时间:2018-12-03 作者:英语课 分类:2014年ESL之餐饮娱乐


英语课

 


TV Shows Being Renewed and Cancelled


Mo: I have some bad news: Your favorite TV show has been cancelled. 


Amy: I’m not surprised. Ratings plummeted 1 last season, so the writing was on the wall. 


Mo: Also on the chopping block is your favorite reality show: American Idiots. 


Amy: Oh no, not American Idiots, too! I thought it was gaining ground in the ratings after a slow start. 


Mo: Unfortunately, it stayed a cult 2 favorite and never garnered 3 a large enough viewership to be renewed. 


Amy: I’ll have nothing to watch next season. 


Mo: You can watch some of my shows. All of my favorites are being renewed, with one taking a short hiatus. 


Amy: A short hiatus? We all know what that means. 


Mo: What are you implying? 


Amy: The network will put in a mid-season replacement 4, and if it does well, you’ll never see your show again. 


Mo: That’s not true. You’re just saying that because your shows got the ax. 


Amy: No, I’m not. That show is on its last legs. Mark my words. 


Mo: Well, even if it’s true, I still have something to watch, for now. 


Amy: What are you watching right now? 


Mo: A show called Podsters. It’s a reality show where a bunch of podcasters live in a house together and are watched 24 hours a day. 


Amy: I’ve never heard of anything so inane 5. Who cares about the lives of podcasters? They must be the most boring people in the world. 


Mo: You might have a point there. 


 


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 



1 plummeted
v.垂直落下,骤然跌落( plummet的过去式和过去分词 )
  • Share prices plummeted to an all-time low. 股票价格暴跌到历史最低点。
  • A plane plummeted to earth. 一架飞机一头栽向地面。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 cult
n.异教,邪教;时尚,狂热的崇拜
  • Her books aren't bestsellers,but they have a certain cult following.她的书算不上畅销书,但有一定的崇拜者。
  • The cult of sun worship is probably the most primitive one.太阳崇拜仪式或许是最为原始的一种。
3 garnered
v.收集并(通常)贮藏(某物),取得,获得( garner的过去式和过去分词 )
  • Mr. Smith gradually garnered a national reputation as a financial expert. 史密斯先生逐渐赢得全国金融专家的声誉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He has garnered extensive support for his proposals. 他的提议得到了广泛的支持。 来自辞典例句
4 replacement
n.取代,替换,交换;替代品,代用品
  • We are hard put to find a replacement for our assistant.我们很难找到一个人来代替我们的助手。
  • They put all the students through the replacement examination.他们让所有的学生参加分班考试。
5 inane
adj.空虚的,愚蠢的,空洞的
  • She started asking me inane questions.她开始问我愚蠢的问题。
  • Such comments are inane because they don't help us solve our problem.这种评论纯属空洞之词,不能帮助我们解决问题。
学英语单词
abmho
absorbance
acknowledgement of a child
alkal melting pan
Amber airway
Archerfield
available with
behavior
blood cholesterol
Bohr-Sommerfeld theory
Bulbophyllum griffithii
Campbell, Alexander
chord of six-four
chords
circular loom
city plannings
coating resin
Coffey still
combined closure method
company branch (telephone) exchange
convertor protection
cumulatively punished with a fine
cystic syphilis
de-worming
declared operating condition
devacuumization
discrete simulation system
doublet profile lens
end lifting apparatus
essence of chicken with ganoerma lucidum
evome
ferrallitisation
film play
fire retardant polyester resin
flower part
flux geothermal
follicular oogenesis
forward test channel
free piston plant
gonorrheal tenosynovitis
grasshopping
high quality products
high rate silver zinc battery
history of cartography
history of sociology
Homaliadelphus
host file system
hydroxychlororaphine
hyperheuristics
i don't get it
initial completion
intermittent insanity
intra company transfer payments
lacrimal appratus
lamellar part
laparotomy
low storied building
luteal regression stage
mechanical lifetime limit
metal cathode
mid - ocean ridges
misreading
moyons
myrosins
Méjean, Causse
non metallic
non skid chains
Noness Head
obsite
one's complement
parascolopsis tosensis
parrotry
phanerochaete lutea
pharyngolysis
phthorimaeas
piping system
pocketbook issue
Pohokura
Povolzhskiy
pretied
Primula cunninghamii
quella
rio grande rise
rood
safety member
sekoke disease
share the load
sinai peninsulas
single-bank engine
starting rope
system statistical information
technobabbles
technology of reinforced plastics
the kerb market
theseions
Tiari
tilt autosyn
training of staff
untattered
urmak
Val-d'Oise, Dép.du
wooden peg