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🌺Disney’s Bet on Mulan and the Economics of Streaming
《花木蘭》直接登上Disney+,這部要價近900元的電影能幫迪士尼賺錢嗎?
🏹In the latest pandemic-inspired Hollywood shake-up, Walt Disney Co. on Tuesday said it would offer its live-action remake of “Mulan” for sale Sept. 4 exclusively on its new streaming service, Disney+, at about $30 a pop, instead of in theaters as planned.
華特迪士尼公司4日表示,將於9月4日在其新的串流媒體服務Disney+獨家上線真人翻拍版電影《花木蘭》(Mulan),收費約30美元(約台幣880元),而不是按原計劃在電影院上映。這是新冠疫情引發的最新一項好萊塢變革。
-inspire: 刺激、引發
-remake: 翻拍
-a pop: 一張、一個,意思同 a piece
✍常見用法:tickets at $10 a pop 一張票10美元
🦜Other studios have moved movie premieres online in recent months—winning few friends among theater operators. But none has done so in this particular way, as a premium-priced add-on for streaming customers already paying a monthly fee for otherwise all-you-can-eat entertainment.
近幾個月來,其他電影公司也紛紛將影片首映搬到了網上,這種做法招致影廳營運商不滿。但迪士尼把這部電影作為附加服務提供給串流媒體用戶,且定價不低,這些用戶已經為套餐型娛樂服務支付每月訂閱費,到目前為止,還沒有一家電影公司採用過如此特別的方式在網路首映。
-翻譯技巧:“winning few friends among theater operators”
原句直譯為「在影廳營運商中贏得很少朋友」,太過直覺且不符合中文語境。此時我們可以換另一個角度思考原文想傳達什麼意思,將「贏得很少朋友」轉化為「招致不滿」,兼顧英文原意且更符合中文邏輯。
-premium-priced: 高訂價
✍常見用法:add/pay a premium 支付溢價、加價
🏮For now, though, it’s unclear whether Disney’s move was a one-time response to extenuating circumstances created by a global public-health crisis, as Chief Executive Bob Chapek suggested Tuesday on a conference call with Wall Street analysts, or a sign of things to come.
不過,目前尚不清楚迪士尼此舉是對全球公共衛生危機造成的特殊環境所做的一次性反應,還是未來模式的一個訊號。迪士尼首席執行長Bob Chapek 於4日在與華爾街分析師的電話會議上暗示是前者。
-one-time response: 一時反應
-extenuate: 減輕、緩和
-conference call, con-call: 電話會議
🥇Debuting a $200 million movie on a proprietary, premium video-on-demand service is without precedent, so there’s no clear way to estimate how online sales of Disney’s “Mulan” would stack up against a hypothetical run in theaters.
在專用的優質影片點播服務首映一部製作成本2億美元的電影是史無前例的,因此沒有明確方法來估算,若與假設的影院放映情況相比,《花木蘭》線上銷售情況會如何。
-proprietary: 專用的、專有的
-without precedent: 前無來者、史無前例,同 unprecedented
-stack up:累積、疊高,此處指「推動銷售量」
未完待續⋯⋯⋯
Disney+的用戶願意加價900台幣看電影嗎?
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At $29.99 on Disney+, it would take about 3.3 million ________ to generate $100 million in revenue, which is roughly _____ $200 million at the domestic box office—about average for recent live-action Disney remakes—where ticket sales are split roughly in half between studios and theaters.
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A. interactions / amount to
B. actions / translated to
C. transactions / equal to
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不敵疫情,太陽劇團申請破產保護
Cirque du Soleil Files for Bankruptcy Protection
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🎪Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group filed for bankruptcy protection in Canada on Monday, in an effort to salvage a circus business that’s ground to a halt because of the coronavirus pandemic.
太陽劇團娛樂集團於週一(6/29)在加拿大申請破產保護,試圖挽救因新冠疫情而停滯不前的馬戲事業。
-salvage: 打撈、搶救,形容從沉船或即將全毀的事物中進行救援
-halt: 停下、中止
🎭The company said it would lay off almost 3,500 employees who have been furloughed since March, leaving it with a core team of 213 people. The company is seeking to restructure its business and re-emerge with government support and less debt.
太陽劇團表示將解僱近3500名從三月起便被迫休假的員工,留下213人的核心團隊,該公司在尋求靠政府支持與減少債務以重建事業及復出。
-lay off: 解僱、遣散
-furlough: 休假、放假
-re-emerge: 重新出現
🤹♀️Montreal-based Cirque du Soleil has been forced to shut 44 shows world-wide this year as the Covid-19 pandemic spread, causing virtually its entire income stream to dry up. It currently has one show back running China, and hopes to have a dinner show resume in Mexico in July.
總部位於蒙特婁的太陽劇團今年因新冠肺炎疫情蔓延而被迫中止全球的44場表演,導致幾乎所有收入來源枯竭。他們目前在中國重開一齣劇目,並希望7月在墨西哥恢復一齣晚宴秀。
-virtually: 幾乎、實際上
-dry up: 乾涸、中斷
-resume: 恢復、重新開始,當名詞的用法可指「履歷」
🎟With shows like The Beatles Love, Michael Jackson One and Blue Man Group on indefinite hold, the company was forced in March to defer interest payments on some of its roughly $1.5 billion of outstanding debt shortly after hiring investment bank Greenhill & Co. Inc. to restructure its balance sheet.
由於《LOVE披頭四音樂秀》、《麥可傑克森ONE》、《藍人樂團》等劇目無限期停演,太陽劇團在三月聘請投資銀行格林希爾公司重組資產負債表不久後,便被迫延後支付其15億美金未償債務的部分利息。
-indefinite: 不確定的、無限期的
-defer: 推遲、延緩
-restructure: 重組、重建,重新架構(structure)
未完待續...
太陽劇團能東山再起嗎?
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Due to COVID-19, the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games had been __ __.
因新冠疫情的影響,東京2020奧林匹克運動會無限期中止。
🙋🏻♀️🙋🏼♀️
A. halting / indefinite
B. cancelled / indefinitely
C. halted / indefinitely
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疫情之下避險當道
美餐飲業者如何鎖定食材價格?
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💸 Grocers, Restaurants Benefit From Hedging Prices of Beef, Pork
對抗疫情,食材供應商與餐飲業者如何出招?提前鎖定肉類價格
-benefit from sth 從某事獲益、透過做某件事而得到好處
-hedge 避險交易
✍常見用法:hedge fund 避險基金
🥩 Some grocers, food manufacturers and restaurant chains weathered the supply-chain disruption in recent months in part because they use a common hedging practice: Locking in beef prices and quantities of meat purchases months in advance.
近幾個月以來,一些超市、食品供應商與連鎖餐廳抵禦了供應鏈中斷的影響,原因之一是他們採取了一種常見的避險操作:提前好幾個月鎖定牛肉價格與肉類購買量。
-weather 抵擋住、抵禦
-disruption 中斷、混亂
-in advance 提前、事先
🧐 Costco Wholesale Corp. and Jack in the Box Inc. are among the companies that have said they negotiate prices of some supplies in advance, providing finance chiefs with a forward look on costs. That practice became a key tool for these companies after the pandemic and prices soared.
好市多 (Costco) 和 Jack in the Box 等公司表示,他們已事先針對部分供應品的價格進行協商,為財務長提供關於成本的前瞻性展望。在疫情蔓延和價格飆升的當下,這種做法成為這些公司的關鍵工具。
-negotiate 協商、談判
-a forward look 前瞻性的展望
✍常見用法:forward-looking 有遠見的、高瞻遠矚的;forward-planning 預先計畫
🍽 Many businesses that use frozen protein products—including food manufacturing companies and restaurants—agree on prices and volumes with their suppliers roughly one year out, said Matthew DiFrisco, a managing director at investment bank Guggenheim Securities LLC.
投資銀行Guggenheim Securities LLC的總經理馬修・迪佛里斯可(Matthew DiFrisco)表示,許多使用冷凍蛋白產品的企業,包括食品製造商和餐飲業者,會提前大約一年與供應商協調購買價格和數量。
-protein 蛋白
-volumes 數量,此處指購買量
🌭 “It removes uncertainty or volatility,” Mr. DiFrisco said. Companies usually negotiate these contracts in February, with some staggering them throughout the year, he said.
迪佛里斯可指出,「如此可以消除不確定性和波動性。企業通常在每年2月份商議這些合約,有些企業則在一年之中交錯協調。」
-volatility 波動性
-stagger 錯開時間,意思同 spread over time
未完待續...
持續走高的物價與強勁的消費者需求
且看餐飲業者與食品供應商如何應對
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Food manufacturers _____ price locks at a minimum to mitigate risk of price _______ and to prevent speculation on future pork prices
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A. keep / fluctuations
B. keeping / depreciations
C. holds / inflations
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