Unit 16 Television
电 视

Part One: Expressions

1. What’s wrong with the regular television stations?
一般的电视台有什么问题？
2. There’re educational stations too.
也有教育电视台嘛。
3. Everybody has cable.
家家都有有线电视。
4. I’ll talk to your father about it.
我跟你父亲商量商量。
5. We’re never going to get to the end of this one.
我们永远也看不到结局。
6. You want something to drink?
想喝一点什么吗？
7. Hurry, the movie is coming back on.
快一点，电影马上又要上演了。
8. What’s on TV tonight?
今天有什么电视节目？
9. Dark Angel is a good show.
《末世黑天使》这电视剧不错。
10. There’s a football game on too.
也有足球比赛。

Part Two: Dialogues
1.Cable TV有线电视
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: 妈妈，我们可以装有线电视或者卫星电视吗？
B: 亲爱的，那可很贵呢。一般的电视台有什么不好？
A: 这些节目都很没趣，而且广告太多了。
B: 哦，你可是光看那么多电视不做作业了。
A: （卫星电视）也有教育电视台嘛。我可以一边看电视一边学习。
B: 哦，那倒是真的。可是你可能只会看卡通片或动作片哦。
A: 不，我不会的。我们不可以装有线电视吗？家家都有。
B: 那么，如果人人都跳河，你也跟着跳吗？
A: 妈妈！拜托，我的朋友们几年前就有了。
B: 那就交一些新朋友。
A: 你为什么总是这么小气？
B: 如果我不这样的话你肯定会被我宠得不行的。
A: 那我也可以出一部分钱嘛。
B: 我们看看你这个学期考得怎么样，然后我倒可以和你爸爸商量一下。
A: 好的，谢谢妈妈。

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