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glamourous adj. * full of glamour e.g. glamorous film stars
fulfil/ fulfill v. --- perform or carry out a duty, task, etc.; e.g. If you make a promise you should fulfill it. A nurse has many duties to fulfill in caring for the sick. --- satisfy (sth); answer e.g. Jane was the only one who fulfilled all the conditions. Does your job fulfill your expectations? He had fulfilled his intention. --- finish or complete a period or piece of work e.g. The task has been fulfilled. They fulfilled their project 30 days ahead of time.
3). As for the stars themselves, they were held on a tight rein by the studio chiefs who could make or break all but the stars with really big appeal.
6) Many studio chiefs were tyrants, determined to get their own way at all costs, no matter how unscrupulous the means. --- Many studio chiefs, who were just as cruel and
1. Structural analysis of the text:
This is a well-organized text consisting of nine paragraphs, which may be divided into three parts. Part 1 Para. 1 Part 2 Para. 2 – 8
--- With regard to the stars themselves, they were contrБайду номын сангаасlled firmly by the studio heads who could cause the stars to succeed or completely fail except those big stars who really appealed to the audience.
5) The Hollywood studios, by means of advertising, turned starlets into superstars. --- The Hollywood studios, by means of advertising,
turned young performers who played small parts in films and hoped to become famous into extremely famous and popular film stars.
Part 3 Para. 9
Please summarize the main facts or major information of the text.
Movies were first made in Hollywood before World War I. Hollywood's fame and fortune reached its peak in the 1930s and 1940s, the golden days of the black and white movies. In those days Hollywood was as attractive as a magnet, attracting ambitious young men and women from various parts of the world. But most of them were frustrated.
8) The Hollywood studios are still stand, but most of them have been leased to television networks.
--- The Hollywood studios are still being used; however, mot of them have been rented to television networks.
glamour n. --- attractive or exciting quality which sb/sth has, which seems out of reach to others e.g. Being an air hostess, foreign travel has lost its glamour for her. She is always attracted by the glamour of a job in the pop music business. --- [attrib] attractive beauty, usu with sex appeal e.g. The show gets big audiences because it puts glamour girls on the stage. He’s a glamour boy.
The stars themselves were controlled firmly by the studio heads who could cause the stars to succeed or completely fail except those big stars who really appealed to the audience. The Hollywood studios, by means of advertising, turned young performers who played small parts in films and hoped to become famous into extremely famous and popular film stars. Today most of the Hollywood studios have been leased to television networks. About 80% of all American TV entertainment comes from Hollywood. Yet Hollywood has not lost all its glamour. Movie stars still live there.
4) No country in the world has developed so expertly the skill of advertising as the Americans
--- The Americans have developed the skill of advertising more expertly / more skillfully than any other country in the world.
unjust as tyrants, were determined to obtain what they wanted at whatever cost.
7) Stars were often typecast and if he or she appealed to the public as a lover, … got the same kind of role again and again.
An Integrated English Course (1) Unit Ten Hollywood
I. Pre-reading Pre1. Warming-up questions: 1) Do you en joy Hollywood movies? Why? 2) Name some of the Hollywood movie stars you are familiar with.
--- Stars were often given the same parts or roles and if he or she attracted, interested, or pleased the public as a lover, then he or she always played the part of a lover. A star who was very successful as a cowboy or a bad, got the same kind of role again and again.
2) He started as a stunt rider, and from there rose to be one of the great stars of the early Westerns.
--- In the beginning, he performed amazing and often dangerous acts of skill as a horse rider, and before long he grew very popular and became one of the great stars of the early Westerns.
There is also the attractive Hollywood Bowl, the huge outdoor amphitheater where every summer since 1922 "Symphonies under the Stars" are played by America's best orchestras before packed audiences. Hollywood, above all, has the glamour of the past. The old Hollywood movies will be shown again and again in movie houses and television screens all over the world.
Main Idea of the Three Parts:
Part 1 (the first paragraph) provides a brief introduction to Hollywood. Part 2-8 provide us with the major facts or important information about Hollywood. Part 3 (the concluding part of the article) is closely connected with the first paragraph.
2. paraphrase
1) In those days Hollywood was like a magnet, … - or ability- whatsoever.
--- In those days Holly wood was as attractive as a magnet, attracting young men and women from various parts of the world, who cherished a strong desire for success and wealth. Most of them, looking handsome or beautiful, were suitable enough to be actors or actresses in terms of appearance, but they had no experience in acting or no performing skills at all.