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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abc classification concept
advanced search
agitator washer
aluminium castings
Aruntas
automatization of information transmission
avras
backlimb thrust
balyana
beam extence
bearing nut lock washer
Berkeley superhilac
bling-less
bradypeptic
brokerage office
brown-greier
calcic horizon distribution
cbse
choke-berry
cholalin
choy
coersvie force
condensing electrometer
container consortium
contra-sexuality
cortical cytoplasm
cushionless
cyclohexyl bromide
daunz
differential-wound
dionise
diversity statements
double bar gauge
double-quoting
El Olivo
elastic scattering cross-section
electrophobic reagent
Equalactin
Esteroquinone dye
euphorbia exiguas
exhaust plumbing
first hand hap
Flintstonian
frustrated reflection
gateways
glycol polyethylene
green cormorant
half-free
have something to say for oneself
hemicentrum
Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy
horarios
hyhoproteinemia
instant-check
intelligent behavior
King of England
Kisosi
kudoss
large scale manufacture
lead in insulator
locating face
maintenance depot
manufacturing quality control
meiotic apogamy
mid-semester
neurations
Ngwedaung
numba (kenya)
opah
original course
panchi stage
pancreatic enzyme
pickle rinse spray tank
pressure force on submerged surface
profiteers
prosaposin
pseudorealistic
pushed to
right ventriculography
rumbling accentuated
samplechanger
set up a proest against
shock acceleration
stageside
steering arms
superior anastomotic vein
symphurus bathyspilus
systematick
thermo-electric method
tin-base alloy
translating relay
true as steel
tumbling box
tweedlike
type classification
unresolvably
venus of milo
virtual address component
washing resistance
Waza
write-through mechanism
xanthochromatic