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Chasing Fame追名逐利 Chasing Fame追名逐利 　　What do you want out of life? Do you hope to make the world a better place? Do you dream of becoming a millionaire? Or have you set your sights on becoming a star? If what you want most is to see your name in lights, be featured on Entertainment Tonight, or have a mob of screaming fans swoon in your presence, youre not the only one.1 Many Americans dream of fame, and such fantasies tend to be more common among teens than adults. When Girlss Life magazine recently asked its readers to name their biggest goal in life, the largest number (35 percent) said that they wanted to become famous. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting2 found that many of the kids and teens it polled for its 2000 Roper Youth Report3 gave similar responses. Although wealth was the number one dream reported by young people, fame was near the top of the list. Beauty and singing talent--qualities often seen as routes to fame--also ranked high. We are all familiar with the dangers of fame. Weve seen celebrities waste their millions, louse up4 their love relationships, fight with their families, and mess up their lives with drugs or alcohol. Weve observed what too much money spent on too many plastic surgery operations5 can do to a persons face. We know about the pressures celebrities live with and the lack of privacy they deal with. So why do so many of us still want to be famous? Reaching for Fame　　Perhaps we are all reaching for fame because today, more than ever before, fame appears to be within reach. Andy Warhol6, a famous 20th-century artist, predicted that in the future everyone would be famous for 15 minutes. Are we nearing the future time that Warhol was describing? Watch a few hours of television this week, and you might be convinced. Prime-time game shows and daytime talk shows are filled with folks living out their 15 minutes of fame.7 Reality TV shows such as Survivor, Temptation Island, and The Real World transform average people into ins