Unit 16 Television
電 視
Part One: Expressions
1. What’s wrong with the regular television stations?
一般的電視臺(tái)有什么問(wèn)題?
2. There’re educational stations too.
也有教育電視臺(tái)嘛。
3. Everybody has cable.
家家都有有線電視。
4. I’ll talk to your father about it.
我跟你父親商量商量。
5. We’re never going to get to the end of this one.
我們永遠(yuǎn)也看不到結(jié)局。
6. You want something to drink?
想喝一點(diǎn)什么嗎?
7. Hurry, the movie is coming back on.
快一點(diǎn),電影馬上又要上演了。
8. What’s on TV tonight?
今天有什么電視節(jié)目?
9. Dark Angel is a good show.
《末世黑天使》這電視劇不錯(cuò)。
10. There’s a football game on too.
也有足球比賽。
Part Two: Dialogues
1.Cable TV有線電視
A: Mom, can we get cable TV or a satellite dish?
B: It costs money, dear. What’s wrong with the regular television stations?
A: The shows are dull and they’re too many advertisements.
B: Well, you already watch too much TV instead of doing your homework, anyway.
A: There ’re educational stations too. I could learn while I watched TV.
B: Well, that’s true, but you’d probably only watch cartoons and action movies.
A: No I wouldn’t…can’t we get cable? Everybody has cable.
B: Well, if everybody jumped off a bridge, would you jump too?
A: Mom!!!! Please. All my friends have had it for years.
B: Get new friends.
A: Why are you always so mean?
B: Because you’d end up spoiled rotten if I wasn’t.
A: I could help pay for it.
B: Let’s see how your grades are this semester, and maybe I’ll talk to your father about it.
A: O.K. Thanks, Mom!
A: 媽媽,我們可以裝有線電視或者衛(wèi)星電視嗎?
B: 親愛(ài)的,那可很貴呢。一般的電視臺(tái)有什么不好?
A: 這些節(jié)目都很沒(méi)趣,而且廣告太多了。
B: 哦,你可是光看那么多電視不做作業(yè)了。
A: (衛(wèi)星電視)也有教育電視臺(tái)嘛。我可以一邊看電視一邊學(xué)習(xí)。
B: 哦,那倒是真的??墒悄憧赡苤粫?huì)看卡通片或動(dòng)作片哦。
A: 不,我不會(huì)的。我們不可以裝有線電視嗎?家家都有。
B: 那么,如果人人都跳河,你也跟著跳嗎?
A: 媽媽!拜托,我的朋友們幾年前就有了。
B: 那就交一些新朋友。
A: 你為什么總是這么小氣?
B: 如果我不這樣的話你肯定會(huì)被我寵得不行的。
A: 那我也可以出一部分錢嘛。
B: 我們看看你這個(gè)學(xué)期考得怎么樣,然后我倒可以和你爸爸商量一下。
A: 好的,謝謝媽媽。
2. Advertisements廣告
A: Ugh. Another advertisement. They’ve added two hours of advertisements to a two hours movie.
B: Yeah. We’re never going to get to the end of this one.
A: Why are we watching it anyway?
B: Well, it does have a lot of girls in it.
A: True. True.
B: Do you think Bruce Willis just drank a Coke for his health?
A: Really? Did Coke pay him for that?
B: Of course.
A: You want something to drink?
B: Yeah, Got a Coke?
A: Sure.
B: Hurry, the movie is coming back on.
A: 喔,有是廣告。兩小時(shí)的電影他們夾了兩小時(shí)的廣告。
B: 是呀。我們永遠(yuǎn)也看不到結(jié)局。
A: 可我們?yōu)槭裁催€要看呢?
B: 哦,有很多女孩子在里面呀。
A: 是呀,對(duì)呀。
B: 你說(shuō)布魯斯·威利斯為了健康就只喝一杯可樂(lè)嗎?
A: 真的嗎?難道可樂(lè)掏錢請(qǐng)他來(lái)喝嗎?
B: 當(dāng)然。
A: 你要不要喝點(diǎn)什么?
B: 好的,有可樂(lè)嗎?
A: 當(dāng)然有了。
B: 快點(diǎn),電影要開(kāi)演了。
3. TV Series 電視劇
A: What’s on TV tonight?
B: Not much, that new reality-TV show, Ally McBeal, oooo, Dark Angel.
A: Wait a second. I want to watch Ally McBeal.
B: Oh, come on. That’s such a girl’s show.
A: No it’s not. It’s just funny.
B: Yeah, if you’re a girl.
A: Well, you just want to watch Dark Angel because of the hot girl.
B: That’s not true. Dark Angel is a good show.
A: It’s story is just an excuse to get the girl dressed up in different tight outfits.
B: O.K., O.K. Let’s forget it. There’s a football game on too.
A: No way. I’m watching Ally McBeal. Go to John’s to watch the game.
A: 今晚有什么電視節(jié)目?
B: 沒(méi)有很多節(jié)目,有那個(gè)新寫實(shí)電視《甜心俏佳人》,哦哦哦,還有《末世黑天使》。
A: 等等。我想看《甜心俏佳人》。
B: 哦,得了吧,那是小女孩子看的。
A: 不是呀,很有趣的。
B: 是有趣,如果你是小女孩的話。
A: 哦,你不就是因?yàn)槟莻€(gè)熱辣的女孩才看《末世黑天使》的。
B: 不是這樣?!赌┦篮谔焓埂房墒且徊亢秒娨?。
A: 故事情節(jié)無(wú)非是那個(gè)女孩找各種借口著全套裝備而已。
B: 好了好了,不說(shuō)了。還有足球賽可以看。
A: 沒(méi)門。我要看《甜心俏佳人》。要看足球賽去約翰家看吧。
Part Three: Substitution Drills
1. A: What’s (wrong/ the matter/ the problem) with the regular television stations?
B: The shows are boring.
一般的電視臺(tái)有什么(不好/不妥/問(wèn)題)?
節(jié)目臺(tái)沒(méi)趣了。
2. A: There’re (educational/ news/ sports) stations too.
B: That’s true.
也有(教育電視臺(tái)/新聞臺(tái)/體育臺(tái))。
那倒是。
3. A: Everybody has (cable/ garage/ a car).
B: Well, if everybody jumped off a bridge, would you jump too?
家家都有(有線電視/車庫(kù)/小汽車)。
哦,如果人人都去跳河,你也跟著跳嗎?
4. A: I’ll talk to your (father/ mother/ teacher) about it.
B: O.K. Thanks.
我會(huì)跟你(爸爸/媽媽/老師)商量商量。
好的,謝謝。
5. A: We’re never going to (get to the end of this one/ finish this movie/see the result).
B: That’s right.
我們(永遠(yuǎn)等不到結(jié)尾/看不完這部電影/看不到結(jié)局)。
對(duì)呀。
6. A: (You want / Do you want/ Would you like) something to drink?
B: Sure. Thanks.
(要/想要/愿意來(lái))點(diǎn)喝的嗎?
當(dāng)然,謝謝。
7. A:(Hurry/ Quick/ Hurry up)! The movie is coming back on.
B: I’m coming.
(快/快一些/快點(diǎn))!電影開(kāi)始了。
來(lái)了。
8. A: What’s on (TV/ television/ the tube) tonight?
B: Nothing much.
今晚有什么電視節(jié)目?
沒(méi)有很多。
9. A: Dark Angel is a (good show/ great program/ a wonderful television series).
B: No, it isn’t. / Yes, it is.
《末世黑天使》是一部(不錯(cuò)的電視/好看的電視節(jié)目/精彩的電視連續(xù)?。?。
不,不是的。/是呀,是的。
10. A: There’s a football game on (too/ also/ as well).
B: Go watch it at John’s.
(也/還/還會(huì))有足球賽上演
要看去約翰家里看。
Part Four: Monologue
Carl’s Note
Americans watch a lot of television. Many people, especially doctors and teachers, think they watch too much. There are at least seven to ten free channels in every city, and cable TV offers up to a hundred stations for around $40 dollars a month. Cable TV stations will often only show one thing: movies, news, sports, entertainment news, financial news, there are even stations that show nothing but cooking shows. If you get a satellite TV, you can get 300-500 TV stations. If you have time, you can watch every college and professional basketball game in the country. The effect on children of this much television is especially troubling. Teachers complain that students neglect their homework and do not read for pleasure anymore, and doctors note that children who watch too much TV are often not physically fit.
卡爾的話:
美國(guó)人經(jīng)常收看電視。有很多人,尤其是醫(yī)生和老師,認(rèn)為自己收看了較多的電視節(jié)目。在每個(gè)城市,大概最少有7到10個(gè)免費(fèi)的電視頻道。有線電視則可以接收近100個(gè)電視臺(tái),費(fèi)用為每個(gè)月40美元。有線電視每個(gè)臺(tái)通常只播放某一種節(jié)目,如電影、新聞、體育、娛樂(lè)新聞、財(cái)經(jīng)新聞,甚至還有一些電視臺(tái)只播放烹飪節(jié)目。如果你安裝了衛(wèi)星電視,你便可以接收到300到500個(gè)電視臺(tái)。只要你有時(shí)間,你可以收看國(guó)內(nèi)每一所大學(xué)的籃球賽或是職業(yè)籃球賽。如此豐富的電視節(jié)目給孩子們也造成了不好的影響。老師們抱怨學(xué)生不能完成作業(yè),也不會(huì)再為了樂(lè)趣而閱讀。醫(yī)生們也發(fā)現(xiàn)經(jīng)??措娨暤暮⒆由眢w狀況不佳。
Part Five: Vocabulary
--television 電視,電視廣播
--educational 教育的
--cable 纜;索;鋼索
--satellite dish碟形衛(wèi)星信號(hào)接受器
--news 新聞;消息;報(bào)導(dǎo)
--channel 頻道,波段
--complain 抱怨,發(fā)牢騷,訴說(shuō)
--neglect 忽視,忽略