全新版大学英语听说5听力材料unit9partd

?[al:全新版大学英语（第二版）听说教程5]
[ti:Unit9 PartD]
[ar:上海外语教育出版社]
[by:上海外语教育出版社]
[00:00.00]Part D
[00:01.88]Home Listening
[00:03.82]Pop Stars Tend to Dress Less
[00:08.16]Exercise
[00:10.92]Listen to the recording and choose the best answer to each question you hear.
[00:16.20]It seems that today's trend for female pop stars is to dress for success by wearing less.
[00:23.29]Recently the trend of pop stars wearing less clothing to promote their images has caused quite a stir.
[00:30.70]Will the sexy image help artists gain more popularity or lose existing fans?
[00:37.17]One pop star who is on a path to prove that she's all grown up is Britney Spears.
[00:43.48]Her new sexy image is causing a stir with two recent magazine covers.
[00:48.77]On the cover of Rolling Stone Spears appears topless, and on the cover of Esquire,
[00:55.64]she's wearing nothing but a suit jacket.
[00:58.17]She is following along the path of other pop stars whose magazine covers
[01:02.87]have also displayed them wearing very few clothes.
[01:05.94]When Spears first entered the showbiz she had the image of a sweet and innocent next-door-girl role.
[01:13.06]Mothers looked to her as a role model for their daughters.
[01:16.68]As she gained popularity she decided to reinvent herself with every album.
[01:21.97]She started wearing less and her album sales declined.
[01:25.67]Not everyone was looking forward to her new album.
[01:29.04]An advertising senior, Cathy Moore, said,
[01:32.52]"I think Britney has to wear fewer clothes to sell records.
[01:36.23]She obviously craves attention and since her music sucks so the only way
[01:41.33]for her is to dress for attention.
[01:43.46]Spears causes a media craze leading to more spotlights on her
[01:48.43]and consequently more sales of CDs ... or at least she hopes.
[01:53.27]She knows that sex sells.
[01:54.94]Singers like Man dy Moore,who don't follow suit,
[01:58.33]don't get the media attention and don't sell many records."
[02:01.50]"She will fade out.
[02:03.34]After wearing pretty much nothing in all her pictures,
[02:06.35]she lost her main audience — little kids who have their parents buy their CDs.
[02:11.05]The only people who would buy her CDs now are bad guys who wish they could get close contact with her,
[02:17.20]and I'm sure she'd let them if it meant getting more publicity."
[02:21.86]As Moore saw it, the only thing that will keep a star in the business is
[02:25.29]"his or her voice and having talent ... she has neither.
[02:29.49]Eventually people will see that she can't sing and she's got a terrible attitude."
[02:34.91]In an interview, Spears explained her lack of clothes.
[02:38.78]She says she feels comfortable in her skin.
[02:41.63]She thinks it okay to express oneself, and be the way they want to be.
[02:46.46]Despite the criticisms, some people feel that Spears will be around for years to come.
[02

:51.98]"When she first hit the scene people thought that she wouldn't last and she's still here,"
[02:57.88]said a college student.
[02:59.24]"She also knows that sex sells so she keeps updating her style,
[03:03.80]and she can always find people who identify with her."
[03:06.97]Everyone should keep his or her eyes open for the latest result.
[03:11.22]Time will tell if Spears will keep causing a stir, or creating a new trend for the music scene.
[03:19.30]Questions
[03:20.33]1. What is the trend among female pop stars as mentioned in the passage?
[03:31.32]2. What was her initial image when Spears first entered the show business?
[03:40.62]3. After wearing less and less in all her pictures, why did she lose her main audience?
[03:52.20]4. What does Cathy Moore think of Britney Spears?