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1、Unit2I.BackgroundInformation1.CharlieChaplinCharlesSpencerChaplinwasbornon16thApril1889inWalworth,London,andlivedaDickensianchildhood,sharedwithhisbrother,Sydney,thatincludedextremepoverty,workhousesandseeinghismother’smentaldeclineputherintoaninstitution.Both
2、hisparents,thoughseparatedwhenhewasveryyoung,weremusichallartists,hisfatherquitefamouslyso.ButitwashismotherthatCharlieidolisedandwasinspiredbyduringhisvisitofthebackstagewhilesheperformed,totakeupsuchacareerforhimself.2.DickensCharlesDickens,1812—1870,anEngli
3、shnovelist,consideredbymanytobethegreatestoneofall.HismanyfamousbooksdescribelifeinVictorianEnglandandshowhowharditwas,especiallyforthepoorandforthechildren.TheyincludeThePickwickPapers,OliverTwist,AChristmasCarol,DavidCopperfield,GreatExpectationsandATaleofTw
4、oCities.3.HollywoodAnareaofLosAngeleswhichisknownasthecenteroftheAmericanfilmindustry.Intermsofgeography,HollywoodreferstoanareaconsistingoftheCityofWestHollywoodanditsvicinitythatformpartoftheGreaterLosAngelesmetropolitanarea.Itisgenerallythoughtthateveryonel
5、ivinginHollywoodisextremelyrich,famous,andconcernedwithappearancesbutinfactmanypartsofHollywoodtodayarepoor,dirtyandbadlycaredfor.4.MackSennettMackSennett:(1880—1960)U.S.filmproducer,borninRichmond,Quebec.Heworkedinthetheatreasacomicinburlesquecompanies,andfro
6、m1908insilentfilms.Helaterformedhisowncompanyandhundredsofshorts,establishingawholegenerationofplayersandatraditionofknockaboutslapstickunderthenameofKeystoneKomics(1912),andlatertheSennettBathingBeauties(1920).HereceivedaSpecialAcademyAwardin1937.II.CompoundD
7、ictationDirections:Youwillhearapassage.Itwillbereadtwice.Listencarefullyandsupplythemissingwords.AnotherMedalofFreedomhonoree,A.M.Rosenthal,workedasareporter,_____andwriterfortheNewYorkTimesnewspaper.Hereportedaboutthe________of_________people,especiallyreligi
8、ousminorities.Hewas________withthePulitzer_____forhisreportingfromPolandinnineteen-sixty.Threeyearslater,MisterRosenthal________toNewYorkCitytohelp_________thenewspaper.___________
