Troubled Songstresses 困惑的女歌手
Amy Winehouse feeling the pressures of fame
One of the UK's top young female vocalists has cancelled a series of high-profile European concerts following a short stay in hospital after suffering "severe exhaustion".
Smokey-voiced jazz and soul singer Amy Winehouse has backed out of a number of dates, including two concerts supporting veteran UK rockers The Rolling Stones.
Fears are growing for the health of the 23-year-old singer who has cancelled a number of live performances already this summer citing "exhaustion", a word often used by publicists to mask more serious problems.
The pressures of fame may be taking their toll on Amy who has frequently appeared in newspapers and celebrity magazines clearly the worse for wear.
The award-winning jazz star has admitted to battling anorexia and bulimia in the past and has appeared to be drunk while participating in television shows.
Amy herself has cited perfectionism as one reason for some of her recent cancellations.
She said: "I know it's last-minute and a bit irresponsible. But I'm a perfectionist and would rather reschedule a show than do it half-heartedly."
Amy is not the UK's only new female star who is becoming as famous for her party lifestyle as her music.
Other young artists like Lily Allen and Joss Stone have also cancelled concerts and been portrayed behaving erratically in the media.
Lily however has a doctor's note to prove her illness ? she posted the note on her blog along with an entry saying she was now "back in London eating my mum’s chicken soup".
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GLOSSARY 詞匯表 (收聽發(fā)音, 請單擊英語單詞)
female vocalists
女歌唱家
smokey-voiced
嘶啞低沉的聲音
dates
日期
publicists
新聞發(fā)布人士
pressures of fame
成名的壓力
the worse for wear
穿得破舊不堪，（喻）精疲力盡/醉醺醺的
bulimia
貪食癥
last-minute
最后一刻
party lifestyle
派對生活方式
doctor's note
醫(yī)生證明
severe exhaustion
筋疲力盡
backed out of
退出；謝絕
citing
措辭
mask
面具
taking their toll
付出其代價(jià)
anorexia
厭食癥
perfectionism
完美主義者
half-heartedly
半心半意地
behaving erratically
怪僻/反常的表現(xiàn)
blog
博客
Amy Winehouse feeling the pressures of fame
One of the UK's top young female vocalists has cancelled a series of high-profile European concerts following a short stay in hospital after suffering "severe exhaustion".
Smokey-voiced jazz and soul singer Amy Winehouse has backed out of a number of dates, including two concerts supporting veteran UK rockers The Rolling Stones.
Fears are growing for the health of the 23-year-old singer who has cancelled a number of live performances already this summer citing "exhaustion", a word often used by publicists to mask more serious problems.
The pressures of fame may be taking their toll on Amy who has frequently appeared in newspapers and celebrity magazines clearly the worse for wear.
The award-winning jazz star has admitted to battling anorexia and bulimia in the past and has appeared to be drunk while participating in television shows.
Amy herself has cited perfectionism as one reason for some of her recent cancellations.
She said: "I know it's last-minute and a bit irresponsible. But I'm a perfectionist and would rather reschedule a show than do it half-heartedly."
Amy is not the UK's only new female star who is becoming as famous for her party lifestyle as her music.
Other young artists like Lily Allen and Joss Stone have also cancelled concerts and been portrayed behaving erratically in the media.
Lily however has a doctor's note to prove her illness ? she posted the note on her blog along with an entry saying she was now "back in London eating my mum’s chicken soup".
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GLOSSARY 詞匯表 (收聽發(fā)音, 請單擊英語單詞)
female vocalists
女歌唱家
smokey-voiced
嘶啞低沉的聲音
dates
日期
publicists
新聞發(fā)布人士
pressures of fame
成名的壓力
the worse for wear
穿得破舊不堪，（喻）精疲力盡/醉醺醺的
bulimia
貪食癥
last-minute
最后一刻
party lifestyle
派對生活方式
doctor's note
醫(yī)生證明
severe exhaustion
筋疲力盡
backed out of
退出；謝絕
citing
措辭
mask
面具
taking their toll
付出其代價(jià)
anorexia
厭食癥
perfectionism
完美主義者
half-heartedly
半心半意地
behaving erratically
怪僻/反常的表現(xiàn)
blog
博客