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Seagull Posted 12 years ago
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The starry images that beckon...
Now, through upcoming media interviews and meeting with "mommy bloggers," Bell is taking her cause direct to consumers, asking them to consider the circumstances around the starry images that beckon at grocery checkout stands.
This passage is part of an article titled "Stars campaign to keep kid shots our of media." I find this paragraph quite difficult, especially the part "to consider the circumstances around the starry images that beckon at grocery checkout stands."
Could you please put this whole paragraph into simpler terms and explain the expression "the circumstances around the starry images"?
This passage is part of an article titled "Stars campaign to keep kid shots our of media." I find this paragraph quite difficult, especially the part "to consider the circumstances around the starry images that beckon at grocery checkout stands."
Could you please put this whole paragraph into simpler terms and explain the expression "the circumstances around the starry images"?
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I believe that "the starry images that beckon at grocery checkout stands" is referring to pictures of celebrities on the covers of the magazines displayed at checkouts (where you pay for your purchases in a store). From the context, it seems that "the circumstances" refers to the circumstances in which shots of celebrities' children are obtained and published.
- I believe that "the starry images that beckon at grocery checkout stands" is referring to pictures of celebrities on the covers of the magazines displayed at checkouts (where you pay for your purchases in a store).
- From the context, it seems that "the circumstances" refers to the circumstances in which shots of celebrities' children are obtained and published.
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I believe that "the starry images that beckon at grocery checkout stands" is referring to pictures of celebrities on the covers of the magazines displayed at checkouts (where you pay for your purchases in a store). From the context, it seems that "the circumstances" refers to the circumstances in which shots of celebrities' children are obtained and published.
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Thank you very much indeed, GPY.
Your explanation on 'the circumstances around the starry images...' exactly gets to the point. I understand it clearly.
Thanks, again.
Your explanation on 'the circumstances around the starry images...' exactly gets to the point. I understand it clearly.
Thanks, again.
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