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。
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7-6 suspension
air inflation raft
anesthetic agent effect
antifestival
apparatus grouping
azoic color
basket flower
betaoxidation
bierbalks
Bird's sign
blood pressure
cantilevered
carbon fibre brush
centre-tapped transformer
classic hemochromatoses
coherent forward scattering atomic spectroscopy
color gradation
commodity valuation at cost
conjugal transfer
contour check irrigation
contranitence
counting relay group
crack-tryst
crap around
Cristo
cryoanalgesia
cumulative fertility function
cymbopogon nardus
depth-of-field indicator
difference between workers and peasants
differential distribution
dostounix
double sateen (satin)
fidelity card
flareth
fossae interpeduncularis
hanging mercury drop electrode
hard pesticide
hatpins
head rail
heartpacer
heraldry
Heteradelphy
induction type ammeter
intellectual product
intrusion(injecton)
lancesomnal
Leontocebus
long distance cable
longitudinal feed
low temperature seal
luetically
make the acquaintance of sb.
marking of containers
mertvago
misdelivered
non-ideal detonation
nondepreciable
Okka
Okubie
overtasks
palatial architecture
Peltovuoma
phase transition-like phenomena
Pravoberezhnyy Rayon
psidopala shirakii
punishableness
rational proper fraction
red dead nettle
retrievings
Ryvita
se-
second lien
sicyons
special demurrer
sporanox
stone-clad
strategic airlift
stunt men
subsidiarizing
swaying vibration
Swertia hickinii
swung dashes
synthetic light curve
system islanding
teletherapists
tert-pentyl
thumb-index finger pressing method
titanous
transmission-line constant
trusteeship function
two-bank
unbonnets
unit construction of machine tools
Untermünkheim
upward continuation integral
urgent fault alarm
Villefagnan
wears
Weebly
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