上外版英语高级视听说(上册)听力原文.docx

Unit 1 Pirates of the Internet It ’ s no secret that online piracyhasdecimated the music industry as millions of people stopped buying CDs and startedstealing their favorite songs by downloading them from the internet. Now the hign-tech thieves are coming after Hollywood. Illegal downloading of full-length feature films is a relatively new phenomenon, but it ’bescoming easier and easier to do. The peoplerunningAmerica ’ s movie studios know that if theydon somethingand fastthey could be in the same boat as the recordcompanies.Correspodent: “ What ’ s really at stake for the movie industry with allthisprivacy ?” Chernin: “ Well, I think,you know, ultimately, ourabsolutefeatures. ” Peter Chernin runs2 Century Fox, one of the biggest studios in Hollywood. He knows the pirates of the Internet are gaining on him. Correspont: know how many movies are being downloaded today, in one day, in the United States?”Chernin: “Ithink it ’prsobably in the hundreds of thousands, ifnotmillions .” Correspondent:Andit “’s only goingto grow. ” Chernin: “It ’s oSnloymgeobinogdtyo grow. can put a perfect digital copy up ontheinternet. A perfect digital copy, all right. And with the click of mouse, send out amillion copies all over the world,inan instant. ” 5 And it ’alsl free. If that takes hold, kiss Hollywood goodbye. Chernin recently organized a “summitb”etween studio moguls and some high school and college kidsthe people most likelyto be downloading. Chernin: “And we said, ‘Letc’omse up with a challenge.Let ’ s give them five movies, and see if they can find themonline. ’ And we all sat around and picked five movies, four of whichhadn ’ t been released yet. And then we came back halfan hour later. They had found all five movies thatwegav ethem. ” Correspondent: “Eventhe ones that hadn ’etven been released yet? ” Chernin: “ Even the onesthathadn ’ t even beenreleased Correspondent: “Didthese kids have any sense that they were stealing? ” Chernin: “You know i