I want to be alone
Greta Garbo was a Hollywood star in the 1920s and 1930s. She was born in Sweden in 1906. Her real name was Greta Gustafsson. Her father died when she was fourteen, so she left school and got a job. She worked as a model for newspaper advertisements. When she was seventeen, she went to theater school. She met Mauritz Stiller, a top Swedish movie director, and he gave her a part in one of his movies. He also gave her the name Garbo. In 1925, when Stiller moved to Hollywood, Garbo went with him. She later became an American citizen. In Hollywood, Garbo made twenty-seven movies and got four Academy Award nominations. In 1932, in the movie Grand Hotel, she said the famous line, "I want to be alone." Garbo was not a typical Hollywood star: She was very private. She never spoke about her love affairs, and she didn't give interviews to the press. Many people fell in love with Garbo, and she had several serious relationships. But she never got married, and she didn't have any children. When she was thirty-six, Garbo retired. She moved to New York, changed her name to Harriet Brown, and lived the rest of her life there - alone. She died in 1990 at the age of eighty-four.
Lost property
The average person in the USA spends one year of their life looking for lost objects. Monday is the most common day to lose things. Research at the University of Iowa shows what men and women do when they lose things. One in five women cry, and more than one quarter of men swear. Some women become violent. The objects that people are most likely to lose are money, keys, and the TV remote control. People hardly ever lose their passport. Half the people interviewed said they would like to lose boring friends!
Propriedade perdida
Uma média de pessoas nos EUA passa um ano da vida procurando por objetos perdidos. Segunda-feira é o dia mais comum para perder coisas. Pesquisas na Universidade de Iowa mostram o que homens e mulheres fazem quando perdem coisas. Uma em cada cinco mulheres chora e mais de um quarto dos homens pragueja. Algumas mulheres se tornam violentas. Os objetos que as pessoas mais perdem são dinheiro, chaves e o controle remoto da TV. As pessoas quase nunca perdem o passaporte. Metade das pessoas entrevistadas disseram que gostariam de perder amigos chatos!