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
-tropal
acephalus monopus
acetochloral
aciduric diet
adjudication of death
Aitken Bible
alcaptonuric
Alpha-Mannosidase
analytical solution
bane
barium diborate
Bayezid I
blank filling
bug-chasers
Cerasus fruticosa
chlorophyll some
CIF free in and out
compound feed stuff
corporaces
court calendars
crania
croupous
culture of special species
dayslong
Dderlein's bacillus
Delphinium nangchienense
diaschistic
dominion days
drill file
duncombes
ennilnilium
exponentiations
fly lighting gallery
functional generator
gadjet
georgeson
give someone a piece of your mind
glumming
goethian
graphics system
grating filter
gruenlingite
grumble over
guide pillar type die
Hadjera
heat source of heat-supply system
hemipilioides
high precision LF signal generator
hyperferritinaemia
intents
interface procedure
iridium tribromide
kafies
limited funds
long-plaier
major attack
man on the other side of the desk
mandarin
manliest
marks and spencer
mass shooting
microembolus
minta
mowing height adaptation
msecs
neurorrhaphy of radial nerve
null zone
operating information
order sb. about
overfawn
Palacios, R.
parentness
Pima
pitch of stairs
preaid rent account
propan-1-ol
pseudonaviculae
Puno, Dep.de
row dry
sail-off
sand and cement mixer
sedentary
self-filling windscreen washer
siccicate
sick fucks
sirenize
slant hole
slow relief relay
sprinkling irrigation
standard discharge condition
steel plain splice
superadiabatic convection
the bond of affection
three-daiest
TLAN
toll lines
trade war fears
trigeminal nerves
undewriter
unquantized
vacuum impregnation
wanli