你認為孩子們看電視太多了嗎？你喜歡看什么類型的電視節(jié)目

今天的這段對話，在討論電視，

你認為孩子們看電視太多了嗎？你喜歡看什么類型的電視節(jié)目

來聽今天的講解:

Beginner

A: do you think children watch too much tv?

你認為孩子們看電視太多了嗎？

B: I only allow my child to watch up to an hour a day. I don’t think that tv is bad for kids. I think that kids should be active and not become couch potaoes.

我只允許我的孩子每天看一個小時。我不認為電視對孩子不利。我認為孩子們應該活躍起來，不要變成沙發(fā)上的土豆。

A: perhaps I should impose a limit on how much tv my kids can watch. They don’t do much else in their free time. At least they always do their homework first.

也許我應該限制我的孩子看電視的次數(shù)。他們在空閑時間不會做太多其他事情。至少他們總是先做作業(yè)。

B: if you decide to put a limit on the amount of tv they can watch, remember to have something else for them to do. If you don’t, they’ll get bored and misbehave.

如果你決定限制他們看電視的次數(shù)，記得讓他們做其他事情。如果你不這樣做，他們會感到無聊，行為不端。

A: they could go out and play with their friends.

他們可以和朋友出去玩。

B: sure. You could talk to other parents in your neighbourhood and plan it so that all the kids are free at the same time.

當然可以。你可以和你附近的其他父母談談，并計劃好讓所有的孩子同時都有空。

A: perhaps I could ask my husband to teach them foot ball or some thing. He watches too much tv too.

也許我可以讓我丈夫教他們踢足球什么的。他也看太多電視了。

B: that’s a good idea. Remember that if the parents watch too much tv, the kids will probably follow suit.

這是個好主意。記住，如果父母看太多電視，孩子們可能也會跟著看。

Intermediate

A: what kinds of tv programmes do you enjoy watching?

你喜歡看什么類型的電視節(jié)目？

B: I like current affairs programmes and documentaries, especially wildlife ones. How about you?

我喜歡時事節(jié)目和紀錄片，尤其是野生動物節(jié)目。你呢？

A: I like those kinds of programmes too. They’re very informative. I think that many people underrate the education value of tv.

我也喜歡這類節(jié)目。它們內(nèi)容豐富。我認為很多人低估了電視的教育價值。

B: I agree. People often criticize tv for showing too much sex and violence.

我同意。人們經(jīng)常批評電視上的性愛和暴力節(jié)目太多。

A: yeah. And that’s so funny because most people prefer watching sex and violence to watching something more educational!

是的。這太有趣了，因為大多數(shù)人更喜歡看性和暴力節(jié)目，而不是看更有教育意義的節(jié)目！

B: right. You can’t blame the tv stations for showing popular kinds of programmes. They need to make money from advertisements shown during and between programmes.

是的。你不能責怪電視臺播放流行的節(jié)目。他們需要從節(jié)目期間和節(jié)目間隙播放的廣告中賺錢。

A: in my country, there’s a time limit on the advertisements that can be shown. I think it’s about six minutes per hour.

在我的國家，可以播放的廣告有時間限制。我想大約是每小時六分鐘。

B: that’s great idea. But don’t the tv station lose a lot of money because of that?

這是個好主意。但是電視臺不是因此損失了很多錢嗎？

A: no. they don’t. they simply charge higher prices at peak times. Is there no limit on the amount of advertisements that can be shown on tv in your country?

不。他們沒有。他們只是在高峰時段收取更高的價格。你們國家的電視廣告數(shù)量沒有限制嗎？

B: not as far as I know. We have so many advertisements . the interruptions are unbearable sometimes! That’s one reason that many people prefer satellite or cable tv, where you pay a fixed amount each month.

據(jù)我所知，不是這樣。我們有那么多廣告。有時插話讓人難以忍受！這也是許多人喜歡衛(wèi)星電視或有線電視的原因之一，因為你每個月都要支付固定的費用。

A: some people have satellite and cable tv in my country, but people don’t seem to keen to pay for their tv programmes. Besides, the terrestrial channels offer a good range of programmes.

在我的國家，有些人有衛(wèi)星和有線電視，但人們似乎并不熱衷于為他們的電視節(jié)目付費。此外，地面頻道提供了各種各樣的節(jié)目。

B: well, there’s a wildlife documentary on tv in a few minutes. Shall we?

好吧，幾分鐘后電視上有一部野生動物紀錄片。好嗎？