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2 令人激动的奥斯卡颁奖晚会 DATE=3/19/2001 TITLE=THIS IS AMERICA #1056 - (1)Academy Awards BYLINE= Jerilyn Watson VOICE ONE: On March Twenty-Fifth, (2)actors, directors and other (3)filmmakers will gather in Los Angeles, California, for the yearly Academy Awards ceremonies. It is a night of (4)excitement for people who make movies and for people who watch them. Im Sarah Long. VOICE TWO: And Im Shirley Griffith. The Academy Awards is our report today on the VOA Special English program, THIS IS AMERICA. ((CUT ONE: MUSIC FROM GLADIATOR AS BRIDGE)) VOICE ONE: Next Sunday will be the most important day of the year for hundreds of people in the film industry. The Academy Awards will be presented in Los Angeles. More than fifty people will receive awards for the best acting, directing and other work on films (5)released last year. They will receive an award called an (6)Oscar. It is shaped like a man. It is made of several metals covered with gold. It is only about thirty-four (7)centimeters tall. It weighs less than four kilograms. But to the person who receives an Oscar, the statue can be priceless. Winning an Oscar can mean becoming much more famous. It can mean getting offers to work in the best movies. And it can mean earning much more money. VOICE TWO: Films from the United States and several other countries are (8)competing for awards. International interest in the awards has increased. For example, forty-six countries entered movies to be considered for the best foreign-language film. That is the largest number ever. The five movies that were (9)nominated are from Mexico, Taiwan, the (10)Czech Republic, (11)Belgium and France. VOICE ONE: An American movie about (12)ancient Rome called Gladiator received the most nominations. It is competing for twelve Oscars, including best film. Its director, Ridley Scott, is nominated for best director. Russell Crowe is nominated for best actor. He plays a former Roman general who is (13)captured a