Oneofthemostwell-knowndirectorsofourtimeisStevenSpielberg.HewasborninCincinnation18December1946.Hisfatherwasanengineerandhismotherwasapianist.HissisterAnneSpielbergbecameascreenwriterwhowrotethestoriesformanyfamousfilms.
Stevenhadalwayswantedtobeadirectoreversincehewasayoungboy.Whenhewasjust13yearsoldhemadea40-minutefilm.Itwonalocalcompetition.ThreeyearslaterheproducedafilmcalledFirelightwhichmadeonehundreddollars'profit(禾U润)atthecinemainhishometown.ManyoftheideasfromthisfilmwerelaterusedforoneofhismostfamousfilmscalledCloseEncountersoftheThirdKind.
Whenhewas18yearsoldhewantedtogotofilmschoolsothathecouldimprovehisskillsandbecomeanevenbetterdirector.UnfortunatelyhewasunsuccessfulingettingaplaceatthisschoolsohewenttoauniversityinCaliforniatostudyEnglish.Eventhoughhehadfailedtogetintotheschoolhewantedtogotohedidnotletthisstophimfollowinghisdreamtobecomeagreatdirector.
StevenSpielberghasdirectedmanyfilmssincehisfirstmajorfilmin1976.Henowownsmanydifferent
businessesmostofwhichareinvolved(与....有关联)inthefilmindustry.
( )26.WhatwasAnneSpielberg'sjob?
A.Shewasadirector. B.Shewasafilmstar.
C.Shewrotescriptsforfilms. D.Shewasapianist.
( )27.StevenSpielberghadalwayswanted__________.
A.toownhisownfilmschool B.tobeanengineer
C.toownabusinesswithhisfather
D.todirectfilms
( )28.WhatdidStevendowhenhewas16yearsold?
A. Hemadea40-minutefilmwhichwonafilmcompetition.
B. Heproducedafilmandmadeonehundreddollars'profit.
C. HemadeafilmcalledCloseEncountersoftheThirdKind.
D. Hewenttoafilmschool.
( )29.WhydidStevenbecomeadirector?Because.
A.hestudiedhowtodirectfilmsinCalifornia
B.hehadalotofmoney
C.hedidn'tgiveuphisdream
D.hisfatherwantedhimtobeadirector
( )30.HowisSteveninvolvedinthefilmindustryexceptdirecting?
A. Heownsanumberofbusinessesinthefilmind
