FREDDY THE FROG(Ⅱ)

Not long after Freddy and the band became famous，they visited Britain on a brief① tour②.Fans showed their devotion③ by waiting for hours to get tickets for their concerts.Freddy was now quite confident④ when he went into a concert hall.He enjoyed singing and all the congratulations afterwards⑤！ His most exciting invitation⑥ was to perform on a TV programme called"Top of the Pops．"

He had to go to London，wear an expensive suit and give a performance to a TV camera⑦.It felt very strange.But as soon as the programme was over，the telephones which were in the same room started ringing.Everybody was asking when they could see Freddy and his band again.They were truly stars.

Then things went wrong⑧.Freddy and his band could not go out anywhere without being followed．Even when they wore sunglasses or beards⑨ people recognized them.Fans found them even when they went into the toilet.They tried to hide in the reading rooms of libraries，but it was useless.Someone was always there！Their personal life was regularly⑩discussed by people who did not know them but talked as if they were close friends．At last feeling very upset and sensitive⑪，Freddy and his band realized that they must leave the country before it became too painful⑫for them．So they left Britain，to which they were never to return，and went back to the lake.

阅读清障

※Not long after相当于soon after或shortly after，意为"......后不久"，引导时间状语从句。

①brief/briːf/adj.简短的；简要的 n．摘要；大纲

briefly/'briːflI/adv.简要地；短暂地

②on a brief tour在进行短暂的巡回演出

③devotion/dI'vəʊʃn/n.投入；热爱

④confident/'kɒnfIdənt/adj.自信的；确信的

⑤afterwards/'ɑːftəwədz/adv.然后；后来

⑥invitation/,InvI'teIʃn/n.邀请

※过去分词短语called...作后置定语，修饰a TV programme。

⑦a TV camera电视摄像机