Do Pop Stars Deserve High Rewards ?
流行音乐明星应该得到高奖励吗?
It seems that pop stars today enjoy a privileged style of living. Wherever they go, thousands of people turn out to greet them. The crowds go wild trying to catch a brief glimpse of their smiling, colour fully-dressed idols. Stars are surrounded by their managers, press-agents, and often by their bodyguards. Photographs of them appear regularly in the press and all their comings and goings are reported, as stars are news. They must constantly avoid meeting crazy fans, particularly teenagers who idolise them. Some people say that stars are no longer private individuals, but public property. The financial rewards they receive for this sacrifice is incalculable.
Is it right that the stars should be paid in this way? It's all very well for people engaged in many other professions to envy the successes and rewards of these stars. However, those who make envious remarks should remember that the most famous stars represent only the tip of an iceberg. For every famous star, there are hundreds of others struggling to earn a living. A man who attempts to become a star is taking enormous risks. He knows at the outset that only a handful of competitors ever get to the very top. He knows that years of concent rated efforts may be rewarded with complete failure. But he knows that the rewards for successes are very high indeed, and if he achieves the goal, he certainly earns them.
作文结构分析：
·Stars — a privileged group of people
* surrounded by crazy fans, no longer private
individuals
* enormous financial rewards
·Do stars deserve high rewards?
* argument (1) famous stars — tip of an iceberg
* argument (2) a risk-taking job
* argument (3) deserve high rewards if successful
作文内容分析：
本文是一篇议论文。文中作者的论点不同于一般人的论点。大多数人往往会认为流行歌星的报酬过高, 但作者却认为能成名者不过是“ 冰山一角”, 而他们所经过的训练和付出的劳动是十分艰苦的, 所以得到了高报酬也无可非议。
单词词组：
privileged a. 有特权的
idolise v. 崇拜, 以……为偶像
envy v. 妒忌
envious a. 妒忌的
tip of an icebe rg 冰山一角
earn a living 谋生
a handful of 一小部分
