旅游英语：Hollywood英语介绍
导语：好莱坞(Hollywood)，又称荷里活，位于美国西海岸加利福尼亚州洛杉矶郊外，依山傍水，景色宜人。“好莱坞”一词往往直接用来指美国的电影工业，由于美国许多著名电影公司设立于此，故经常被与美国电影和影星联系起来，好莱坞是世界闻名的电影中心，每年在此举办的奥斯卡颁奖典礼则是世界电影的盛会。
If a single place-name encapsulates the LA dream of glamor， money and overnight success， it's Hollywood. Millions of tourists arrive on pilgrimages; millions more flock here in pursuit of riches and glory. Hollywood is a weird combination of insatiable optimism and total despair. It really does blur the edges of fact and fiction， simply because so much seems possible and yet so little， for most people， actually is. Those who do strike it rich here get out as soon as they can， just as they always have; the big film companies， too， long ago relocated well away， leaving Hollywood in isolation， with prostitution， drug dealing and seedy bookstores as the reality behind the fantasy.
Central Hollywood
The myths， magic， fable and fantasy splattered throughout the few short blocks of Central Hollywood would put a medieval fairytale to shame. A rich sense of nostalgia pervades the area， giving it an appeal no measure of tourists or souvenir postcard stands can diminish. Although you're much more likely to find a porno theater than spot a real star， the decline which blighted Hollywood from the early 1960s is fast receding. Nevertheless the place still gets hairy after dark， with adolescents cruising Hollywood Boulevard in customized cars and occasional petty criminals on the prowl for the odd pocketbook.
The natural place to begin exploring Hollywood Boulevard is the junction of Hollywood and Vine the classic location for budding stars to be "spotted" by big-shot directors and whisked off to fame and fortune. At 6608 Hollywood Blvd， the purple and pink Frederick's of Hollywood has been (under-) clothing Hollywood's sex goddesses since 1947， as well as mortal bodies all over the world via mail order. Inside， the lingerie museum (free) displays some of the company's best corsets， bras and panties， donated by happy big-name wearers ranging from Lana Turner to Cher.
A little further on， the Egyptian Theater at no. 6708 was financed by impresario Sid Grauman， in a modest attempt to re-create the Temple of Thebes. The very first Hollywood premiere (Robin Hood) took place here in 1922. Now owned by the city， Grauman's Thebes is currently closed for renovations as part of a three-year plan to restore the fake mummies and hieroglyphics of this temple of cinema to their former glory and remake the theater into a center for film study. No Hollywood visitor will want to miss the mundane yet magical foot and hand prints in the concrete concourse of the 1927 Chinese Theatre at 6925 Hollywood Blvd. Actress Norma Talmadge (supposedly by accident) trod in wet cement while visiting the construction site， and the practice has continued ever since， starting with Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks Sr， at the opening of King of Kings， and recently involving stars such as Al Pacino. Through the halcyon decades， this was the spot for movie first-nights. As for the building， it's an odd western version of a classical Chinese temple， replete with dodgy Chinese motifs and upturned dragon tail flanks.
The Roosevelt Hotel opposite was movieland's first luxury hotel， its Cinegrill restaurant hosting the likes of W C Fields and F Scott Fitzgerald， not to mention hangers-on like Ronald Reagan. In 1929 the first Oscars were presented here， beginning the long tradition of Hollywood rewarding itself in the absence of honors from elsewhere.
Despite the beliefs of some of their loopiest fans， even the biggest Hollywood stars have been mortal; the many LA cemeteries that hold their tombs get at least as many visitors as the city's museums. In the southeast corner of the Hollywood Memorial Cemetery， near Santa Monica Boulevard and Gower Street， a mausoleum contains the resting place of Rudolph Valentino， the celebrated screen lover who died aged just 31 in 1926. To this day on each anniversary of his passing (August 23)， at least one "Lady in Black" as his posthumous devotees are known will likely be found mourning. The achingly ostentatious memorial to Douglas Fairbanks Sr， who with his wife Mary Pickford did much to introduce social snobbery among movie-making people， is just outside. Also on view are the graves of Hollywood's more recently deceased inhabitants： an increasingly large population of Russian and Armenian immigrants.
Griffith Park
The gentle greenery and rugged mountain slopes that make up vast Griffith Park northeast of Hollywood (daily 5am10.30pm， mountain roads close at dusk; free) are a welcome escape from the mind-numbing hubbub of the city. The landmark Observatory (TuesFri 210pm， SatSun 12.3010pm; free) here has been seen in innumerable Hollywood films， most famously Rebel Without a Cause， and the surrounding acres add up to the largest municipal park in the country， one of the few places where LA's multitude of racial and social groups at least go through the motions of mixing together.
Above the landscaped flat sections， the hillsides are rough and wild， marked only by foot and bridle paths， leading into desolate but appealingly unspoiled terrain that gives great views over the LA basin and out to the ocean， provided the city smog isn't too thick. One way to explore is on a rented bike from Woody's Bicycle World， 3157 Los Feliz Blvd (213/661-6665)， a short distance away. The park is safe enough by day， but its reputation for after-dark violence is well founded.
Hollywood Hills
The views from the Hollywood Hills take in a bizarre assortment of opulent properties. Around these canyons and slopes， which run from Hollywood itself into Benedict Canyon above Beverly Hills， mansions are so commonplace that only the half-dozen fully blown castles (at least， Hollywood-style castles) really stand out. On Mulholland Drive are Rudolph Valentino's extravagant Falcon Lair and Errol Flynn's Mulholland House; down Benedict Canyon is the former home of actress Sharon Tate， one of the victims of the Manson Family. Guided tours can point out which is which， but for the most part you can't get close to the most elaborate dwellings anyway， and none is open to the public.
From more or less anywhere in Hollywood， you can see the Hollywood Sign， erected as a property advertisement in 1923 (when it spelt "Hollywoodland"; the "land" was removed in 1949)。 The sign is also famous as a suicide spot， though few have followed the 1932 example of would-be movie star Peg Entwhistle. Hers was no mean feat， the sign being as hard to reach then as it is now： from the end of Beachwood Drive (a route that affords a fine view of the sign) she picked a path slowly upwards through the thick bush， to leap to her death from the 50ft "H". For the first time in its sixty-five-year existence， the sign is being insured against earthquake damage. Infra-red cameras and radar-activated zoom lenses have been installed to catch graffiti writers. Innocent tourists who can't resist a close look are also liable for the 3 fine.
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好莱坞位于美国西海岸加利福尼亚州洛杉矶郊外的好莱坞，这是一个依山傍
水，景色宜人的地方。最早是由摄影师寻找外景地所发现的，大约在20世纪初，这里便吸引了许多拍摄者，而后是一些为了逃避专利公司控制的小公司和独立制片商们纷纷涌来，逐渐形成了一个电影中心。在第一次世界大战之前以及之后的一段时间内，格里菲斯和卓别林等一些电影大师们为美国赢得了世界名誉，华尔街的大财团插手电影业，好莱坞电影城迅速兴起，恰恰适应了美国在这一时期的经济飞速发展的需要，电影也进一步纳入经济机制，成为谋取利润的一部分。资本的雄厚，影片产量的增多，保证了美国电影市场在世界上的倾销，洛杉矶郊外的小村庄最终成为一个庞大的电影城，好莱坞也在无形中成为美国电影的代名词。
Hollywood is located in the outskirts of Los Angeles, California, United States West Coast, this is a yard, a scenic place. Was first found by photographers looking for a location to about the beginning of the 20th century, where they attracted a lot of photographers, and then coming in order to evade(逃避) the patent(专利) control of small companies and independent producers(独立制片商) who have gradually formed a film center. Within a period of time before and after the First World War, Griffith and Chaplin film masters for the United States won the World Emeritus(世界名誉), Wall Street's big financial groups to intervene(插手) in the film industry, the rapid rise of Hollywood City, precisely adapted the United States in this period of rapid economic development needs, movies and further into economic mechanism(机制) has become a part of making a profit. Strong capital increase in the production of film, to ensure that the dumping(倾销) of the American film market in the world, the small village eventually became a huge film city on the outskirts of Los Angeles, Hollywood also has virtually become(在无形中成为) synonymous(代名词) with the American movie.
1853年，当时的好莱坞只有一栋房子。到1870年，这里已成为一片兴旺的农田。1886年，房地产商哈维·威尔考克斯在洛杉矶郊区买下了一块了0.6平方公里的地。韦尔考克斯的夫人一次旅行时听到她旁边的一个人说她来自俄亥俄州的一个叫做好莱坞的地方，她很喜欢这个名字，回到加州后，她将苏格兰运来的大批冬青树栽在这里，将她丈夫的农庄改称为“好莱坞”，于是有了好莱坞这个名字。在英语中这个词是冬青树林的意思。
In 1853, Hollywood was only one house. 1870, has become a thriving farmland.1886 Harvey Wilcox, real estate agents in suburban Los Angeles to buy a piece of 0.6 square kilometers of land. Mrs. Wilcox a trip to hear a man next to her said she was from Ohio, a place called Hollywood, and she liked the name, returned to California, her Scottish shipped a large number of holly tree planted here, her husband's farm was renamed the "Hollywood", so with a Hollywood name. In English the word means holly woods.
威尔考克斯计划在这里建造一座小城，1887年2月1日他在地区政府正式注册此名。在他夫人的帮助下他得以铺设了今天的好莱坞大街做为城市的主街，在这条大街和其它大街的两旁种了胡椒树并开始出售产权。他的夫人募资建了两座教堂、一座学校和一座图书馆。为了使好莱坞名符其实，他们还进口了一些英国冬青，但这些植物在加州的气候下没有存活很久。
Mrs.Wilcox plans to built a small city, on February 1, 1887, he officially register this name in regional government. With the help of his wife, he was able to lay a Hollywood Street today as the city's main street, along both sides of the street and other streets have planted pepper trees and began to sell property. His wife raise built two churches, a school and a library. In order to make worthy of Hollywood, they have also imported some United Kingdom Holly, but plants in California's climate does not survive very long.
到1900年，好莱坞已经有一间邮局、一家报社、一座旅馆和两个市场，其居民数为500人。10万人的洛杉矶位于市东11公里处。在好莱坞和洛杉矶间只有一条单轨的有轨电车。1902年，今天著名的好莱坞酒店的第一部分开业。1903年，此地升格为市，参加投票的177位有选举权的居民一致赞同以“好莱坞”为之命名。当年下的两条命令是：除药店外其他商店禁酒，及不准在街上驱赶数量多于200的牛群。1904年，一条新的被称为好莱坞大街的有轨电车开业，使好莱坞与洛杉矶间的往返时间大大缩短。1910年，好莱坞的居民投票决定加入洛杉矶。原因是这样他们可以通过洛杉矶取得足够的饮水和获得排水设施。
By 1900, Hollywood has a post office, a newspaper, a hotel and two markets, the number of its inhabitants is 500. 10 million people in the City, East Los Angeles is located at 11 km. Between Hollywood and Los Angeles only a monorail tram. 1902, today opened the first part of the famous Hollywood Hotel. 1903, upgraded to a city in the land, 177 voting residents the right to vote unanimously endorsed the name "Hollywood" whom. Year under two commands: In addition to other shops outside the drugstore temperance, and the expulsion of more than 200 the number of cattle are not allowed on the street. In 1904, the opening of a new called Hollywood Avenue streetcar, greatly reducing the round-trip time between Hollywood and Los Angeles. In 1910, Hollywood residents voted to join the Los Angeles. The reason is so that they can obtain enough water through Los Angeles and drainage facilities.
好莱坞不仅是全球时尚的发源地，也是全球音乐电影产业的中心地带，拥有着世界顶级的娱乐产业和奢侈品牌，引领并代表着全球时尚的最高水平，比如梦工厂、迪士尼、20世纪福克斯、哥伦比亚公司、索尼公司、环球公司、WB(华纳兄弟)等等这些电影巨头，还有像RCA JⅣE Interscope Records这样的顶级唱片公司都汇集在好莱坞的范畴之内，这里的时尚与科技互相牵制发展，自然是不造作的，拥有着深厚的时尚底蕴和雄壮的科技做支持，一直被全球各地争相模仿
Hollywood is not only the birthplace of the global fashion, but also the heart of the global music movie industry, has the world's top entertainment industry and luxury brands, to lead and represent the highest level of global fashion, such as DreamWorks, Disney, 20th Century Fox, Columbiathe film giant company, Sony, Universal, WB (Warner Brothers), and so on, as well as top record companies like the RCA J Ⅳ E Interscope Records this are brought together within the context of Hollywood, fashion contain each other and Technology development, naturalis not pretentious, and has a rich fashion heritage and majestic Technology support, has been imitated around the world.
好莱坞最重要的景点之一就是位于好莱坞大道上的中国戏院，以知名明星的手印、脚印吸引各国游客到此一睹明星足迹。当然，更著名的就是好莱坞星光大道，这是条沿着美国好莱坞与藤街伸展的人行道，上面有2000多颗镶有好莱坞商会追敬名人姓名的星形奖章，以纪念他们对娱乐工业的贡献。
One of the most important attractions in Hollywood is located in the Chinese Theater on Hollywood Boulevard, a well-known star handprints, footprints to attract tourists to this country to meet the stars footprint. Of course, the famous Hollywood Walk of Fame, which is a stretch of sidewalk along the American Hollywood and Vine Street, above star medal over 2000 pieces inlaid with the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce chasing King celebrity name to honor their contribution to the entertainment industry.
最值得一提的是好莱坞大标志，它一个字的高度就达13.7米，是洛杉矶有名的建筑物，我们经常在电影电视上看到它的身影。
了解了这些关于好莱坞的资料，相信大家也和我一样想亲眼目睹一下它的风采。希望我们都有机会观赏到这完美的风景。
Most noteworthy Hollywood logo, a word of it is the height of 13.7 meters, the well-known buildings in Los Angeles, we often see its shadow in Film and Television.
Understand about Hollywood, I believe that we all want to witness its elegance. I hope we have the opportunity to watch the perfect landscape.
