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- Lesson 20
VOCABULARY
celebrity - sława, gwiazda, znakomitość
dead - umarły, nieżywy
on the one hand - z jednej strony
to cheapen - obniżyć wartość, zdewaluować, spowodować potanienie
ain't = are not
frankincense - żywica olibanowa, składnik kadzidła
term - termin, nazwa, określenie
we used to - zwykliśmy byli
to describe - opisywać, określać
to hijack - porwać, uprowadzić, przywłaszczyć
fame-hungry - głodny/żądny sławy
pathetic - żałosny (nie: patetyczny)
wannabe - imitator, naśladowca, osoba, która chce być kimś innym
ranks - szeregi
to play the game - grać w grę
to crave - łaknąć
privacy - prywatność
normality - normalność
famous - sławny
to be talked about - być osobą, o której się dużo mówi
Lesson 17
Anti-celebrities


Celebrity is dead. Why? On the one hand, reality TV has cheapened the status of celebrity, on the other - true celebrities ain't interested any more.

The word 'celebrity', once as exotic as frankincense, the term we used to describe Marilyn Monroe, Jackie Kennedy and Princess Diana has now been hijacked by fame-hungry pathetic wannabes.

Who wants to be in their ranks?

Certainly the true celebrities just don't want to play the game any more. Besides - what they crave most is what they often don't have - privacy and normality.

They want to be seen as normal people who do normal things.

They are too cool to be talked about. It's not being famous that looks cool.

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