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| "A DVD retails (零售) for $10 or more. Out of that, we writers get four or five cents now. We're asking to get eight cents per DVD. The 1 and others say we're asking for too much." That is television writer Saul Bloom's argument as to 2 the Writers Association of America is going on strike. The strike by TV and movie writers will greatly 3 TV and movie production. The last such strike, in 1988, 4 the industry half a billion dollars. That strike lasted five months. All movies that require the 5 of professional writers will stop production. TV networks will have to 6 "reality" shows that don't require professional writers. 7 , of course, there will be plenty of reruns (重播). TV viewers 8 fresh programs might have to switch to cable TV or 9 DVDs. A recent nationwide poll (民意测验) 10 that the general public strongly supports the writers, who are 11 to be underpaid and unappreciated. "Writers are 12 demanding," complained Reese Majors, vice president of a production company with seven 13 airing weekly on network TV. "They think they are so 14 . All they do is to type a bunch of 15 onto a piece of paper. They think that writing is worff. But how can it be work when it is done in the 16 of their homes? How can you call sitting at home 'work'? The 17 and the crew have to go on location (外景拍摄), where they must 18 the cold, the heat, the jet lag, and the 19 of being away from home No home cooking for them-they have to eat 20 . But you don't hear them asking for four more cents per DVD!" | ||||
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