考研英語閱讀:美并不容易
美并不容易
Have you, like me, drooled over French model Noemi Lenoir's perfect body on all those M&S billboards？
你是否也像我一樣曾對瑪莎百貨廣告牌上的法國名模愛米諾的完美身軀垂涎三尺呢？
She is always the one chosen to wear the bikinis and lingerie: men lust after her because she looks like a sexy woman, not an emaciated child.
她總是穿著性感的比基尼和女士內(nèi)衣，男人們追捧她，因為她并不是瘦的皮包骨，而是非常性感。
Gazing at the pictures of Noemi, you'd think she led an enchanted life.
望著她的照片你會想她的生活該多么美妙啊，
She is not only beautiful, she is famous and rich-M&S won't tell me what they pay Noemi,
又漂亮又富有，瑪莎百貨不會告訴你它們每年給愛米諾多少錢，
but their contract with fellow face Myleene Klass is reportedly worth 1million a year.
但是我們可以從它們和另一位模特克拉斯的價值一百萬英鎊合同上推測出來。
Who would not want to look like Noemi Who would not want to be her？
誰不想變得跟愛米諾一樣呢？
Yet last week she was found slumped in a suburban Paris park after an overdose of drugs and alcohol.
然而就在上周有人發(fā)現(xiàn)她因過度吸食毒品和酒精暈倒在巴黎的一個城郊公園里。
It's easy for the rest of us to presume that beautiful people-especially female models-are happy.
我們總是想當然地認為那些漂亮女人(尤其女模特)是很幸福的。
But perhaps the opposite is true.
但事實正相反。
Most other people who work in the fashion industry treat these girls not only as if they have no brain, but as if they have no feelings.
大多數(shù)在時尚界的工作的人都認為模特們不僅沒大腦更沒有感情
They look like aliens. But the truth are they are people.
她們看起來像是火星人，可實際上她們只是凡人而已。
Because these young women look perfect, we think their lives must be perfect, too.
僅僅因為這些女孩看起來很完美，我們就認為她們的生活也應該是完美的。
But having seen many of these women close to, I would not want to be them. I can't tell you how many models。
但是在和她們有了更深的接觸之后，我發(fā)現(xiàn)我不想成為她們。
I've seen arrive on set bruised from being beaten up by their boyfriends. They have everything, and nothing.
我見過很多的模特被男友打的遍體鱗傷，她們什么都是，又什么都不是。
Many models have learned to inject drugs between their toes, the only place that won't infuriate the stylist.
很多模特學會了在腳趾間注射毒品，因為如果在身體其他地方注射，會被服裝師罵得狗血淋頭。
As well as being burdened by beauty, models are often hopelessly naive and under-educated: they embark on careers while still children.
她們承受著由美麗給她們帶來的負擔，極其天真又缺少教育，她們?nèi)胄械臅r候都還不過是小孩子。
