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
a.w.p.
acquire by fraud
African Queen
aileron response factor
Algerian Saharan Arabic
alloisomerism
amalgamatize
anthericiol
aphidilutein
arylamidase
as never before
ass munches
babrahams
beta-naphthoquinone
biodesulfurization
book entry government bond
boroson
broadly-defined
by bicycle
caninelaugh
canonical assembly
cantilever form
cedrelas
chin rests
clothes moth
coal road
colo(u)r map
coordinate graph
core matrices
cytoreducing
desmogleins
determination of semen
dictyostelium giganteum
disk construction
dopable
East Kilbride
educates
examination of disbursement vouchers
faryab
Fide-Jussor
fingernail clam
fluid purification system
fluorescence quantum efficiency
fopping
forward search for program alignment function
functional parts
GCFBR
genus forficulas
good middling
grant gratuity
half-assed
high-speed planing machine
hip, hip, hurrah
hnRNA
humate
information collection and processing
inhaling and exhaling through the nose
international expositions
islamic republic of pakistans
joing
Krishnai R.
laser space-to-ground voice link
laxative salt
less vibration
lumpy stool
manganous nitrate (manganese nitrate)
monok
normal operating losses
notice and take down
on load voltage ratio adjuster
one drop
oval edged steel flat
oversearched
photosensitive nonsilver paper
planetary dynamics
Plectania
potato peeling
pre-romanesque
pruning knife
pulp sales
refractory fibre reinforced plastic
Rickards
roomette car
screened wire
selective attack
serratus posterior superiors
sheltered accommodation
Staphylococcus candicans
tegestologists
telesphorus
Timbédra
ultimate of frequency
undersealed
uppermost in my mind...
Venkata
venues
Viburnum farreri
vincanol
winter worm
Zeegse