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
-salpinx
accept phase
American twinflower
analysis of surplus
another bite at the cherry
arsy versy
assembler generator
at the tender age of
automatic pipet rinser
Baccacurea
bastu
bauble
Capparis multiflora
caravaning
carbon monoxide poisoning
case law
Chromoxane
clement attlees
conflicting signals
corbell
corn-worm
cut friends
cyclery
Dill City
embolise
end cutting nipper for cutting at a distance l
epiconamine
fareyouwell
financial intermediation
flow of wealth
fronto-dextra-posterior
Gate City
general forecast
gleer
Goldfussia
grambling
ground water dam
guardswomen
hardware control
Harrisia
hasbara
Highmore's antrum
illegal terminator
induced emission
insulating stud
intake grill
isoginkegetin
isthmensis
Kingie, River
kwannons
lactonase
large-scale map
leiarius
lookahead control
lycomarasmin
many-fold
Marketweight
multiply doubleword
naval vessels
node-shift method
Nollcn
non corrosive grease
nonideas
ojinaga
old-field
omnipotently
peiler
perchloroethene
perilunes
powder-type coating
preliminary checkout
profile form
re-ventilate
Remantadine
resisted roll
resistivity against water
right down the line
rolodine
Sancham-ni
semimembranosus muscle
Severo-Yeniseyskiy
shortage of weight
sliding door
snowsports
Sphaeranthus senegalensis
stabilizing resistor
statement on auditing standards
subjective life expectancy
swamp pheasant
tabulation sequential format
Thompsonseedless
tousse
treehorn
uncinula australinana mcalpine
Uptonian
video analysis
vinegarinesses
viseu (vizeu)
water line target
Web master
wet minced meat
zero-balance bridge