Lesson 69 Television programmes in Britain
第69課 英國(guó)的電視節(jié)目
One of the first things Gretel discovered while living with the Clarks
當(dāng)格菜托和克拉克一家住在一起時(shí)首先發(fā)現(xiàn)的事情之一
was that there are three television channels in Britain.
就是英國(guó)有3個(gè)電視頻道.
The BBC broadcasts on two channels:BBC 1 and BBC 2.
英國(guó)廣播公司播出2個(gè)頻道:BBC1頻道和BBC2頻道.
There's a mixture of serious and light programmes on BBC 1;
BBC 1 頻道輪換播出嚴(yán)肅的和輕松的節(jié)目.
there are mainly serious programmes on BBC 2.
BBC 2 頻道以播放嚴(yán)肅節(jié)目為主.
ITV is an independentnetwork which carriesadvertisements.
ITV是播放電視廣告的獨(dú)立電視網(wǎng).
(There are no advertisements on the BBC.
(英國(guó)廣播公司沒(méi)廣告節(jié)目.
Everyone who possesses a TV set must pay a licence fee to the BBC each year.)
有電視機(jī)的人每年須向英國(guó)廣播公司交接收費(fèi))
There are both serious and light programmes on ITV.
ITV既有嚴(yán)肅的也有輕松的節(jié)目.
As there are three different channels,
由于有3個(gè)不同的電視頻道,
it's not surprising that you often hear arguments in the Clark household.
在克拉克家經(jīng)常聽(tīng)到爭(zhēng)論就不足為奇了.
This is the sort of thing you hear:
這是你能聽(tīng)到的那類爭(zhēng)論:
"There's a sports programme on ITV."
"ITV播放體育節(jié)目."
"What's that,children?"
"孩子們,你們說(shuō)什么?"
"We were wondering if we could watch the sports programme on ITV."
我們想看ITV的體育節(jié)目"
"But I was wondering whether to watch the serial on BBC 1..." And so on.
"可是我想看BBC1頻道的電視連續(xù)劇..."就這么爭(zhēng).
The children like ITV;
孩子們喜歡看ITV,
mother prefers BBC 1;
母親喜歡看BBC1頻道,
father prefers BBC 2;
父親喜歡看BBC 2頻道.
Gretel hasn't made up her mind yet.
格萊托還沒(méi)拿定主意.