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An early morning fire broke out on the Universal Studios backlot Sunday, destroying important cityscape but no soundstages.
周日清晨，好莱坞环球影城外景场地发生大火，烧毁了重要的城市布景，但没有波及摄影棚。

The fire was contained within a few hours, and the nearby Universal theme park and other studio facilities were spared any serious fallout. But the lot's famous Court House Square -- used in films including "Back to the Future" -- and its New York Street cityscape were destroyed.
大火持续了几个小时，附近的环球主题公园和其他的演播室设备也没有受到影响，但影片《回到未来》中使用过的著名庭院场景和它的纽约街景被毁。

A backlot attraction based on the film "King Kong" also was destroyed, but no tour tram lines were damaged.
一个《金刚》中使用的外景也被烧毁，但是参观线路仍然完好。

Little production had been taking place on the backlot, in part because Universal and other Hollywood studios have been going slow on greenlighting new projects while management negotiators hammer out a new SAG contract.
当时这个外景场地几乎没有被使用，部分原因是环球和其他的好莱坞制作公司一起正缓慢推进一项新计划，而管理层正在推敲和SAG（美国演员工会）的新合同。

The blaze started on the huge backlot at about 4:45 a.m., fire officials said. At least three firefighters were injured in the blaze, the cause of which was under investigation.
消防局说，外景场的这场大火大约是凌晨4：45分开始的。至少有三名消防队员在救火时受伤，火灾原因仍在调查中。

The MTV Movie Awards were allowed to proceed at the nearby Universal Amphitheater on Sunday night, and most studio employees were expected to report to work as usual Monday.
周日晚上的MTV电影颁奖礼于周日晚在附近的环球圆形剧场举行，片场大部分员工有望在周一回到正常的工作轨道中。

"We are very lucky today," Universal Studios president Ron Meyer said at a Sunday morning press conference. "It could have been worse."
环球影城总裁罗恩·梅耶在周日上午的新闻发布会中说：“今天我们很幸运，这本可能更糟糕。”

Contents of the studio's video-library vault were damaged, but the vault contained only digital copies of more than 40,000 film and TV titles. No negatives or film masters were affected.
片场的影带收藏室被毁，但收藏室内只有四万多部影视剧的拷贝，底片和巨作都没有受到影响。

"Fortunately, nothing irreplaceable was lost," Meyer said. "We have duplicates."
梅耶说，“幸运的是，我们有拷贝，没有损失什么独一无二的资料。”

"Ghost Whisperer," a CBS series that regularly shoots scenes on the backlot, appeared to be the only major project immediately affected by the fire. But the series will still get its new episodes on the air as planned by the fall, a spokeswoman said.
一位女发言人说，CBS的一部电视剧《鬼语者》正在这个场地拍摄，成为唯一一部受到火灾直接影响的片子，但这部剧的新剧集将按原计划在秋季放送。

An unspecified commercial shoot also was hampered by the blaze.
一部广告的拍摄也受到了火灾的影响。

Uni had aimed to open the theme park and the adjacent CityWalk retail complex by midday Sunday, but at the request of fire officials both remained shut for the day. Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal CityWalk were expected to resume normal operations Monday.
环球影城的主题公园和附近的商业街本打算在周日中午仍然开放，但在消防局的要求下还是关闭了一整天，好莱坞环球影城和环球商业街预计将于周一恢复正常。

 

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