Red Line 4, Coursebook

B The real Hollywood Many people think that the history of Hollywood began at the beginning of the 20th century when the first movie studios were opened. But Hollywood was ‘born’ many years before that. The area which is now known as Hollywood was first discovered by Spanish explorers in the 17th century. At that time several tribes of Native Americans were living in the area. In the years after that the land was divided into two huge ranches and the farmers grew grain, pineapples and bananas. These ranches were later divided into smaller ranches. In 1886 Harvey Henderson Wilcox from Kansas bought one of the smaller ranches. Mr Wilcox was not a farmer, he sold real estate. He made a new community out of the ranch. He paved the street which is now Hollywood Boulevard and sold land to rich Americans who wanted to spend their winters in California. His wife, Daeida Wilcox was busy, too. She collected money to build churches, schools and a library. By 1900 they had a population of 500 and everything that a town needed – except for water. So they turned to their larger neighbor, Los Angeles, for help. In 1910 they became a part of this city, which then gave them all the water they needed. After the first studio was opened in 1911 by the Nestor Company, Hollywood started to grow. And since then the name has stood for one of the largest movie industries in the world. ninety-nine 99 A Hispanics want the good life Life is good for 26-year-old Oscar Negrete of San Diego. Selling cars brings him $ 6,000 per month, a lot of money for someone his age. Now Oscar feels that he’s living his ‘American Dream’. He has been with the same company for a few years, but his old job there only paid $1,800 per month. Oscar got his new job because he speaks Spanish. It is the first language of many people in the region, and like many local businesses, Oscar’s company saw that speaking Spanish would help to sell more cars. Over the next 20 years the number of Hispanics – people whose first language is Spanish or who grew up in families where Spanish was spoken – in California is expected to rise to 50 per cent of the population. Carlos Gomez, a Spanish teacher at a college in San Diego, reports that Spanish classes are becoming more and more popular each year. Shirlyn Jackson is one of the new students. Shirlyn is sure her Spanish lessons will help her job chances, and she can’t wait to start her course next week. The Spanish language and the Hispanic population of California are sure to play important roles in the state’s future. ➝ WB73, 1 – 3 Working with texts Workshop 5 S Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv