时间:2018-12-31 作者:英语课 分类:有声杂志阅读


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   Hollywood Sign Turns 80

The hilltop Hollywood sign,which overlooks most of Los Angeles and has become an internationally recognized representation of the hometown of the American movie industry,has turned 80 years old.

The Hollywood Chamber 1 of Commerce,which owns the sign,isn’t sure when construction was completed but said the sign’s saga 2 began in 1923,when real-estate developers decided 3 to advertise a new upscale community with the enormous sign,which then read“Hollywoodland.”

The Great Depression bankrupted the realestate firm and maintenance ended in 1939,when vandals,age and termites 4 attacked the letters.The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce took responsibility for the sign in 1944 and eventually removed the“land,”replacing the original letters with all-steel construction.

The sign now earns hundreds of thousands of dollars a year for the chamber,with its image emblazoned on souvenir hats,shirts,mugs and other bric-a-brac.

Over the years,the Hollywood sign has endured numerous alterations—most of them unauthorized.Two of the more notable:“Hollyweed”in 1976,promoting the legalization of marijuana;and“Holywood”in 1987,commemorating a local visit by Pope John Paul II.

好莱坞标志80年

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坐落于山顶之上的好莱坞标志可以俯瞰洛杉矶绝大部分景色,并且已经成为国际公认的美国电影产业故乡的代表。现在它已80岁了。

这个标志归属好莱坞商业委员会所有,他们不能准确地说出该标志完工的时间,但说这个标志的故事始于1923年。当时房地产开发商决定用巨大的标志为一个新的高档社区做宣传广告,那时的标志是“Holly-woodland”。

房地产公司在大萧条时期破产了,公司对标志的维护到1939年结束。此时的好莱坞标志饱受毁坏、老化和白蚁的摧残。1944年,好莱坞商业委员会接管了标志,并最终移去了“land”四个字母,把原来的字母用全钢结构代替。

现在,这个标志每年为委员会赚取成百上千万美元,它的图案出现在纪念帽、衬衫、杯子以及其他一些小装饰品上。

好莱坞标志多年来承受了无数变更——大多数是未经许可的。其中比较有名的两个是:1976年的“Holly-weed”,是为了促使大麻合法化;还有1987年的“Holy-wood”,为了纪念教皇约翰·保罗二世的一次地方性访问。



n.房间,寝室;会议厅;议院;会所
  • For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说,牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
  • The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。
n.(尤指中世纪北欧海盗的)故事,英雄传奇
  • The saga of Flight 19 is probably the most repeated story about the Bermuda Triangle.飞行19中队的传说或许是有关百慕大三角最重复的故事。
  • The novel depicts the saga of a family.小说描绘了一个家族的传奇故事。
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
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  • Termites are principally tropical in distribution. 白蚁主要分布在热带地区。 来自辞典例句
  • This spray will exterminate the termites. 这种喷剂能消灭白蚁。 来自辞典例句
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