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We were kept afloat by “peak TV”, the glut of content that was required by the explosion of streaming services.

支撑我们维持下去的是“巅峰电视”时代——流媒体服务的爆炸式增长所需要的海量内容。

As the streamers’ emphasis changed from subscriber growth to profitability, prices for the services went up and the number of new shows went down to 481 released in 2023, with the number expected to dip into the 300s within a few years.

随着流媒体平台的重心从订户增长转向盈利，服务价格上涨，新剧数量则下降到2023年的481部，预计几年内这一数字还会跌至300多部。

While books are, and should always be, at the heart of any library, a multitude of other services are offered: employment advice, language classes or digital access and support.

虽然书籍是、也应该永远是任何图书馆的核心，但图书馆还提供大量其他服务：就业咨询、语言课程，或数字接入与支持。

Ever since taking on Netflix Inc. at its own game, old Hollywood has struggled to turn a profit in streaming, with the likes of Disney+, Peacock and Paramount+ losing billions of dollars each year, sparking concerns that the services will never be as profitable as cable once was.

自从在流媒体领域与奈飞公司正面交锋以来，老牌好莱坞一直难以在流媒体业务上盈利，Disney+、Peacock和Paramount+等平台每年亏损数十亿美元，引发了人们的担忧：这些服务永远不会像有线电视曾经那样赚钱。

But the age of streaming has been a boon for some unintended winners: pirates that use software to rip a film or television show in seconds from legitimate online video platforms and host the titles on their own, illegitimate services, which rake in about $2 billion annually from ads and subscriptions.

但流媒体时代却让一些意想不到的赢家获益：盗版者利用软件在几秒钟内从正规在线视频平台上扒下一部电影或电视节目，放到自己的非法平台上，这些平台每年从广告和订阅中捞取约20亿美元。

But now piracy involving illegal streaming services as well as file-sharing costs the US economy about $30 billion in lost revenue a year and some 250,000 jobs, estimates the US Chamber of Commerce’s Global Innovation Policy Center.

但据美国商会全球创新政策中心估计，如今涉及非法流媒体服务和文件共享的盗版每年让美国经济损失约300亿美元收入和约25万个工作岗位。

When Tom Swetnam joined the U.S. Forest Service in the 1970s, his mandate was to “put everything out,” he recalled.

汤姆·斯韦特纳姆回忆说，20世纪70年代他加入美国林务局时，他的任务是“把所有火都扑灭”。

Boston took things even further, requiring renters to register with the city’s Inspectional Services Department.

波士顿走得更远，要求出租者在该市的检查服务局登记。

The bill proved largely popular and sailed through Congress with large majorities in favor. In quick succession, the Senate and House passed legislation protecting Yellowstone in early 1872. That March, President Ulysses S. Grant signed an act into law that established Yellowstone as the world’s first national park. While some locals opposed to the designation, the decision was largely accepted — and Jackson’s photos played a key role in the fight to protect the area. “I don’t believe that the legal protection would have happened in the timeframe that it did without those images,” says Heather Hansen, journalist and author of Prophets and Moguls, Rangers and Rogues, Bison and Bears: 100 Years of the National Park Service.

事实证明，该法案广受欢迎，以压倒性多数顺利在国会通过。1872年初，参众两院相继迅速通过了保护黄石的立法。当年3月，尤利西斯·S·格兰特总统签署了一项法案，使其成为法律，从而将黄石确立为世界上第一个国家公园。尽管一些当地人反对这一认定，但这一决定在很大程度上被接受了——杰克逊的照片在保护该地区的斗争中发挥了关键作用。“我认为，如果没有那些图像，法律保护不会在那样的时间内实现，”记者希瑟·汉森说，她是《先知与大亨、护林员与无赖、野牛与熊：国家公园管理局100年》一书的作者。

Campgrounds are a tiny portion of the overall infrastructure backlog, and businesses in the parks hand over, on average, only about 5% of their revenues to the National Park Service.

露营地在全部基础设施积压项目中只占极小一部分，而且公园内的商家平均只把约5%的收入上缴给国家公园管理局。

Any fair-minded assessment of the dangers of the deal between Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) and DeepMind must start by acknowledging that both sides mean well.

对英国国民医疗服务体系（NHS）与DeepMind之间这项协议的危险性作出任何公允的评估，都必须首先承认双方本意都是好的。

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) continues to bleed red ink.

美国邮政署（USPS）持续出现亏损。

“A lot of workers are servicing the tourist industry, and the tourism industry is serviced by those people coming in short term,” Castle said, “and so it’s a cyclical effect.”

“很多员工服务于旅游业，而旅游业又靠那些短期前来的人支撑，”卡斯尔说，“所以这是一种循环效应。”

“A lot of workers are servicing the tourist industry, and the tourism industry is serviced by those people coming in short term,” Castle said, “and so it’s a cyclical effect.”

“很多员工服务于旅游业，而旅游业又靠那些短期前来的人支撑，”卡斯尔说，“所以这是一种循环效应。”