Answer the questions.
When you hear the name
Hollywood, you probably think of excitement, lights, cameras and movie stars.
Famous actors are not the only important people in the entertainment business.
Directors and producers are important, too. Today, Hollywood is full of
producers and directors. And it is one of the tourist destinations in America.
In 1911 the small,
peaceful village of Hollywood in California voted to become part of Los
Angeles. Today, over 100 years later, this village has grown into the home of
one of the best-known industries in the world- the American film industry.
With this growth, came
many well-known symbols. There is the famous Hollywood sign which stands above
the hills of the town. The first sign was built in 1923. Then there is
Hollywood Hall of Fame, where great actresses, actors and directors leave their
footprints or handprints. Norma Tallmadge was the first actress to do this in 1927.
But most famous of all are the Oscar Academy Awards(奥斯卡颁奖). In March of every year a number of actresses, actors and
directors wait nervously to find out if they have won an "Oscar". The
85th Oscar Academy Awards was held on February 25, 2013, in Los Angeles. Ang
Lee(李安),a Chinese director won the best director again.
It was his second time to win an "Oscar".
Nowadays it becomes more
and more common for films to be made away from Hollywood itself, but it remains
the home of films, and thousands of hopeful young actresses, actors, writers
and directors still come to "the Dream Factory" every year. But not
all Hollywood dreams have been happy ones- as one actress, who later died tragically(悲惨地), said," Hollywood is a place where they will pay you 500 dollars
for a kiss, and 50 cents for your soul.
