九年级英语上册Unit7文化拓展牛津译林版

Bollywood—Another MovieCapitalMost peoplethink thatthe capitalof themovie worldis Hollywood,in theUnited States.However,the realmovie capitalis Mumbai,in India.Mumbai usedto beknown asBombay,so thefilm industrythere iscalled Bollywood”.Bollywood makesmore movieseach yearthanHollywood.However,the moviesfrom Bollywoodare verydifferent fromHollywood movies.For onething,Bollywood moviesare much longer thanmost Hollywood movies.Bollywood filmshavemany differentfeatures suchas singing,dancing,action,adventure,mystery andromance.This styleof film is sometimescalled amasala”film.Masala“is anIndian wordfor a（调味品）.mixture ofspicesAnother bigdifference betweenBollywood andHollywood moviesis theway themoviesare made.It takesmuchlongerto makea moviein Hollywoodthan inBollywood.In fact,Bollywood moviesmay beginto filmbefore thescript iseven finished.The directorandwriters canmake upthe storywhile thefilmisbeing made.Sometimes theywill evenwritethe scriptby handinstead oftyping it.Bollywood actorsare verypopular andsome arein suchgreat demandthat theymay work（拍摄）on severalmovies atthe sametime.They mayeven shootscenes for several filmsonthe sameday usingthe samecostumes andscenery.Since mostBollywood moviesfollowthe samekind ofstory,shooting scenesforseveralfilms atthe sametime isnot abigproblem foractors anddirectors.This alsohelps keepthe costof Bollywoodmovies lowerthanthat ofHollywoodmovies.。