访谈录 2008-10-04&10-05 布兰妮重回正常生活？

It has been a busy week in Hollywood from Britney Spears to mental breakdowns¹ to feuding² basketball stars. So for a recap and get you up to date on all the latest stories, we're so happy to be joined by Rachel Zalis. She is the West Coast editor for Life & Style magazine.

Rachel thanks for joining us.

Thank you so much for having me.

So first of all, what is the latest on Britney Spears, the 26-year-old pop star was granted over-night visits with her boys. Tell us about this, and is she finally on the right track?

Yes, things are looking up for Britney, finally. I mean, you know, she won her Grammy for her song Toxic³ years ago. And her life has started to seem to reflect that title lately. And, you know, ever since her divorce from Kevin Federline, things are just sort of spun⁴ out of control for her. You know, public meltdowns, rehab, hospitalization, shaving her head. And, you know, as in January, Kevin Federline became the "sole custody⁵", got "sole custody" of kids. And, you know, over the last six months, we've really seen Britney trying to pull her life together. You know, her dad is, you know, overseeing her finances. She's been working out. She's been, you know, on a TV show which, people are saying, could get (on) Emmy nominated and, you know, she's really trying to regain⁶ herself. And, you know, she just had this hearing in the other day where the judge is saying that she could get overnight stays now with her kids, which would be a huge win for her. Up until now, in the last six months, she’s had, you know, very limited, you know, uh, meetings with the children that were supervised. So this'll be great.

It's great to see things going her way. And legally speaking, what's next? I mean, can she get back the custody of her sons in the future?

I think, you know, I think, Kevin Federline and his lawyer have said, they really want Britney to have more involvement with the kids, to work towards that kind of situation, so, I definitely think if Britney keeps on this path where she's really staying on the straight and narrow. She's getting her life together. You know, obviously, it's best for the kids to be with their mother. So, I think, she definitely, has that in store for her in the future.

1 breakdowns   

n.分解( breakdown的名词复数 )；衰竭；（车辆或机器的）损坏；统计分析

参考例句：

• Her old car was unreliable, so the trip was plagued by breakdowns. 她的旧车老不听使唤，一路上总是出故障。 来自辞典例句
• How do we prevent these continual breakdowns? 我们如何防止这些一再出现的故障？ 来自辞典例句

2 feuding   

vi.长期不和（feud的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• Riccardo and Cafiero had been feuding so openly that the whole town knew about it. 里卡多和卡菲埃罗一直公开地闹别扭，全城的人都知道此事。 来自辞典例句
• The two families have been feuding with each other for many generations. 这两个家族有好多代的世仇了。 来自互联网

3 toxic   

adj.有毒的，因中毒引起的

参考例句：

• The factory had accidentally released a quantity of toxic waste into the sea.这家工厂意外泄漏大量有毒废物到海中。
• There is a risk that toxic chemicals might be blasted into the atmosphere.爆炸后有毒化学物质可能会进入大气层。

4 spun   

v.纺，杜撰，急转身

参考例句：

• His grandmother spun him a yarn at the fire.他奶奶在火炉边给他讲故事。
• Her skilful fingers spun the wool out to a fine thread.她那灵巧的手指把羊毛纺成了细毛线。

5 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

6 regain   

vt.重新获得，收复，恢复

参考例句：

• He is making a bid to regain his World No.1 ranking.他正为重登世界排名第一位而努力。
• The government is desperate to regain credibility with the public.政府急于重新获取公众的信任。