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Autobiographies 自傳
[ 2006-09-20 09:37 ]
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| An autobiography: the story of someone's
life |
If you take a look at the best-selling books in the UK these days, it is
almost certain that there will be a handful of autobiographies in that list.
Bill Clinton, Nelson Mandela, actor Michael J Fox and rapper 50 Cent have all
written them.
An autobiography is the story of a person’s life, written
by that person. It is usually a very famous person who might tell us all about
their childhood, how they became famous and any other interesting things that
have happened in their lives.
Traditionally, someone would write an autobiography when they were older
because they had had a long, successful life. However, these days there are many
celebrity magazines with stories and photos of the stars which sell very well.
Reality TV shows are extremely popular and lots of people become famous very
easily just from being on the TV rather than having a particular talent like
singing or acting. As a result, people become famous very quickly and as soon as
they are famous, a lot of money can be made from writing an autobiography, even
if they are very young.
So now you can find an autobiography from almost everyone who is in the
public eye. Even though we can follow the lives of the stars very closely on TV
or in magazines nowadays, we maybe don’t know how they live their lives from day
to day. Autobiographies often reveal the information we never knew about the
stars. The British public are very curious to find out more so they are very
keen to read autobiographies.
Not every star wants to write though. Sometimes celebrities employ writers to
write their life stories for them. The writer will interview the star, listen to
everything they want to say, record interviews and then write the book based on
their words. David Beckham did this with his book ‘My Side’.
Not everyone likes to read fiction regularly but they might like to read
about the lives of stars. Autobiographies are helping to get more British people
reading books. About 100 million autobiographies are sold in Britain every year.
More stars depend on them for extra income and as more of these books appear in
the shops, more people are sure to keep buying them.
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