万花筒 Kaleidoscope2007-02-22&24, 布兰妮光头记

As it might say back in her hometown in Louisiana that Britney sure has changed. She walked into an L.A. hair salon¹ on Friday and asked to have her head shaved.

"And I said, well, I am not shaving your hair off and I tried to talk her out of it. I said, are you sure you're not having a bad day and tomorrow you will feel differently about it. Why don't we wait a little bit? She said, no, I absolutely want it shaved off now. Next thing I know is she grabbed the buzzer² and she went to the back of my salon and she was shaving off her own hair and she actually enjoyed shaving off her own hair."

Next stop was a tattoo³ parlor⁴ where she pulled her low-rise jeans a little lower and also explained the hairstyle, sort of.

"She basically just said that she was tired of having things plugged into it and she didn't want anybody to touch her, um, tired of people touching⁵ her, that sort of things. It seems like she's a kind of sick of it all, whatever it all is."

People Magazine reports that Spears checked herself into a rehab facility this week, but checked out a day later. A spokesman for Spears has not answered CNN's request for comment. The 25-year-old has two young children and filed for divorce last November. Lately she has been turning weird⁶ behavior into an art form.

"She hosted New Year's Eve at Pure Nightclub ( Las Vegas) and you know, there were reports that she collapsed⁷. So, she's sort of starting out on that note and she really just continued. She's been out along with every night, a lot of partying for somebody with two small children."

"The only emotion she showed was when she said my Mom is gonna be really upset and she got teary-eyed. And I think her Mom should maybe get a hold of her little girl. I think she needs her family."

Spears hasn't had a hit record in three years, but she doesn't necessarily need the money. Forbes has estimated her net worth at 100 million dollars.

Peter Viles, for CNN, Los Angeles.

1 salon   

n.[法]沙龙；客厅；营业性的高级服务室

参考例句：

• Do you go to the hairdresser or beauty salon more than twice a week?你每周去美容院或美容沙龙多过两次吗？
• You can hear a lot of dirt at a salon.你在沙龙上会听到很多流言蜚语。

2 buzzer   

n.蜂鸣器；汽笛

参考例句：

• The buzzer went off at eight o'clock.蜂鸣器在8点钟时响了。
• Press the buzzer when you want to talk.你想讲话的时候就按蜂鸣器。

3 tattoo   

n.纹身，(皮肤上的)刺花纹；vt.刺花纹于

参考例句：

• I've decided to get my tattoo removed.我已经决定去掉我身上的纹身。
• He had a tattoo on the back of his hand.他手背上刺有花纹。

4 parlor   

n.店铺，营业室；会客室，客厅

参考例句：

• She was lying on a small settee in the parlor.她躺在客厅的一张小长椅上。
• Is there a pizza parlor in the neighborhood?附近有没有比萨店？

5 touching   

adj.动人的，使人感伤的

参考例句：

• It was a touching sight.这是一幅动人的景象。
• His letter was touching.他的信很感人。

6 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

7 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。