英文原版对话1000个:761 TV Life

Todd: OK, Mark, I thought we would talk about television. The theme this week will be TV.
Mark: OK.

Todd: First of all, how much television do you watch a day?

Mark: Per day? In Japan?

Todd: Yeah.

Mark: Not so much because my Japanese is not so good so recently I've been watching TV via¹ the internet on a PC.

Todd: Oh, really.

Mark: Yeah, but if I for example have SKY TV, satellite² TV maybe five or six hours per day.

Todd: Whoa!

Mark: Yeah, especially news. I love watching news programs.

Todd: OK, so you watch five to six hours of television.

Mark: If I am free. On a Saturday. One the weekends.

Todd: A weekend type thing. And the thing you enjoy watching most is news?

Mark: I like news programs also sports. Yeah.

Todd: Sports! What kinds of sports?

Mark: Any sports really, I watch on TV. Yeah, football, basketball, baseball, American football.

Todd: Right. Here's a question, so you think it's better to watch sport on TV or to watch it live?

Mark: Oh, definitely³ live.

Todd: Oh, you think so.

Mark: Yeah, but it's pretty expensive to watch live.

Todd: Right.

Mark: Definitely live.

Todd: I don't know. I'm kind of the other way. Like, except for baseball, cause I'm a huge baseball fan, but every other sport in America, basketball and American football, I think it's better to watch on TV.

Mark: Actually, I prefer both. So I go to the game and watch it live and then afterwards I can watch the replay on TV to look at the main place of the game. Obviously⁴ when you are watching it on TV you are a lot closer to the action.

Todd: Right. Well, you have the thrill⁵ of the crowd and all of that, but especially like American football, there's so many close plays and this and that, plus American football is terrible to watch live because during the commercial⁶ breaks there is just nothing going on. You know? So you are better off being home and watching a commercial I think.

Mark: Right. Yeah, and you can go for a beer or maybe a cup of tea at commercial. Actually, a few.. about a year ago I recently got contact lens⁷ because my eyes weren't so good, but when I was going to the football stadium⁸, I couldn't see. You were so far away. But I didn't realize that my eyes were so bad. I thought they were just very far away until I got contact lens, and then suddenly I could see all the game. So that was a big improvement⁹.

 

1 via   

prep.凭借；通过；经过

参考例句：

• The news reached me via my aunt.那消息是通过我婶婶转告我的。
• The ticket reads to Beijing via Shanghai.车票上写明经上海到北京。

2 satellite   

n.卫星

参考例句：

• The moon is a satellite of the earth.月球是地球的一颗卫星。
• A man-made satellite has been launched.人造卫星上天。

3 definitely   

adv.一定地，肯定地；明确地，确切地

参考例句：

• The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.如果他不参加比赛，这个队肯定会输。
• I shall definitely be home before six o'clock.6点以前，我一定回家。

4 obviously   

adv.显然；明白地

参考例句：

• Obviously they were putting him to a severe test.显然他们是在给他以严峻的考验。
• Obviously he was lying.显然他是在撒谎。

5 thrill   

n.震颤，激动，刺激性，一阵激动；vi.震颤，抖颤，激动；vt.使激动，使颤动

参考例句：

• The news sent a thrill of joy to my heart.这消息使我感到一阵喜悦。
• His speech caused a thrill among the audience.他的演说引起了听众的极大兴奋。

6 commercial   

adj.商业的，商用的，商品化的；n.广告节目

参考例句：

• He has gained a footing in the commercial world.他已在商界取得立足之地。
• The plane did not fly the usual commercial route.飞机没有沿通常的商业航线飞。

7 lens   

n.透镜，镜片；镜头

参考例句：

• The lens of a camera forms images.照相机的镜头使图像形成。
• You should screen the lens of your camera from direct sunlight.你应该使照相机的镜头不直接照射到阳光。

8 stadium   

n.露天大型运动场

参考例句：

• The new football stadium can hold eighty thousand people.新的足球场可以容纳八万人。
• The stadium is being used for a match.那个露天运动场正在进行一场比赛。

9 improvement   

n.改进，增进；改进之处，改善的地方

参考例句：

• The doctor noticed a gradual improvement in his patient.医生注意到病人在逐渐恢复健康。
• I can detect signs of improvement in your thinking.我可以察觉出你思考问题方面的进步。