旅遊英語：Hollywood英語介紹
導語：好萊塢(Hollywood)，又稱荷里活，位於美國西海岸加利福尼亞州洛杉磯郊外，依山傍水，景色宜人。“好萊塢”一詞往往直接用來指美國的電影工業，由於美國許多著名電影公司設立於此，故經常被與美國電影和影星聯繫起來，好萊塢是世界聞名的電影中心，每年在此舉辦的奧斯卡頒獎典禮則是世界電影的盛會。
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 $103 fine.
文章二
好萊塢位於美國西海岸加利福尼亞州洛杉磯郊外的好萊塢，這是一個依山傍
水，景色宜人的地方。最早是由攝影師尋找外景地所發現的，大約在20世紀初，這裏便吸引了許多拍攝者，而後是一些爲了逃避專利公司控制的小公司和獨立製片商們紛紛涌來，逐漸形成了一個電影中心。在第一次世界大戰之前以及之後的一段時間內，格里菲斯和卓別林等一些電影大師們爲美國贏得了世界名譽，華爾街的大財團插手電影業，好萊塢電影城迅速興起，恰恰適應了美國在這一時期的經濟飛速發展的需要，電影也進一步納入經濟機制，成爲謀取利潤的一部分。資本的雄厚，影片產量的增多，保證了美國電影市場在世界上的傾銷，洛杉磯郊外的小村莊最終成爲一個龐大的電影城，好萊塢也在無形中成爲美國電影的代名詞。
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(專利) control of small companies and independent producers(獨立製片商) 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(世界名譽), 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(機制) has become a part of making a profit. Strong capital increase in the production of film, to ensure that the dumping(傾銷) 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(在無形中成爲) synonymous(代名詞) with the American movie.
1853年，當時的好萊塢只有一棟房子。到1870年，這裏已成爲一片興旺的農田。1886年，房地產商哈維·威爾考克斯在洛杉磯郊區買下了一塊了0.6平方公里的地。韋爾考克斯的夫人一次旅行時聽到她旁邊的一個人說她來自俄亥俄州的一個叫做好萊塢的地方，她很喜歡這個名字，回到加州後，她將蘇格蘭運來的大批冬青樹栽在這裏，將她丈夫的農莊改稱爲“好萊塢”，於是有了好萊塢這個名字。在英語中這個詞是冬青樹林的意思。
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.
威爾考克斯計劃在這裏建造一座小城，1887年2月1日他在地區政府正式註冊此名。在他夫人的幫助下他得以鋪設了今天的好萊塢大街做爲城市的主街，在這條大街和其它大街的兩旁種了胡椒樹並開始出售產權。他的夫人募資建了兩座教堂、一座學校和一座圖書館。爲了使好萊塢名符其實，他們還進口了一些英國冬青，但這些植物在加州的氣候下沒有存活很久。
ox 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，好萊塢已經有一間郵局、一家報社、一座旅館和兩個市場，其居民數爲500人。10萬人的洛杉磯位於市東11公里處。在好萊塢和洛杉磯間只有一條單軌的有軌電車。1902年，今天著名的好萊塢酒店的第一部分開業。1903年，此地升格爲市，參加投票的177位有選舉權的居民一致贊同以“好萊塢”爲之命名。當年下的兩條命令是：除藥店外其他商店禁酒，及不準在街上驅趕數量多於200的牛羣。1904年，一條新的被稱爲好萊塢大街的有軌電車開業，使好萊塢與洛杉磯間的往返時間大大縮短。1910年，好萊塢的居民投票決定加入洛杉磯。原因是這樣他們可以通過洛杉磯取得足夠的飲水和獲得排水設施。
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.
好萊塢不僅是全球時尚的發源地，也是全球音樂電影產業的中心地帶，擁有着世界頂級的娛樂產業和奢侈品牌，引領並代表着全球時尚的最高水平，比如夢工廠、迪士尼、20世紀福克斯、哥倫比亞公司、索尼公司、環球公司、WB(華納兄弟)等等這些電影巨頭，還有像RCA JⅣE Interscope Records這樣的頂級唱片公司都彙集在好萊塢的範疇之內，這裏的時尚與科技互相牽制發展，自然是不造作的，擁有着深厚的時尚底蘊和雄壯的科技做支持，一直被全球各地爭相模仿
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.
好萊塢最重要的景點之一就是位於好萊塢大道上的中國戲院，以知名明星的手印、腳印吸引各國遊客到此一睹明星足跡。當然，更著名的就是好萊塢星光大道，這是條沿着美國好萊塢與藤街伸展的人行道，上面有2000多顆鑲有好萊塢商會追敬名人姓名的星形獎章，以紀念他們對娛樂工業的貢獻。
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.
最值得一提的是好萊塢大標誌，它一個字的高度就達13.7米，是洛杉磯有名的建築物，我們經常在電影電視上看到它的身影。
瞭解了這些關於好萊塢的資料，相信大家也和我一樣想親眼目睹一下它的風采。希望我們都有機會觀賞到這完美的風景。
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.
