Czytanie ze zrozumieniem, Proszę pilnie o odpowiedź, daje 100pkt:
A glamorous lifestyle at the centre of public attention, high pay and numerous opportunities to meet celebrities. What else
could any teenage girl want? The magic of the catwalk world attracts a huge number of teenage girls, who flock to model
agencies all over the world hoping to become one of their top models. (1) ___
The problems often appear immediately after a girl is spotted and hired by a modelling agency. Sylvia Panuzzi was only
15 when a modelling agency approached her with an offer of a two-month modelling contract in Japan. ‘They had
assured my parents that I would be taken good care of, but the reality proved to be completely different. In Tokyo, all the
agency did was take me from the airport to a small one-bedroom flat. They didn’t show me around the area or how to
make an international call so that I could phone home. (2) ___ Instead, I was given a map of the complicated Tokyo
underground system and had to commute on my own.’
The dreadful experience of having to cope with an alien environment affected Sylvia deeply. ‘I will never forget standing
in the middle of the Tokyo Station, frozen with fear, unable to make any sense of the characters of the Japanese
language. As I’m shy by nature, it took me a lot of effort to ask strangers for directions. Of course, I tried to talk about it to
some of the people in the agency. (3) ___.’
Sylvia’s problem did not end when she came back from Japan, even though she no longer had any illusions about
a modelling career. ‘Several months later I started experiencing panic attacks in different situations. (4) ___ A classmate
would laugh while I was reading out loud in class or someone would accidentally touch me in the street and it would
frighten the life out of me.’
Sylvia was diagnosed with PTSD, the post-traumatic stress disorder, and had to undergo a six-month course of
psychotherapy treatment before she could return to normal life. ‘I hope my story will serve as a warning to other teenage
girls who dream of a modelling career.
A After a few days the agency van stopped taking me from my flat to the photoshoots.
B They were often caused by perfectly normal circumstances.
C She wasn’t even paid regularly and had to live off the money she’d taken from home.
D What many of them don’t know is the ugly side of the modelling industry.
E They ignored my complaints and said I was old enough to manage on my own.
A glamorous lifestyle at the centre of public attention, high pay and numerous opportunities to meet celebrities. What else
could any teenage girl want? The magic of the catwalk world attracts a huge number of teenage girls, who flock to model
agencies all over the world hoping to become one of their top models. (1) ___
The problems often appear immediately after a girl is spotted and hired by a modelling agency. Sylvia Panuzzi was only
15 when a modelling agency approached her with an offer of a two-month modelling contract in Japan. ‘They had
assured my parents that I would be taken good care of, but the reality proved to be completely different. In Tokyo, all the
agency did was take me from the airport to a small one-bedroom flat. They didn’t show me around the area or how to
make an international call so that I could phone home. (2) ___ Instead, I was given a map of the complicated Tokyo
underground system and had to commute on my own.’
The dreadful experience of having to cope with an alien environment affected Sylvia deeply. ‘I will never forget standing
in the middle of the Tokyo Station, frozen with fear, unable to make any sense of the characters of the Japanese
language. As I’m shy by nature, it took me a lot of effort to ask strangers for directions. Of course, I tried to talk about it to
some of the people in the agency. (3) ___.’
Sylvia’s problem did not end when she came back from Japan, even though she no longer had any illusions about
a modelling career. ‘Several months later I started experiencing panic attacks in different situations. (4) ___ A classmate
would laugh while I was reading out loud in class or someone would accidentally touch me in the street and it would
frighten the life out of me.’
Sylvia was diagnosed with PTSD, the post-traumatic stress disorder, and had to undergo a six-month course of
psychotherapy treatment before she could return to normal life. ‘I hope my story will serve as a warning to other teenage
girls who dream of a modelling career.
A After a few days the agency van stopped taking me from my flat to the photoshoots.
B They were often caused by perfectly normal circumstances.
C She wasn’t even paid regularly and had to live off the money she’d taken from home.
D What many of them don’t know is the ugly side of the modelling industry.
E They ignored my complaints and said I was old enough to manage on my own.
Odpowiedź:
A glamorous lifestyle at the centre of public attention, high pay and numerous opportunities to meet celebrities. What else could any teenage girl want? The magic of the catwalk world attracts a huge number of teenage girls, who flock to model agencies all over the world hoping to become one of their top models. What many of them don’t know is the ugly side of the modelling industry.
The problems often appear immediately after a girl is spotted and hired by a modelling agency. Sylvia Panuzzi was only 15 when a modelling agency approached her with an offer of a two-month modelling contract in Japan. ‘They had assured my parents that I would be taken good care of, but the reality proved to be completely different. In Tokyo, all the agency did was take me from the airport to a small one-bedroom flat. They didn’t show me around the area or how to make an international call so that I could phone home. After a few days the agency van stopped taking me from my flat to the photoshoots. Instead, I was given a map of the complicated Tokyo underground system and had to commute on my own.’
The dreadful experience of having to cope with an alien environment affected Sylvia deeply. ‘I will never forget standing in the middle of the Tokyo Station, frozen with fear, unable to make any sense of the characters of the Japanese language. As I’m shy by nature, it took me a lot of effort to ask strangers for directions. Of course, I tried to talk about it to some of the people in the agency. They ignored my complaints and said I was old enough to manage on my own.’
Sylvia’s problem did not end when she came back from Japan, even though she no longer had any illusions about a modelling career. ‘Several months later I started experiencing panic attacks in different situations. They were often caused by perfectly normal circumstances. classmate would laugh while I was reading out loud in class or someone would accidentally touch me in the street and it would frighten the life out of me.’ Sylvia was diagnosed with PTSD, the post-traumatic stress disorder, and had to undergo a six-month course of psychotherapy treatment before she could return to normal life. ‘I hope my story will serve as a warning to other teenage girls who dream of a modelling career.
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