英语口语练习_The Most Popular Programmes on UK TV 深受欢迎的英国电视节目_沪江英语
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The Most Popular Programmes on UK TV 深受欢迎的英国电视节目
Watching TV is a very popular pastime in the UK but what kind of programmes do British people like to watch? Well, the most-watched TV programmes every week are very popular dramas that are usually on at least four times every week. They are dramas based in one neighbourhood that try to depict ordinary life in the UK - we call these dramas ‘soap operas’ or ‘soaps’.
In the early days of TV, there were often dramas on during the day. Back in those days, it was traditional for the husband to go out to work and for the wife to stay at home and look after the house and the children. Most of these daytime dramas were aimed at entertaining the housewives who would traditionally be at home, probably doing the washing. Companies selling washing powder would advertise their products at times when these dramas were on, and sometimes those companies would even sponsor the drama. Hence the word ‘soap’.
So what about the word opera? Well, that’s because these dramas are often an exaggeration of real life. They are supposed to represent ordinary lives but to make them entertaining, lots of dramatic events like murders, divorces, affairs etc. all happen probably much more regularly than they would in a normal neighbourhood.
Most soap operas these days are shown in the evening. Each show will have several different storylines happening at once that continue over several shows. The same cast members will appear in every show too.
There are lots of different soaps on in the UK on different channels but there are three main popular ones. ‘Coronation Street’ has been on since 1960. It is set in a suburb of Manchester and it’s supposed to represent working class life in the north of England. Then there’s ‘Eastenders’ which started in 1985, set in the East End of London and ‘Emmerdale’, which is set on a farm in Yorkshire, in the north of England.
Glossary 词汇表
pastime - 消遣, 娱乐
most-watched – 收视率最高的
to depict –描述, 描写
neighbourhood – 邻里关系
aimed at -瞄准, 针对
housewives – 家庭主妇
doing the washing – 洗衣服
washing powder – 洗衣粉
advertise –做广告
sponsor – 赞助
hence – 因此
an exaggeration - 夸张, 夸大
affairs - 风流韵事
storylines - 故事情节
cast members – 演员班底, 演员阵容
working class – 工人阶层
murders - 谋杀
divorces – 离婚
TV Expressions 与电视有关的表达方式 Match the TV related expressions with the correct definition.&从a-e中为1-5的表达方式选出正确的解释.&
<FONT color=#. a couch potato
a. someone who is always watching the TV (the telly) and can’t live without it
<FONT color=#. reality TV
b. another word for television
<FONT color=#. channel hopping
c. someone who sits on the sofa all day eating and watching TV
<FONT color=#. telly addict
d. TV programmes following real people in real life situations
<FONT color=#. the box
e. going from channel to channel with the remote control (the remote) and being unable to decide what to watch
&&Now complete the following sentences with one of the above TV expressions. 用上列表达方式完成以下句子. &&1. “__________ is boring. I can see people in real life situations every day&– I would much rather watch a drama.” &2. “What’s on __________ tonight?” &3. My brother is such a __________. All he does is sit at home and watch&TV. &4. The problem with TV these days is that there’s too many channels to&choose from. I’m always __________ and I can never decide what to watch. &5. I love watching TV – I watch it all the time. I don’t think I could live&without it – I need to watch it for at least three hours every night. I’m&&such a __________.
Wordsearch& 单词搜索&&
Try to find the words associated with television in the puzzle below.&&There are ten words to find. Words can be written horizontally (g), vertically (i) or diagonally (m)&&请在下面的字谜游戏中，找出与电视有关的英语单词来。&&共有10个单词，其组成方式可能以水平的 (g) 垂直的 (i) 或对角的 (m) 形式出现。
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Ms Gardner says they are also looking at cashing in on the Wikipedia brand and are open to suggestions some of which have included TV programmes and a board game.
The technology for the world's first teletext service was developed by BBC engineers who were trying to find ways of providing subtitles on TV programmes for the deaf, rather than produce a news service.
Launching on December 2007 as a simple catch-up website, BBC iPlayer has helped pioneer TV on demand by offering audiences the opportunity to watch selected TV programmes for up to 7 days after broadcast.
The company also plugs the ability of the PlayStation 3 to do far more than just play video games: it can show high-definition DVDs, connect to the internet and, with the right accessories, record TV programmes.
Sky Arts will broadcast a documentary called Nocturne, which it said explores Britten's "uneasy relationship with the wider world", while the British Film Institute will present a season of films and TV programmes about the composer.
Since 2007, when the Convention came into effect, new approaches in the different expressions of culture are being sought out - books, TV programmes, music, live shows and many more- while ways for their development and promotion are being explored.
"We now live in a society in which millions of our citizens prefer to vote characters off reality TV programmes - using their mobile phones at 25 pence a shot - rather than turn up at polling booths for elections, " he said.
We've seen the TV programmes.
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　　　　九年级英语上册 Unit 4 TV programmes典题精讲 牛津译林版　　典题精讲　　根据短文判断句子正（T）误( F )。　　A member of an average（普通）British family watches 22 hours of television a week. A person living alone watches even more than that—36 hours.　　Soap operas（肥皂剧）are by far the most popular programmes_______on British TV. They are more popular with women than men. However，it is estimated（估计）that one in eight people watches soap operas in secret（most of them are men）.　　British soap operas are more realistic(现实主义的) and less glamorous（富有魅力的）than American ones. American “soaps” description good-looking，successful，and super-rich people. However，people in British soaps are much poorer，more ordinary and less attractive. On British TV，there is a rule that the most violent（暴力的）programmes can only be shown after nine o’clock. In fact opinion polls think that viewers would prefer to see less violence on TV altogether.　　The most common reason given by young people under 20 for watching television（two thirds，in fact）is that it gives them something to do.　　It is twice as likely to be the woman in the house rather_______ than the man who controls which channel they watch.　　A third of viewers said they would prefer to see fewer programmes on sport—two thirds of these were women.　　The attitude of many young people towards commercials（商业的） on TV is “the more, the better”. 38％ are in favour of more rather than fewer commercials and a quarter of young people would rather watch the commercials than the programmes（because they think they are better）. More than 50％ of them stay to watch the ads during the commercial breaks as compared to fewer than 30％ of adults. 　　With the coming of satellite and cable TV，the choice of channels and programmes is becoming wider and wider. But over a third of British people think that the more programmes there are，the worse they will be and over a half say they would ratherThis service is more advanced with JavaScript available, learn more at http://activatejavascript.org
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