美国文化脱口秀 第137期:纸牌屋 House of Cards
时间：2018-12-26 作者：英语课 分类：美国文化脱口秀
英语课
目前大卫·芬奇(David Fincher)操刀为Netflix制作的大热原创美剧《纸牌屋》(House of Cards)广受追捧，剧中凯文·史派西(Kevin Spacey)主演一个冷血无情的美国国会议员及与他同样野心勃勃的妻子在华盛顿高层当中「运作权力」的故事。今天我们节目就来和大家聊聊剧中涉及到的美国国会知识，坐稳听好了哦！
课程词汇精选：
1. Nice to have you back. 欢迎回来。
2. House of Cards 纸牌屋
3. House of cards is a game that you play with poker 1 cards. 纸牌屋就是用纸牌玩的游戏。
4. You take the cards and you try to build a building as high as you can with your cards. 你用纸牌尽可能的搭起一个楼。
5. fragile 脆弱的
6. Very fragile, very unstable 2. At any second, you know, you can even just like blow it, phew, and it's all gone.
非常脆弱，非常不稳定。任何时刻，你知道的，你都可以轻轻一吹，就全倒了。
7. metaphor 3 暗喻
8. Francis(Frank) J. Underwood 弗兰西斯.安德伍德
9. Kevin Spacey 凯文·史派西
10. They are saying that TV is becoming bigger and more important than movies. 他们说电视剧变得越来越重要，甚至超过了电影。
11.golden age of television 电视行业的黄金时代
12. David Fincher 大卫·芬奇
13. The Social Network 社交网络
14. play 出演
15. He starts off as the majority whip of the house. 他上任初期出任的是多数党的党鞭。
16. majority whip 多数党党鞭
17. minority whip 少数党党鞭
18. the House (of Representatives) 众议院
19. the Senate 参议院
20. whip the votes 拉票
21. savvy 4 机智的
22. conspiracy 5 阴谋
23. conspiracy theory 阴谋论
24. political marriage 政治婚姻
25. lovey-dovey 卿卿我我
26. streaming 流媒体
27. daring 大胆的
28. It paid off. 物超所值了。
29. subscriber 6 订阅者
30. cosmetic 7 ads 化妆品广告
31. binge-watching 一口气看完
1 poker
n.扑克；vt.烙制
- He was cleared out in the poker game.他打扑克牌，把钱都输光了。
- I'm old enough to play poker and do something with it.我打扑克是老手了，可以玩些花样。
2 unstable
adj.不稳定的，易变的
- This bookcase is too unstable to hold so many books.这书橱很不结实，装不了这么多书。
- The patient's condition was unstable.那患者的病情不稳定。
3 metaphor
n.隐喻，暗喻
- Using metaphor,we say that computers have senses and a memory.打个比方，我们可以说计算机有感觉和记忆力。
- In poetry the rose is often a metaphor for love.玫瑰在诗中通常作为爱的象征。
4 savvy
v.知道，了解；n.理解能力，机智，悟性；adj.有见识的，懂实际知识的，通情达理的
- She was a pretty savvy woman.她是个见过世面的漂亮女人。
- Where's your savvy?你的常识到哪里去了？
5 conspiracy
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。
6 subscriber
n.用户，订户；（慈善机关等的）定期捐款者；预约者；签署者
- The subscriber to a government loan has got higher interest than savings. 公债认购者获得高于储蓄的利息。 来自辞典例句
- Who is the subscriber of that motto? 谁是那条座右铭的签字者？ 来自辞典例句