You might be surprised to learn that India produces about 800 movies a near, and that number continues to grow. Just as the movie capital of the United States is Hollywood, the movie capital of India is Bombay(孟买), but it is called “Bollywood”, a combination(结合) of the words Bombay and Hollywood.
No Bollywood movie is thought complete without songs and dances. In fact, music is an important part of Bollywood movies. Even a bad movie can still do well if the music is good. Music directors are sometimes more popular than the film stars. A Bollywood movie has five to six songs with at least three songs to show what the dances mean.
Bollywood may be different from Hollywood in music, but it is very like Hollywood in several ways. If Tom Cruise can hold a gun, so can the Bollywood hero Sharukh Khan. Bollywood stars are followed by news reporters just as often as Hollywood stars. The personal lives of actors and actresses catch the headlines(头版头条), just as they do in the United States.
The Oscars are a very exciting time of the year for actors and actresses in America. Bollywood has its own form of the Oscars, and they are also very excited.
小题1:The name Bollywood comes from the words ______________.
小题2:Bollywood is a place where many ____________ are made each year.
小题3:In India, the film stars are sometimes _________ popular than music directors.
小题4:Every complete Bollywood movie has a few _________ in them.
小题5:The Oscars in India are as _________ as those in America though they are different.