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    Most people think that the capital of the movie world is Hollywood in the United States. However, the real movie capital is Mumbai, in India. Mumbai used to be kas Bombay, so the film industry there is called "Bollywood". Bollywood makes twice as many movies each year as Hollywood- more than 800 films a year.

    The movies from Bollywood are very dfrom Hollywood movies. For one thing, Bollywood movies are much longer than most Hollywood movies. Most Bollywood movies are more than three hours long, and contain singing, dancing, action, romance and so on. Because Bollywood films contain so many different features, this style of film is sometimes called a "masala" film. ("masala" is an Indian word for admixture of spices. )

    Abig difference between Bollywood and Hollywood movies is the way movies are made. It takes much longer to make a movie in Hollywood than in Bollywood. In fact, filming may begin on a Bollywood movie before the script(剧本) is even finished. The directors and writers can make up the story while the film is being made. ! Sometimes they will even write the script by hand iof taking time to type it.

    Bollywood actors are very popular and some are in such high demand(需求) that they may work on several movies at the same time. They may even shoot scenes(到现场实拍) for several films on the same day using the same costumes(服装). Since most Bollywood movies follow the same kof story, shooting scenes for several films at the same time is not a big problem for actors and directors. This also helps keep the cost of Bollywood movies Ithan the cost of Hollywood movies. The average Bollywood film, with a budget (预算) of only two million US dollars, seems very ccompared to the average budget of sixty million US dollars for a Hollywood film- -thirty times as much.

    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.

My mother asked me if been to the new shopping centre.

    When I was about 12 years old, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to tell me about my weak points. Week by week her list became1I was very short, I wasn't a good student, I talked too much, and so on. I tried to stand all of these as possible as I could. Finally, I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.

    He listened to me2, and then asked, "Are the things that she said true or not? Jane, have you ever3what you're really like? Now you have that girl's ideas. Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things that she said. "

    I did as he told me. To my great4, I found that about half of the things were true. Some of them I couldn't change, like being very short, but a great number of them I could. I wanted to change the bad things, and for the first time I knew something about myself in a very clear way.

    I brought the list back to my father. He refused to take it. "That's just for you," he said," you know better than5else the truth about yourself, but sometimes others' opinions are also important, so you have to learn how to6, and not just close your ears in anger and feel hurt. When something that is said about you is true, you'll find that it will be of help to you. Our world is full of people who think that they know you. Don't shut your ears. Listen to all of them, but hear the truth and do what you think is the right thing to do." I have remembered my father's advice at many important moments. I have never had a better piece of advice in my whole life.