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Updated: 2005-03-25 08:48

Singer Houston re-enters clinic

3月23日,41岁的流行天后惠特尼·休斯顿再度进入戒毒所,详细原因及她目前的健康状况则拒绝对外说明。早在2000年,休斯顿在夏威夷机场被查出携有大麻,被迫接受戒毒专家的检查。3年前接受媒体访问时,休斯顿首度承认有酗酒和吸毒的习惯,并在去年3月第一次走进戒毒中心。

Singer Houston re-enters clinic

Singer Whitney Houston has entered a rehabilitation clinic for the second time in a year.

Houston's publicist Nancy Seltzer confirmed on Wednesday that the 41-year-old had checked into the facility, but gave no further details.

Houston, who has been working on a new album, spent five days in a clinic in March 2004.

She admitted on US TV network ABC in 2002 that she had abused drugs but had overcome her problems through prayer.

In 2000 she was detained at Keahole-Kona International Airport in Hawaii after she was allegedly found to be carrying a quantity of marijuana .

However, the charges against her were dropped after a drugs counsellor said the singer did not need treatment for substance abuse.

Last month Houston was admitted to hospital in Paris with suspected food poisoning, after being taken ill on a flight.

The singer has won six Grammy awards and scored a string of chart-toppers, including Saving All My Love For You, One Moment In Time and I Will Always Love You, from the soundtrack to her hit film The Bodyguard.

However, her troubled private life has overshadowed her musical achievements in recent years.

Houston's husband Bobby Brown spent time in jail in 2004 for parole violation, and received a suspended sentence for missing child support payments.

The couple, who live in Atlanta, were married in 1992 and have a 12-year-old daughter, Bobbi Kristina.

(Agencies)

 

Vocabulary:
 

marijuana: a preparation made from the dried flower clusters and leaves of the cannabis plant, usually smoked or eaten to induce euphoria(大麻毒品)

counsellor : 顾问,律师

soundtrack : 电影的配乐

parole : 诺言,誓言

suspended sentence : 缓刑

 
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