VOA慢速英语:The Movie Industry Holds its Breath for the Academy Awards

make preparations for为…准备
例句：In August they began to make preparations for the conference.
8月间，他们开始为会议做准备工作。

2. The Academy Awards show takes place on Sunday.

take place发生，进行
例句：The evening party will take place on New Year's Eve.
晚会将在除夕那天举行。

3. The awards, known as Oscars, are the American film industry’s highest honors.

known as被认为是，被称为
例句：Radio, television, newspapers and magazines are known as the mass media.
广播、电视、报纸和杂志被称为大众传媒。

4. All Academy members take part in choosing the nominees for Best Picture.

take part in参加
例句：Are you going to take part in the first experiment?
你们会参与首次实验吗?

5. Even though we have lots of ways to look at movies at home, the preferred way is still to go to a theater just the way we’ve been doing it for 100 years.

even though即使、虽然
例句：He's the best teacher even though he has the least experience.
尽管他经验最少, 但教得最好。
look at看, 注视(某人或某物)
例句：He looked at me with scorn.
他轻蔑地看了看我。