第十四章 American Movies and Music：美国是世界第一电影强国，同时爵士音乐等具有独特的美国风格。虽然历史很短，但却形成了具有鲜明特色的美国文化。本章介绍美国好莱坞，经典影片、电影类型、著名导演和男女演员、以及世界级的音乐大师等，此外还有爵士音乐、摇滚音乐和嘻哈音乐等。14.1American Popular Culture: Movies:美国是世界第一电影强国，虽然美国只有200余年历史，但在短暂的发展中，逐渐形成了具有鲜明特色的美国文化。美国八大电影公司细分为“五大”和“三小”。“五大”是指20世纪福克斯电影公司、米高梅公司、雷电华影业股份有限公司、华纳兄弟影业公司和派拉蒙影业公司。“三小”是指环球影片公司、哥伦比亚影业公司和联美公司。美国电影从早期的无声电影时代的喜剧片、闹剧片和西部片，发展到后来的歌舞片、盗匪片、侦探片和恐怖片等。[判断题]The major types of American music are jazz, blues, country, rock ‘n’ roll, and hip hop, or rap music. Despite its short history, it has helped to express a national identity on the one hand, and achieved great international acclaim since the 21st century on the other.________选项:[错, 对]
14.2American Popular Culture: Music:人们常说，美国是一个“种族大熔炉”；其实美国也可以被称之为“文化大熔炉”， 它是受西非音乐影响的混合音乐，同时也融入了欧洲的爱尔兰、苏格兰、法国、德国、意大利和拉丁音乐，甚至亚洲的中国、日本和印度音乐等。美国音乐的主要类型分为爵士音乐、嘻哈音乐、摇滚音乐等。以爵士音乐为例，主要的风格有：新奥尔良爵士、摇摆乐、比博普、冷爵士、自由爵士、拉丁爵士、融合爵士等。
14.3Exploring American Movies and Music:本单元，潘博士跟美国霍夫曼博士讨论的话题：1、霍夫曼博士谈论自己最喜欢的美国男女演员；2、霍夫曼博士谈论自己最喜欢的美国音乐家和歌手；3、他对媒体促进歌手成名的作用的评论。
[判断题]By the mid-1920s, American film industry came into the hands of a few powerful companies,
which controlled production, distribution and exhibition. Normally, they were called “the Big Five” and “the Little Three” as well.________选项:[对, 错]
[判断题]Tim says that he has a lot of favorite American movies, in particular, the movie “Avatar” because he likes science fiction movies a lot. “Avatar” was the most successful movie in history due to its computer graphics that created a new world on another planet.____选项:[错, 对]
[判断题]The history of American movies development is separated into four main periods: the silent film era, the classical Hollywood cinema, New Hollywood and the contemporary period after 1980. And this industry has lost a lot of money since the 1920s. _______选项:[对, 错]
[判断题]Nowadays, whenever we talk about American movies, the first place that occurs to our mind
is probably Hollywood in Los Angeles, which has had a profound effect on cinema across the world since the early 19th century.__________选项:[对, 错]
[判断题]In the video, Edward says that his favorite movie studio is the Universal studio in California. He once paid a visit to that studio, which produces his favorite sitcom, called Friends, one of the most popular TV show from America.__________选项:[错, 对]
[判断题]Take the 89th Academy Awards ceremony on February 26, 2017 for example, Justin Timberlake was invited to sing for the closing ceremony. Then, the biggest winners were the movies of La La Land and Moonlight, which won the best pictures for Oscars in 2017.________选项:[错, 对]
[判断题]On of the masterpieces of Universal Pictures includes Uncle Tom’s Cabin in 1972. Compared with its novel, its movie, in Dr. Pan’s mind is able to tug the heartstrings even more since “A picture is worth a thousand words” and a movie is worth one thousand pictures. _____选项:[错, 对]
[判断题]In reality, America is also regarded as “a Cultural Melting Pot” since it’s music is influenced by a mixture of West African styles as well as, Irish, Scottish, French, German, Italian and Latin music in Europe, and even by Chinese, Japanese and Indian music in Asia._____选项:[对, 错]
[判断题]The masterpieces of Columbia Pictures include The Bridge on the River Kwai in 1957; which tells the story during World War I, about the POWs who were forced by Japanese invaders to build a bridge across the River Kwai on the Thai-Myanmar border in Northern Thailand._______选项:[错, 对]
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