Passage 12
学霸导读 很多人知道世界电影之都好莱坞，却不曾了解另一个电影之都—印度宝 莱坞。
Most people think that the capital of the movie world is Hollywood in the United States. However, another movie capital is Mumbai, in India. Mumbai used to be k 1 as Bombay, and so the f ilm industry there is called “Bollywood”. Bollywood makes twice as many movies each year as Hollywood—more than 800 f ilms a year.
The movies from Bollywood are very d 2 from Hollywood movies. For one thing, Bollywood movies are much longer than most Hollywood movies. Most Bollywood movies are more than three hours long, and contain singing, dancing, action, romance and so on. Because Bollywood f ilms contain so many different features, this style of f ilm is sometimes called a “masala” f ilm ( “Masala” is an Indian word for a mixture of spices. ).
A 3 big difference between Bollywood and Hollywood movies is the way movies are made. It takes much longer to make a movie in Hollywood than in Bollywood. In fact， f ilming may begin on a Bollywood movie before the script （ 剧本 ） is even f inished. The directors and writers can make up the story while the f ilm is being made. Sometimes they will even write the script by hand i 4 of taking time to type it.
Bollywood actors are very popular and some are in such a high demand that they may work on several movies at the same time. They may even shoot scenes （ 到现场实拍 ） for several f ilms on the same day using the same costumes （ 服装 ）. Since most Bollywood movies follow the same k 5 of story， shooting scenes for several f ilms at the same time is not a big problem for actors and directors. This also helps keep the cost of Bollywood movies l 6 than the cost of Hollywood movies. The average Bollywood f ilm， with a budget of only two million the U.S. dollars， seems very c 7 compared to the average budget of sixty million the U.S. dollars for a Hollywood f ilm—thirty times as much.
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高频词汇
feature /'f iːtʃə（r）/ n. 特色，特征
make up 编造；组成，构成
demand /dɪ'mɑːnd/ n. & v. 要求，需求
shoot /ʃuːt/ v. 射击；拍摄
average /'ævərɪdʒ/ n. & adj. 平均水平/普通的，一般的