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PAGE 【导读】　当演员是多少人孩提时期的梦想。人们通常以为演员代表的是光鲜、美丽与富有，但真的是那样吗？ 【节选】　 Pictures Eight oclock in the morning.Miss Ada Moss lay in her narrow bed，staring up at the ceiling.Her room，which was right at the top of a tall house in Bloomsbury，smelled of wet clothes and face powder and the bag of fried potatoes she had brought in for supper the night before. ‘Oh dear，’thought Miss Moss.‘I am cold.I wonder why I always wake up so cold in the mornings now.My knees and feet and my back—especially my back—are like ice.And I was always so warm in the old days.It isnt because Im thin.Im just as well-covered as I always was.No，its because I dont have a good hot dinner in the evenings.’ She imagined a row of good hot dinners passing across the ceiling，each with a bottle of good strong beer. ‘Id like to get up now，’she thought，‘and have a big sensible breakfast.’Pictures of big sensible breakfasts followed the good hot dinners across the ceiling.Miss Moss pulled the blanket up over her head and closed her eyes.Suddenly，her landlady burst into the room. ‘Theres a letter for you，Miss Moss.’ ‘Oh，’said Miss Moss，in a voice which was much too friendly，‘thank you very much，Mrs Pine.Its very good of you to bring me my letters.’ ‘Oh，its nothing，’said the landlady.‘I hope its the letter that youve been waiting for.’ ‘Yes，’said Miss Moss brightly，‘yes，perhaps it is.I wouldnt be surprised.’ ‘Well，Id be very surprised，’said the landlady.‘Thats the truth.And can you open it right now，please？A lot of landladies wouldnt even ask—theyd just open it themselves.Things cant go on like this，Miss Moss，indeed they cant.First you tell me youve got the money to pay your rent，then you say you havent，then theres a letter lost in the post or a theatre manager whos gone to Brighton but will be coming back soon—Im sick and tired of it all，and Ive had enough.At a time like this，too，with the price of everything sky-high and my poor boy away at the war in France！If you cant pay your rent，theres plenty of other people who