Cannes to celebrate Bollywood on screen

     PARIS, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Bollywood will share the spotlight¹ at the 64th Cannes Film Festival from May 11 to 22, with a special film showcasing India's unique film culture, organizers announced Friday.

    "Bollywood - The Greatest Love Story Ever Told", a feature film produced by 2010 Cannes Jury member Shekhar Kapoor, will be screened out of competition(竞赛) during the festival.

    "It is a swirling² and poignant³ montage" that "pays tribute to this cinema genre⁴ that has contributed to establishing India's identity in the eyes of the world and to making Mumbai one of the world capitals of film history," the organizers said in a statement.

    It said the film, which combined "the most beautiful moments in the history of Indian musical films", came from a conversation with Shekhar Kapoor in 2010.

    Indian filmmaker and screenwriter Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and American documentary maker⁵ Jeff Zimbalist joined the direction of the 81-minute-long feature.（本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑）

1 spotlight   

n.公众注意的中心，聚光灯，探照灯，视听，注意，醒目

参考例句：

• This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
• The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。

2 swirling   

v.旋转，打旋( swirl的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Snowflakes were swirling in the air. 天空飘洒着雪花。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• She smiled, swirling the wine in her glass. 她微笑着，旋动着杯子里的葡萄酒。 来自辞典例句

3 poignant   

adj.令人痛苦的，辛酸的，惨痛的

参考例句：

• His lyrics are as acerbic and poignant as they ever have been.他的歌词一如既往的犀利辛辣。
• It is especially poignant that he died on the day before his wedding.他在婚礼前一天去世了，这尤其令人悲恸。

4 genre   

n.(文学、艺术等的)类型，体裁，风格

参考例句：

• My favorite music genre is blues.我最喜欢的音乐种类是布鲁斯音乐。
• Superficially,this Shakespeare's work seems to fit into the same genre.从表面上看， 莎士比亚的这个剧本似乎属于同一类型。

5 maker   

n.制造者，制造商

参考例句：

• He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。