[ti:Nicknames for Los Angeles]
[ar:Barbara Klein]
[al:WORDS AND THEIR STORIES]
[by:www.21voa.com]
[00:00.00]Now the VOA 
[00:12.57]Special English program 
[00:14.63]WORDS AND THEIR STORIES.
[00:17.24]A nickname is a shortened 
[00:20.12]form of a person's name. 
[00:22.83]A nickname can also be 
[00:25.12]a descriptive name 
[00:26.81]for a person, place or thing. 
[00:30.00]Many American cities 
[00:32.39]have nicknames. 
[00:33.84]These can help establish 
[00:36.29]an identity, spread pride 
[00:38.89]among citizens and build unity.  
[00:42.44]Nicknames can also be funny.
[00:45.57]Los Angeles, California 
[00:48.83]is the second largest city 
[00:51.07]in population, after New York City. 
[00:55.07]Los Angeles has several nicknames. 
[00:58.75]One is simply the city's initials, L.A. 
[01:03.68]It is also called the City of Angels 
[01:07.71]because Los Angeles means 
[01:10.35]"the angels" in Spanish.
[01:13.13]Los Angeles often has warm, 
[01:16.14]sunny weather. 
[01:17.59]So another nickname 
[01:19.65]is City of Flowers and Sunshine. 
[01:23.55]New York is called The Big Apple. 
[01:27.09]So Los Angeles is sometimes 
[01:30.02]called The Big Orange 
[01:32.51]because of the fruit that 
[01:34.50]grows in that city's warm climate.
[01:37.49]The American motion picture 
[01:40.72]and television industries 
[01:42.58]are based in Los Angeles. 
[01:45.37]So it is not surprising that 
[01:47.96]it is called The Entertainment 
[01:50.20]Capital of the World. 
[01:52.39]Many films are made 
[01:54.43]in the area of Los Angeles 
[01:56.74]called Hollywood. 
[01:58.59]Millions of people visit the area. 
[02:02.08]No trip to Los Angeles is complete 
[02:05.44]without seeing the word "Hollywood" 
[02:08.72]spelled out in huge letters 
[02:11.16]on a hillside.
[02:13.15]Many movie stars live 
[02:16.48]in Los Angeles. 
[02:18.39]The city is sometimes 
[02:19.99]called Tinseltown. 
[02:22.23]This nickname comes 
[02:23.88]from the shiny, bright 
[02:25.83]and often unreal nature 
[02:28.34]of Hollywood and the movie industry.
[02:31.54]Another nickname for Los Angeles 
[02:34.98]is La-La Land, using the first 
[02:38.79]letters of Los and Angeles. 
[02:41.97]This means a place that 
[02:44.37]is fun and not serious, 
[02:47.02]and maybe even out of 
[02:50.61]touch with reality.
[02:52.35]The city of Los Angeles 
[02:55.24]is part of Los Angeles County. 
[02:58.39]There are many smaller cities 
[03:01.24]in the county. 
[03:02.59]Beverly Hills, 
[03:03.94]with its rich people, 
[03:05.79]is one of them. 
[03:07.13]So is Pasadena, 
[03:09.10]with its Rose Parade 
[03:10.94]each New Year's Day. 
[03:13.03]So are the coastal cities 
[03:15.52]of Santa Monica and Malibu, 
[03:18.37]where people like to ride surfboards 
[03:21.41]on the Pacific Ocean waves.
[03:23.56]A good place for watching 
[03:26.47]unusual-looking people is Venice, 
[03:29.97]an area on the west side of Los Angeles. 
[03:33.82]A system of waterways designed 
[03:36.91]after the Italian city of 
[03:39.30]Venice has been built there.
[03:41.49]Many people love Los Angeles 
[03:44.99]for its warm sunny weather, 
[03:47.28]beautiful mountains and beaches, 
[03:50.28]and movie stars. 
[03:51.77]That includes Randy Newman, 
[03:54.56]who sings about his hometown.
[03:57.47](MUSIC - Randy Newman - "I Love L.A.")
[04:32.43]This program was written 
[04:34.03]by Shelley Gollust. 
[04:35.42]I'm Barbara Klein. 
[04:37.26]You can find more 
[04:38.80]WORDS AND THEIR STORIES 
[04:40.54]at 51voa.com.