Упр.3 Модуль 5d ГДЗ Spotlight 9 класс

3 Read the text again and fill in the gaps (1–10) with the correct word. Compare with your partner. Listen and check.

Bollywood

What happens if you take the letter “B” from the Indian city of Bombay and put it 1) ___ the place of the letter “H” in the word “Hollywood”? Bollywood, of course! Bollywood is the name of the Indian film industry. It is not 2) ___ new, the first Indian short film was made in 1899 — and in 3) ___ days it has grown considerably! It is the largest film industry in the world, producing up to eight hundred films a year — twice as many 4) ___ Hollywood. Sometimes films are made so quickly that the same actors are filming scenes for four different films 5) ___ the same time!

So, 6) ___ are actually plenty of differences between Bollywood and Hollywood! Firstly, Bollywood films are more like musicals, with lots of singing, dancing and colourful costumes. They are usually in Hindi and last from three 7) ___ four hours. They can be 8) ___ family relationships, unusual coincidences or kidnappers and villains, but most often they are classic romantic stories about how “boy meets girl”. In fact, some young people say that they find the plot a 9) ___ too predictable.

Bollywood’s largest audience outside India is in the UK, 10) ___ many Indians began to live about fifty years 11) ___. It is not only Indians who watch the films, however. There have been some popular Bollywood films in English, such 12) ___ Bride and Prejudice and Monsoon Wedding. There is even a Bollywood waxwork exhibition at Madame Tussauds!