奇聞軼事 + 純正英語 + 大連話 + 美籍華人
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聽大樹講英語趣聞
1918年，四個來自俄亥俄州的香皂銷售員，在好萊塢開了間電影製作公司，這就是後來的華納兄弟。
studio
a room where an artist, photographer, sculptor, etc. works. 畫室，攝影室，工作室
a place where movies are made or produced. 攝影棚
a room where musical or sound recordings can be made. 錄音室
a room from which television or radio programs are broadcast, or in which they are recorded. 直播間
a place where performers, especially dancers, practice and exercise. 舞蹈室
a film or television production company.製作公司
a studio apartment. 單間公寓
世界聞名的『好萊塢』標誌誕生於1923年。一名房地產商Harry Chandler本想在當地打廣告賣房產。他為了這塊廣告牌花了2萬1千美元，而且原來只打算放一年半的時間。
come about 發生
real estate agent 房地產中介
locality n.當地
美國的電影業是被託馬斯·愛迪生『逼』到加州的。
Background Story:
Back in the day Thomas Edison held thousands of patents in the United States, including patents relating to the movie industry. Over time, Edison and other film-related patent holders formed the Motion Picture Patent Company which exhibited a near monopoly on the production, distribution, and exhibition of all things film. Thus, if you wanted to be in the movie business you had to have the approval of Edison and his company.
As a result, many in the film industry, known as 「independents」, chose to flee to California because judges there were less friendly to the patents awarded to Edison and the company. And even if Edison’s patents were held valid, enforcement was going to be tricky due to expensive cross-continental travel.
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