美国文化脱口秀 第392期:美国人爱看哪些美剧?
时间：2019-03-05 作者：英语课 分类：美国文化脱口秀
英语课
前两天艾美奖刚落下帷幕。说到美剧，大家应该都有自己的心头好。今天呢，推荐一些美国人爱看、而在国内并不那么大众化的美剧。我们会说说为什么这些剧在美国受欢迎。你不仅可以了解新美剧、还能了解它们所反应的当今美国文化。
关键词：
The Emmys were just handed out: 艾美奖刚颁
We'll talk about different viewing habits when it comes to TV shows in America: 今天说说美国人看剧的喜好习惯，和中国有些不同呢
各大奖项后面都要加个S
The Emmys
The Oscars
The Grammys
Because each award has many categories: 因为每个奖都有好多类别，所以要加S
They try to make the show fun and entertaining: 颁奖典礼都走幽默搞笑路线
A standup comedian 1 usually hosts the ceremony: 通常由大排喜剧演员、脱口秀主持人主持
The opening monologue 2 is really important in these shows: 开场白是最关键的
在美国，脱口秀地位不亚于美剧
Talk shows are a huge part of American life: 脱口秀是美国人生活的重要组成部分
Talk shows always reference to pop culture and current events: 节目会谈流行文化、时事
脱口秀吐槽、毒舌、手撕：
What a roast！
The hosts make fun of politicians and celebrities 3: 主持人都会拿政客、明星开涮
When talk show hosts make fun of famous people, it's called a "roast": 脱口秀主持人手撕名人政客，英语叫“roast"
As in roast meat: 就是烤肉的那个“烤”
They roasted Donald Trump 4 at the Emmys: 这次艾美奖，川普就被roast惨了
对美国人来说，当然没有“美剧”的概念
We just call them TV shows: 我们就说电视剧
The 2 main categories are either comedy or drama: 两大类，喜剧、剧情剧
不过现在当红的还有两类融合剧：
1.Dramady (drama+comedy): 剧情类喜剧
It's not as serious as drama, but not just about being funny as comedy: 不像剧情剧那么严肃，但又不像喜剧一味搞笑
比如HBO的Silicon 5 Valley (硅谷), 就属于dramady
2.Docudrama (documentary+drama): 纪录片式的剧情片
It's filmed documentary style, but it's a drama: 拍得很像纪录片，但其实是个剧情片
例子：
这次艾美奖拿了好几个奖项的People v. O.J. Simpson (美国犯罪故事：辛普森杀妻案)就是一部docudrama
Two Broke Girls, Big Bang Theory
在美国不红？
Two Broke Girls and Big Bang Theory were not nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series at this year's Emmys: Two Broke Girls和Big Bang Theory这次都没被提名
Does it mean they are not as popular? 是因为它们在美国没那么受欢迎吗？
They might not have a current season: 可能正好提名季没有播
Also the Emmy nominations 6 now tend to recognize newer, lesser 7 known shows in order to bring attention to them:而且艾美奖提名现在更倾向表彰那些少有人知的新剧，以此让大家注意
这些在美国很红的美剧，你看过吗？
黑人版的“摩登家庭”
为何受欢迎？
这两年，美国种族冲突日益加剧。很多人都感觉大众文化里缺少对黑人文化正面的描述，所以大的network电视台ABC就开始扶持这类戏。
不仅面向黑人观众，更要让白人了解黑人生活。
亚裔美国人
The name of this show comes from an old saying: 这部戏的名字来自于一个英语说法
"Jack 8 of all trades, master of none": 样样都会一点儿，但没一样精通, 就是三脚猫的意思
为何受欢迎？
It's not just about white Americans. It's created by Asian Americans: 这部戏的视角不是白人, 而是亚裔美国人
It talks about these second and third generation immigrants and their lives, their clashes with mainstream 9 society: 它讲述了第二第三代亚裔美国人在美国的生活、虽然已经是美国人，但还是会遇到和主流文化的一些冲突
The show's co-creators Alan Yang and Aziz Ansari won best writing for a comedy series:这部戏的编剧Alan Yang和Aziz Ansari赢得了这次艾美奖的最佳喜剧类编剧
美国人爱看哪些美剧
美剧会有更多亚裔美国人
节目里给大家放的那段Alan Yang得奖感言也道出了很多亚裔美国人的心声：
“There’s 17 million Asian-Americans in this country, and there’s 17 million Italian Americans. They have The Godfather, Goodfellas, Rocky, The Sopranos. We got Long Duk Dong, so we’ve got a long way to go.”
“Asian parents out there, if you can do me a favor: Just a couple of you, get your kids cameras instead of violins, we’ll all be good.”
Jenny推荐：
这部戏的主演Aziz Ansari是进入美国主流文化圈的印度裔美国人
He is a famous standup comedian: 是个很有名的脱口秀演员
He was on shows like Parks and Rec: 他演过美剧喜剧“公园与休憩”
“Parks and Rec”也是一部在美国口碑很好, 但在国内知名度不高的喜剧。
故事讲的是在公园与休憩这个美国政府部门工作的人的故事，这个部门负责管理美国的公园、公共休憩场所。
语言不难，但非常幽默、人物也很生动、多元化，非常推荐大家看。
理工男的崛起
代表美剧：Silicon Valley （硅谷）
为何受欢迎？
Silicon Valley's popularity reflects the rise of the startup culture and the rise of geeks:“硅谷”这部戏受欢迎反应了美国创业文化的热潮，还有奇客理工男的崛起
Entrepreneurial culture: 创业文化
If you're into technology, startup, you'll love this show: 如果你对科技、科技创业感兴趣，你应该会喜欢这部戏
美国社会热题：变性人、性别模糊
代表美剧：Transparent 10 (透明人生)
为何受欢迎？
The issue of transgender, gender 11 fluidity are hot-button issues in American society: 变性、性别流动性是美国社会近来的热题
吐槽美国政治
代表美剧：Veep （副总统）
为何受欢迎？
This show is the complete opposite of House of Cards: 这部戏和《纸牌屋》是完全相反的
The perspective on House of Cards is everything is a conspiracy 12 and there's a mastermind behind everything: 《纸牌屋》的世界观是一切都是阴谋，有一个人幕后操控、主导一切
On Veep (nickname for Vice 13 President), national and international politics are just office politics: 在《副总统》里，国家政治、国际政治无非就是办公室政治
Politicians have power but their power is very fragile: 政客虽然有权力，但这种权力是非常脆弱的
This show is extremely popular among well-educated viewers in America: 这部戏在美国知识分子中特别受欢迎
It's so funny, intelligent, the writing and the acting 14 is so spot on: 无论是编剧、还是演出，都特别幽默、睿智，十分到位
It's a ducodrama, dramady: 它的风格是纪录片、喜剧、剧情片
总之Jenny超级五星推荐！
高质量美剧井喷，亚马逊都有自制剧
There has been an explosion of high quality TV shows: 这两年高质量美剧井喷
Networks, cable channels and streaming services are all investing heavily in productions:无线台、有线台、在线服务（如Netflix)都大手笔投入电视剧
Top talents from film are all doing TV now: 搞电影的一流人才现在都来做电视剧了
It's what they call prestige TV: 这类高质量剧叫prestige TV
It's hard to discover and keep up with so many great new shows: 那么多好看的美剧，追都追不过来
n.喜剧演员；滑稽演员
- The comedian tickled the crowd with his jokes.喜剧演员的笑话把人们逗乐了。
- The comedian enjoyed great popularity during the 30's.那位喜剧演员在三十年代非常走红。
n.长篇大论，（戏剧等中的）独白
- The comedian gave a long monologue of jokes.喜剧演员讲了一长段由笑话组成的独白。
- He went into a long monologue.他一个人滔滔不绝地讲话。
n.（尤指娱乐界的）名人( celebrity的名词复数 )；名流；名声；名誉
- He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
- a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目
n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭
- He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
- The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。
n.硅(旧名矽)
- This company pioneered the use of silicon chip.这家公司开创了使用硅片的方法。
- A chip is a piece of silicon about the size of a postage stamp.芯片就是一枚邮票大小的硅片。
n.提名，任命( nomination的名词复数 )
- Nominations are invited for the post of party chairman. 为党主席职位征集候选人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Much coverage surrounded his abortive bids for the 1960,1964, and 1968 Republican Presidential nominations. 许多消息报道都围绕着1960年、1964年和1968年他为争取提名为共和党总统候选人所做努力的失败。 来自辞典例句
adj.次要的，较小的；adv.较小地，较少地
- Kept some of the lesser players out.不让那些次要的球员参加联赛。
- She has also been affected,but to a lesser degree.她也受到波及，但程度较轻。
n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克
- I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
- He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。
n.（思想或行为的）主流；adj.主流的
- Their views lie outside the mainstream of current medical opinion.他们的观点不属于当今医学界观点的主流。
- Polls are still largely reflects the mainstream sentiment.民调还在很大程度上反映了社会主流情绪。
adj.明显的，无疑的；透明的
- The water is so transparent that we can see the fishes swimming.水清澈透明，可以看到鱼儿游来游去。
- The window glass is transparent.窗玻璃是透明的。
n.（生理上的）性，（名词、代词等的）性
- French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语，所有的名词都有性。
- Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。
n.阴谋，密谋，共谋
- The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
- He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。
n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的
- He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
- They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。