Listening 4 Ascolta e completa con le parole che trovi qui di seguito in ordine sparso. help fans excuse idol back overweight share younger fun troubles punishment loves Stars Schooldays There is nothing more worrying about going (1) to school than facing bullies. 75% of all teens say they have been bullied. The best way to cope with this problem is to (2) it. So teens don t have to suffer in silence, but they have to speak to a teacher or their parents. In this way, they will get the (3) they need. Even some celebrities were the target of bullies when they were at school. Here are their experiences. Robert Pattinson Twilight s vampire has armies of adoring (4) these days, but he wasn t as popular when he was growing up in London. I was beaten up by a lot of people when I was (5) he said. I liked to behave like an actor and this provoked a lot of people . Probably they were simply jealous of him, but this does not (6) their bad behaviour! Lady Gaga The pop icon (7) to get herself noticed by wearing the craziest outfits, but in the past the attention she attracted was not welcome. I had a very big nose, very curly brown hair and I was (8) . My schoolmates made fun of me , she says. This hurt me a lot, I went home and cried. I didn t want to go to school . As she has experienced bullying, Lady Gaga has launched an antibullying campaign to teach young people to love themselves. Hayley Williams The flame-haired vocalist of the rock band Paramore had (9) when she was at school. I was new and a group of students, thinking they were special, took a dislike to me and made up rumours about me . It got so bad that she had to leave school and started studying at home. But her success speaks for itself and the video for her band s single, Misery Business, sees Hayley give a bully (10) the she deserves! Taylor Lautner Also this teen (11) and sex symbol also experienced bullying. Some of his classmates didn t approve of his ambition to enter showbiz. It was not physical bullying, but people making (12) of what I did . This didn t stop him from taking the role of Jacob Black in the Twilight Saga and becoming a star. This is what I love to do, and I m going to go on with it! . (Adapted from MIZZ) USEFUL WORDS army = esercito; to beat up = picchiare selvaggiamente; to behave = comportarsi; bully = bullo, persona prepotente e crudele; bullying = bullismo; to cope with = superare; curly = riccio; to deserve = meritare; to face = affrontare; flame-haired = che ha i capelli rosso fuoco; to hurt = far male, ferire: to make fun = prendere in giro; outfit = abbigliamento; rumour = voce, diceria; showbiz = colloquiale per showbusiness, mondo dello spettacolo; target = bersaglio; worrying = preoccupante. 77