in form from others and gained them fame and fortune. However, they paid for it by giving up the freedom to express themselves with other styles or forms. Fame's spotlight can be hotter than a tropical jungle—a fraud is quickly exposed, and the pressure of so much attention is too much for most to endure. It takes you out of yourself: You must be what the public thinks you are, not what you really are or could be. The performer, like the politician, must often please his or her audiences by saying things he or she does not mean or fully believe. One drop of fame will likely contaminate the entire well of a man's soul, and so an artist who remains true to himself or herself is particularly amazing. You would be hard-pressed to underline many names of those who have not compromised and still succeeded in the fame game. 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