unit 10

Paragraph 1【LP】Hollywood suggests glamour, a place where the young star-struck teenagers of luck, fulfill their dreams.【P】Hollywood is associated with a magical power of attraction (Hollywood calls to your mind the magical power of attraction), and it is a place where the young teenagers profoundly/deeply influenced by successful stars could make their dreams come true if they are lucky.好莱坞充满魅力。

在这里，那些怀揣明星梦的少男少女们，若是有点儿运气，可以实现他们的梦想。

Hollywood suggests luxurious houses with vast palm-fringed swimming pools. Cocktail bars and furnishings fit for a millionaire. And the big movie stars were millionaires.Many spent their fortunes on yachts, Rolls Royces and diamonds. A few of them lost their glamour quite suddenly and were left with nothing but emptiness and colossal debts.【E】Hollywood suggests….. Hollywood suggests…..Note the parallel structure employed. It aims to emphasize and reinforce the glamour of Hollywood, and lays the foundation for the contrast depicted later in the paragraph.【T】好莱坞使人联想到带有棕榈树环绕的大游泳池的豪宅、与百万富翁身份相称的鸡尾酒吧以及室内陈设。

而大腕电影明星们都是百万富翁。

许多电影明星在游艇、劳斯莱斯豪华轿车和车和钻石饰品上一掷千金。

但他们有些人也不过是昙花一现．一夜之间光华尽失，最后落得空虚惆怅和债台高筑。

●Hollywood suggests luxurious houses with vast palm-fringed swimming pools.【P】Hollywood is associated with good houses and the houses have big swimming pools which are surrounded with palm trees.Para 2—8Hollywood Movies were first made in Hollywood before World War I.好莱坞首次制作电影是在一战前。

The constant sunshine and mild climate of southern California made it an ideal site for shooting motion pictures.【P】Southern California, which usually enjoys (is endowed with) sunshine and boasts a mild climate, became a most desirable place for making movies.【T】南加利福尼亚充足的阳光和适宜的气候使好莱坞成为拍摄电影的理想场所。

Hollywood’s fame and fortune reached its peak in the 1930s and 1940s, the golden days of the black and white movies.【P】Hollywood’s fame and fortune（reputation and richness）reached its highest point in the1930s and 1940s, when the best black and white movies were produced in abundance and became very popular.【T】好莱坞的盛名与财富在20世纪30和40年代达到了登峰造极的状态，那也正是黑白电影的黄金时代。

【E】The phrase “fame and fortune” is written with alliteration.Alliteration is the repetition of the same consonant sounds or of different vowel sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables.Most of the famous motion picture corporations of those days, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Columbia and Warner Brothers are still very much in business and great stars like Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Charlie Chaplin, Gary Cooper, and many others besides, have become immortal.●当年的大部分著名的电影影公司，如米高梅、哥伦比亚和华纳兄弟直至今日仍然叱咤风云。

许多明星诸如葛丽泰·嘉宝、玛莲·德烈奇、查理·卓别林、贾利·库珀和其他许多明星已名垂青史。

In those days Hollywood was like a magnet, drawing ambitious young men and women from all over the world. Most of them had only their good looks to recommend them and had no acting experience — or ability — whatsoever.【P】In those days Hollywood 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.【T】当时，好莱坞就像一块磁石，吸引着来自世界各地满怀抱负的少男少女。

他们中的大多数人用于推荐自己的资本仅有姣好的外表，并无任何表演经验。

Occasionally they got jobs, if they were lucky enough to be noticed. Gray Cooper was one of the few who was noticed.如果他们有幸被人注意到了，那么偶尔也会找到点儿活儿干。

贾利·库珀就是那几个被注意到的人之一。

He started as a stunt rider, and from there rose to be one of the great stars of the early W esterns.【P】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 ( western movies, a film about life in the 19th century in the American West, especially the lives of cowboys).他开始的时候是做马术表演的替身演员，并从此一跃成为出演早期西部影片的著名影星之一。

Many of the girls got jobs in cafes or gas stations, and as they served their customers they tossed their heads and swung their hips, hoping to attract the attention of some important person connected with the movies. Most of them hoped in vain.【P】... and as they provided their customers with services（served their customers）, they tossed their heads and shook their hips, in the hope of drawing the attention of some important person who had connections with the movies. However, most of them failed to realize their dreams.【T】她们为客人服务时搔首弄姿，期望以此引起某位影界要人的注意。