1Ever since taking on Netflix Inc. at its own game, old Hollywood has struggled to turn a profit in streaming, with the likes of Disney+, Peacock and Paramount+ losing billions of dollars each year, sparking concerns that the services will never be as profitable as cable once was.
主干主语：old Hollywood；谓语：has struggled；宾语：to turn a profit in streaming
结构句首 Ever since taking on... 为时间状语（现在分词短语作状语，逻辑主语即主句主语）。with the likes of... losing... 为 with 复合结构作伴随状语。sparking concerns that... 为现在分词短语作结果状语，that 引导同位语从句解释 concerns；as... as 比较结构中 once was 省略表语。
译文自从在流媒体领域与奈飞正面交锋以来，老牌好莱坞一直难以靠流媒体盈利：迪士尼+、孔雀、派拉蒙+等平台每年亏损数十亿美元，令人担忧这些服务永远达不到有线电视当年的盈利水平。
考点with + 名词 + 现在分词 作伴随/结果状语 · sparking 分词短语表结果，后接 that 同位语从句
2But the age of streaming has been a boon for some unintended winners: pirates that use software to rip a film or television show in seconds from legitimate online video platforms and host the titles on their own, illegitimate services, which rake in about $2 billion annually from ads and subscriptions.
主干主语：the age of streaming；谓语：has been；表语：a boon
结构冒号后 pirates 为 winners 的同位语。that use... and host... 为定语从句修饰 pirates，use 与 host 并列。their own, illegitimate services 中逗号分隔同位修饰。which rake in... 为非限制性定语从句，先行词为 illegitimate services。
译文但流媒体时代却意外成全了一批赢家：盗版者用软件在数秒内从正规在线视频平台扒下电影或剧集，再放到自己的非法平台上，这些平台每年靠广告和订阅进账约20亿美元。
考点冒号后同位语 + that 定语从句中两个并列谓语 · which 非限制性定语从句修饰前面的非法服务
3But now piracy involving illegal streaming services as well as file-sharing costs the US economy about $30 billion in lost revenue a year and some 250,000 jobs, estimates the US Chamber of Commerce’s Global Innovation Policy Center.
主干主语：piracy；谓语：costs；宾语：the US economy（间接）+ about $30 billion... and some 250,000 jobs（直接）
结构involving... as well as file-sharing 为现在分词短语作后置定语修饰 piracy。costs 后接双宾语结构。句末 estimates... 为倒装，将引述来源后置，正常语序为 The ... Center estimates that...。
译文但如今，非法流媒体以及文件分享类盗版每年给美国经济造成约300亿美元的收入损失和约25万个就业岗位——这是美国商会全球创新政策中心的估算。
考点cost sb. sth. 双宾语 · 引述动词 estimates 置于句末形成倒装
4Rivkin joined the MPA in 2017 after the organization failed five years earlier to build consensus between Hollywood and Silicon Valley to win passage of legislation in Congress aimed at stopping online piracy.
主干主语：Rivkin；谓语：joined；宾语：the MPA
结构after 引导时间状语从句。failed to build consensus... 中 to win passage... 为目的状语。aimed at stopping... 为过去分词短语作后置定语修饰 legislation。five years earlier 相对 2017 回指约 2012 年。
译文里夫金2017年加入美国电影协会；五年前该协会未能在好莱坞与硅谷之间促成共识，从而未能推动国会通过旨在遏制网络盗版的立法。
考点fail to do 后接目的状语 to win... · aimed at doing 分词短语修饰 legislation
5ACE says it’s helped shrink the number of illegal streaming services in North America to 126, from more than 1,400 in 2018, aided in part by the MPA’s support for a 2020 federal law that made large-scale streaming of copyright material a serious crime.
主干主语：ACE；谓语：says；宾语：it’s helped shrink the number...
结构says 后为省略 that 的宾语从句。shrink... to... from... 为数量变化结构。aided in part by... 为过去分词短语作原因/伴随状语。that made... a serious crime 为定语从句修饰 law，make + 宾语 + 宾补。
译文ACE称，在其帮助下，北美非法流媒体服务已从2018年的1400多家减至126家，部分得益于美国电影协会推动的2020年联邦法律——该法将大规模流式传播受版权保护内容定为重罪。
考点shrink A to X, from Y 数量对比 · make + 宾语 + 名词宾补；aided by 分词状语