Hollywood, (Former) Capital of Movies and Television 好萊塢，（前）電影和電視的首都
Many actors dream of going to “Hollywood” to “make it big” (to be a big success), and a few are probably surprised to learn that there is no city of Hollywood in California. Hollywood is actually just a neighborhood of Los Angeles. “Moreover” (in addition), many of the “film studios” (places where movies and TV shows are made) are not even in that neighborhood, so the term “Hollywood” really describes the larger entertainment “industry” (business) in this city. Now comes a new surprise: Most movies and TV shows aren’t even made in Hollywood/Los Angeles anymore.
許多演員夢想著去“好萊塢”成名，而且有些人可能會驚訝地得知加州並沒有好萊塢這個城市。好萊塢實際上只是洛杉磯的一個社區。而且，許多“電影工作室”（製作電影和電視節目的地方）甚至不在那個社區，所以“好萊塢”這個術語實際上描述的是這個城市中更大的娛樂“行業”（業務）。現在又有一個新的驚喜：大多數電影和電視節目甚至都不再在好萊塢/洛杉磯製作了。According to a 2009 Los Angeles Times article, only about 30% of movies are now “filmed” (made) in California, “down from” (decreasing from) more than 60% just five years before. Only 57% of all TV shows’ first episodes, called “pilots,” are filmed in Los Angeles, down from more than 80% in 2004.
根據2009年《洛杉磯時報》的一篇文章，現在只有約30%的電影是在加州拍攝的，比五年前的60%以上“下降”。僅有57%的所有電視節目的第一集，即所謂的“試播集”，是在洛杉磯拍攝的，比2004年的80%以上下降。
So why is everyone leaving? The reason is simple: Other cities and states are giving filmmakers incentives to film in their locations. “Incentives” are things you are given to motivate you to want to do something. These incentives are mostly “financial” (related to money), including lower taxes and fees for filming. Los Angeles, however, doesn’t have any organized program of incentives, and has therefore been losing jobs to other cities and states, such as New York, Connecticut, and “elsewhere” (other places).
那麼為什麼每個人都離開了呢？原因很簡單：其他城市和州正在給予電影製片人在他們的地點拍攝的激勵。 “激勵”是你被給予的事物，以激勵你想要做某事。這些激勵主要是“金融”（與金錢有關），包括較低的稅收和拍攝費用。然而，洛杉磯沒有任何組織的激勵計劃，因此一直在失去工作機會，轉移到其他城市和州，如紐約，康涅狄格州和“其他地方”。
Los Angeles is trying to create its own incentive plan to keep the studios from moving their business to other states. But some think it may be too late. Soon, instead of actors dreaming of coming to Los Angeles, perhaps they’ll “flock” (go in large numbers) to Vancouver, Hartford, and Dallas instead.
洛杉磯正試圖制定自己的激勵計劃，以防止工作室將他們的業務轉移到其他州。但有人認為可能已經太遲了。很快，演員們可能不再夢想著來到洛杉磯，也許他們將轉而“蜂擁”（大量前往）溫哥華，哈特福德和達拉斯。
重點單字
- make it big：大紅大紫，成名 / meɪk ɪt bɪɡ/
- neighborhood：社區 / ˈneɪbərˌhʊd /
- film studios：電影工作室 / fɪlm ˈstjuːdiˌoʊz /
- industry：行業 / ˈɪndəstri /
- financial：財務的 / fɪˈnænʃəl /
- incentives：激勵 / ɪnˈsɛntɪvz /
- organized program：組織計劃 / ˈɔːrɡənaɪzd ˈproʊɡræm /
- elsewhere：其他地方 / ˈɛlsˌhwɛr /
- flock：大量前往 / flɑk /
