We had been at Universal Studios barely five minutes when a persuasive shop assistant enticed us into a store where mere crowd-blenders like myself could be transformed into the guise of film stars.

• 到环球影片公司还不足五分钟，就有一位巧舌如簧的店员引诱我们进了一家纪念品商店。在那儿，像我这样混在人群中的平庸之辈可能被改装打扮成某种样子的电影明星。