时间:2019-01-21 作者:英语课 分类:Eztalk美语会话


英语课

In Nikki's room


Nikki:Wanna chill out and watch cable? [turns on the TV]

Wen:[A few minutes later] Wow! Besides The Cosby Show, I've never seen a black sitcom 1. What's this program?

Nikki:It's a drama called Soul Food. This channel is BET-Black Entertainment Television. It has black shows, news and commercials.

Wen:This show is like a black Friends.

Nikki:BET has black shows that are overlooked by mainstream 2 white TV.

Wen:That's cool. I've heard LA has an all-Asian channel on cable.

Nikki:Word!

Wen:What?


chill out

放松一下。只说chill也可以

Let's go chill at my house.

我们去我家轻松一下吧。


commercial (n.)

(电视、广播的)广告

Television stations make all their money off of commercials.

电视台都是靠广告赚钱的。


mainstream (a.)

主流的

A: Mainstream music is so boring.

主流音乐好无聊。

B: You're such a snob 3!

你真是个自大狂!


cable (n.)

有线电视。sitcom (n.) 情境喜剧。文中所提到的The Cosby Show《天才老爹》、Soul Food《精神食粮》,都是著名的黑人情境喜剧,前者曾在台播出,轰动一时;Friends《六人行》则是目前当红的白人情境喜剧,台湾也有播放

I don't have cable at my house.

我家没有有线电视。


be overlooked by...

被…所忽视

Black people have often been overlooked by mainstream media.

黑人通常被主流媒体所忽视。


在妮琪房间


妮琪: 想放松一下,看个电视吗?(打开电视)

小雯: (几分钟后)哇!我从没看过《天才老爹》以外的黑人情境喜剧。这是什么节目啊?

妮琪: 这是一部叫做《精神食粮》的电视剧。这一台是黑人娱乐台。它播放黑人节目、新闻、广告。

小雯: 这个节目就像黑人版的《六人行》。

妮琪: 黑人娱乐台播放那些被主流白人电视台忽视的节目。

小雯: 真不赖。我听说在洛杉矶也有个全部是亚洲节目的有线频道。

妮琪: 西底!

小雯: 什么?



n.情景喜剧,(广播、电视的)系列幽默剧
  • This sitcom is produced in cooperation with Hong Kong TV.这部连续剧是同香港电视台联合制作的。
  • I heard that a new sitcom is coming out next season.我听说下一季会推出一个新的情境喜剧。
n.(思想或行为的)主流;adj.主流的
  • Their views lie outside the mainstream of current medical opinion.他们的观点不属于当今医学界观点的主流。
  • Polls are still largely reflects the mainstream sentiment.民调还在很大程度上反映了社会主流情绪。
n.势利小人,自以为高雅、有学问的人
  • Going to a private school had made her a snob.上私立学校后,她变得很势利。
  • If you think that way, you are a snob already.如果你那样想的话,你已经是势利小人了。
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