主播:David | 翩翩音乐:Modern Loneliness今天,翩翩和David跟大家聊聊,英美国家特别重要的一个现代生活文化:streaming service(流媒体服务)。1.What are streaming services? “流媒体”?streaming service: an online provider that loads movies through an internet connection联网就可以下载并且观看影视节目的平台比如美国的Netflix(网飞),中国的Youku, iQIYI, Tencent(腾讯视频)等都是streaming services。这些平台会买下某些爆款剧的版权,我们充会员,就可以观看。*充会员:pay subscription fee*爆款剧:hit*买下版权:buy the copyright/ own the copyright2.The movement of media consumption 媒体消费的发展movie theaters 电影院(最早的观影方式)露天电影:movie/ theater in the public美国的露天电影:在一个大的停车场(parking lot),放一个大的屏幕(screen),大家可以坐在车里看电影。电影《卡萨布兰卡》电影讲的就是:男主和爱人在一个炎热的夏天,在汽车里看露天电影发生的爱情故事。movie theaters也会放映一些old films,比如最近重映的《阿凡达》(Avatar)。这些old movies虽然old,但却是classic,timeless。*classic:adj. 经典的*timeless:adj. 永恒的你可以pay to borrow a movie theater或者rent a movie theater,来播放your own movie(自己的电影)或者pick the movie you want to watch(选自己喜欢看的)。*pay to borrow/ rent a movie theater:包场当一部电影comes out后,人们会去movie theater观看的一个重要的原因是:They don’t want to get spoilers. 不想被剧透。People hate spoilers. 人们讨厌剧透。*come out:上映;发布*spoiler:剧透DVDs and CDs 碟片租赁在美国,可以出租DVD和CD的是:Redbox。Redbox:It’s on the street.就在美国街头,比如,Seven-Eleven或其他小商店的外面。里面没有服务员,提供自助服务(help yourself)。付上钱之后,就可以rent DVDs和CDs。*rent:租Renting services 租赁服务随着时代的发展,Amazon, Youtube, iTunes等平台相继出现,租赁由stores转到成了online。人们足不出户,上网就可以rent a movie。Streaming services “流媒体”西方国家的影视播放平台:Netflix, Disney plus, Hulu, HBO在这些平台,大家pay subscription fee(充会员),然后就可以看anything in that streaming service。3.Competition among streaming services 影视平台间的竞争Streaming became very popular recently, so the competition(竞争) is getting stronger.影视平台间的竞争越来越激烈。这些平台的subscription fee(会员费),比如Netflix,如果是按年付的话,就会更划算:It’s a better deal.事实上,很多Netflix users没有付费,因为可以“一人付款,多设备账号登录”(1 account can have multiple devices)。这些用户leech off别人的account。*It’s a better deal. 更划算。*account /əˈkaʊnt/ :n. 账户*leech off:using someone else to get something 借助别人获取利益leech /li:tʃ/ :n. 水蛭;吸血鬼 / v. 依附并榨取某人To compete(为了竞争),很多streaming services,比如,Netflix,Hulu, HBO Max,Disney plus都有自己的originals(原创作品)。Netflix:The Queen’s Gambit《女王的棋局》;House of the Cards《纸牌屋》HBO Max:Superman系列Disney plus:Avengers《复仇者联盟》;Star Wars《星球大战》中国的影视播放平台,像芒果TV,优酷、腾讯也都有自创剧,我们可以说:With You(《最好的我们》)is an iQIYI original.4.Other streaming services 其他“流媒体”Streaming services are not only for movies, they are also for music, videos.音乐和短视频也有streaming services。比如,在中国,比较受欢迎的音乐类streaming services有:网易云音乐,QQ音乐。美国两大主流听音乐平台:Spotify & Apple Music无论是影视播放平台还是听音乐平台,无论是美国的还是中国的streaming services,它们get popular的原因都是:They are very affordable and convenient.*affordable /əˈfɔ:rdəbl/ :adj. 能支付得起的*convenient /kənˈvi:niənt/ :adj. 便利的大家都很重视划算便利。Both China and the US value affordability and convenience.*value /ˈvælju:/ :v. 重视请留言告诉我们:你经常用的streaming services有哪些?
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