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米ハリウッド、今回はリセッションの影響を避けられない可能性
Hollywood may not be recession-proof this time (LATimes.com)
Studio executives note that during the Great Depression, when more than a quarter of the country was out of work, people still scraped together dimes to see the latest motion picture. In subsequent economic slumps, consumers spent freely on new technology, expanded their home video libraries and, most recently, invested $1,000 or more on high-definition, big-screen TVs.
This time, however, past may not be prologue. Unlike the rudimentary entertainment economy of 75 years ago, when the downtown Bijou was about the only diversion, consumers now have a near-limitless array of entertainment options to occupy their leisure time.
Blame the Internet. With faster processors, improved technology to compress video and more than 60 million homes in the U.S. with high-speed connections, the computer seamlessly delivers full-length episodes of television shows and movies. As a result, the computer now vies with the TV and cinema as the go-to screen for entertainment.
recession-proof: 景気後退の影響を受けない
prologue: プロローグ
rudimentary entertainment economy: 未開発のエンターテイメント経済
世界の原油生産量、減少へ 中・長期的には需給逼迫、IEA年次報告
World will struggle to meet oil demand (FT.com)
Output from the world’s oilfields is declining faster than previously thought, the first authoritative public study of the biggest fields shows.
Without extra investment to raise production, the natural annual rate of output decline is 9.1 per cent, the International Energy Agency says in its annual report, the World Energy Outlook, a draft of which has been obtained by the Financial Times.
oilfield: 油田
natural annual rate of output decline: 原油生産の自然減少率
International Energy Agency: IEA、国際エネルギー機関、中長期的に安定的なエネルギー需給構造を確立することを目的に設立されたOECD枠内の機関
米シアトル、ライトレール延長計画 11月４日に投票、高速バスVS鉄道
Bus vs. light rail: Which is your ticket to ride? (The Seattle Times)
As the crowds grow inside Seattle-area buses and trains, there's no longer much debate about whether the region needs more transit. The big argument is about how to do it.
Some opponents of the $17.9 billion Sound Transit Proposition 1 — mainly to expand light rail — argue that commuters would get more service if the region spent its dollars to make bus service faster and more frequent.
But a first-class bus network would be easier dreamed than done.
light rail: ライトレール、速度信頼性が高い中量輸送システム
no longer: もはや～でない
Proposition 1: 住民投票事項１
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