For this month’s Young World magazine, I interviewed 19-year-old Asian pop star Candy Wang. Candy told me that she used to be really shy and took up singing to deal with her shyness. As she got better, she dared to sing in front of her class, and then for the whole school. Now she’s not shy anymore and loves singing in front of crowds.
為了這個月的《年輕世界》雜誌，我采訪了 19 歲的亞洲明星坎迪·王。坎迪告訴我她過去 非常害羞，於是開始唱歌來對付她的羞怯。當她變得更好壹些時，她敢於在全班同學面前唱 歌，然後為全校唱歌。現在她不再羞怯了，並且很喜歡在觀眾面前唱歌。
I asked Candy how life was different after she became famous. She explained that there are many good things, like being able to travel and meet new people all the time. ―I didn’t use to be popular in school, but now I get tons of attention everywhere I go.‖ However, too much attention can also be a bad thing. ―I always have to worry about how I appear to others and I have to be very careful about what I say or do. And I don’t have much private time anymore. Hanging out with friends is almost impossible for me now because there are always guards around me.‖
我問坎迪在她成名之後生活有怎樣的不同。 她解釋說有很多好的事情， 如總是能夠旅遊和認 識新朋友。 “我過去在學校裏不受歡迎，但是現在我去哪裏都受到極大關註。 ”然而，太多的 關註也可能是壹件壞事。 “我總是不得不為怎樣出現在別人面前而擔憂，並且我必須註意我 說的話和我所做的事。 還有我不再有很多私人的時間。 現在對我來說和朋友們壹起閑逛幾乎 是不可能的，:因為在我的周圍總是有警衛。 ”
What does Candy have to say to all those young people who want to become famous? ―Well,‖ she begins slowly, ―you have to be prepared to give up your normal life. You can never imagine how difficult the road to success is. Many times I thought about giv ing up, but I fought on. You really require a lot of talent and hard work to succeed. Only a very small number of people make it to the top.‖
坎迪必須對所有的想出名的那些年輕人說些什麽呢?“好， ”她開始慢慢地說， “妳必須準備 好放棄妳的正常生活。妳永遠無法想象通往成功的路是多麽困難。許多次我考慮放棄，但我 繼續戰鬥。妳真的需要很多才藝和努力工作才能取得成功。只有很少壹部分人做到最好。 ”