Emma Stone Lets Her Hair Down (1) (2)

One star’s search for calm

Red
The brown hair didn't last too long. The producer of her first film asked Stone to change to red, now her signature look. Her red hair stayed for her first lead role in comedy Easy A though she hardly kept from tearing it out. She felt such pressure making the film that she has not yet watched it. Stone experienced a panic attack on set when lifted in the air by Ryan Gosling in romantic comedy Crazy, Stupid, Love. Perhaps that convinced her to try drama instead with the hit film The Help.

Back to Blond
Stone returned to her original hair color to play blond Gwen Stacy in The Amazing Spider-Man. In fact, loyal comic book fans may have taken to the streets had she not. But Stone finds calm in understanding that this moment is no greater than when she first walked onstage as a kid. "My great goal in life is to try to remember that everything is of equal value," she says. Blond or brown, high or low, Stone is learning to let her hair down.

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Teaching Topic: Signature vs. Autograph 別再向名人索取signature
signature 簽名(寫信, 信用卡, 申請表格...)
autograph 名星的簽名

Closer Look
She felt such pressure making the film...
[Subject] felt such [something] [doing something].
- Billy felt such satisfaction helping out at the animal shelter.
- Carla felt such anxiety getting ready to move to another city.

Language Lab
producer n.
someone who is in charge of making and usually providing the money for a play, movie, record, etc.
- The leading man of the movie is also one of the co-producers.
produce v.
- It took a great deal of money and a lot of team work to produce such an amazing musical.

convince v.
to cause (someone) to believe that something is true
- Nothing and nobody can convince her to quit singing.
convincing adj.
causing someone to believe that something is true or certain
- The evidence the defense lawyer provided was not very convincing.

comic book n.
- Howard has a great collection of superhero comic books.
comics n.
a magazine that is made up of a series of comic strips — often used as comic-book before another noun
- Michael loves to read "Superman" comics even though he's already an adult.

take to the streets 走上街頭 抗議
- Angry workers took to the streets because the owners of the factories refused to raise their salaries.
- Thousands of people took to the streets to protest against the new policy.


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