时间:2018-12-03 作者:英语课 分类:2014年ESL之餐饮娱乐


英语课

 


TV Shows Being Renewed and Cancelled


Mo: I have some bad news: Your favorite TV show has been cancelled. 


Amy: I’m not surprised. Ratings plummeted 1 last season, so the writing was on the wall. 


Mo: Also on the chopping block is your favorite reality show: American Idiots. 


Amy: Oh no, not American Idiots, too! I thought it was gaining ground in the ratings after a slow start. 


Mo: Unfortunately, it stayed a cult 2 favorite and never garnered 3 a large enough viewership to be renewed. 


Amy: I’ll have nothing to watch next season. 


Mo: You can watch some of my shows. All of my favorites are being renewed, with one taking a short hiatus. 


Amy: A short hiatus? We all know what that means. 


Mo: What are you implying? 


Amy: The network will put in a mid-season replacement 4, and if it does well, you’ll never see your show again. 


Mo: That’s not true. You’re just saying that because your shows got the ax. 


Amy: No, I’m not. That show is on its last legs. Mark my words. 


Mo: Well, even if it’s true, I still have something to watch, for now. 


Amy: What are you watching right now? 


Mo: A show called Podsters. It’s a reality show where a bunch of podcasters live in a house together and are watched 24 hours a day. 


Amy: I’ve never heard of anything so inane 5. Who cares about the lives of podcasters? They must be the most boring people in the world. 


Mo: You might have a point there. 


 


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 



1 plummeted
v.垂直落下,骤然跌落( plummet的过去式和过去分词 )
  • Share prices plummeted to an all-time low. 股票价格暴跌到历史最低点。
  • A plane plummeted to earth. 一架飞机一头栽向地面。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 cult
n.异教,邪教;时尚,狂热的崇拜
  • Her books aren't bestsellers,but they have a certain cult following.她的书算不上畅销书,但有一定的崇拜者。
  • The cult of sun worship is probably the most primitive one.太阳崇拜仪式或许是最为原始的一种。
3 garnered
v.收集并(通常)贮藏(某物),取得,获得( garner的过去式和过去分词 )
  • Mr. Smith gradually garnered a national reputation as a financial expert. 史密斯先生逐渐赢得全国金融专家的声誉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He has garnered extensive support for his proposals. 他的提议得到了广泛的支持。 来自辞典例句
4 replacement
n.取代,替换,交换;替代品,代用品
  • We are hard put to find a replacement for our assistant.我们很难找到一个人来代替我们的助手。
  • They put all the students through the replacement examination.他们让所有的学生参加分班考试。
5 inane
adj.空虚的,愚蠢的,空洞的
  • She started asking me inane questions.她开始问我愚蠢的问题。
  • Such comments are inane because they don't help us solve our problem.这种评论纯属空洞之词,不能帮助我们解决问题。
学英语单词
Abd-el Krim
address stamp
adjectivals
AFNETR (Air Force Nuclear Engineering Test Reactor)
anal stylet
aporachial
arcad
arriving draft
aspected
ATP-sulphorylase
Bjelun
blow film extrusion
cable terminating resistance
cancer nodule
carbamic acid ester
carboethoxy
chaenomeles pill
child-like
comatulas
committed hemopoietic stem cell
complimenting
corystoid
cownose
crisans
critesister
cyberprostitution
data-based microinstruction
diamond disk
didehydrodideoxythymidine
double-pole double throw switch
draw a cheque
electric welding cast copper solder
EMCRO
entrailing
erotic delusion
family Oniscidae
feeling out
ferrotantalite (ferroan szaibelyite)
frisbie
gangplanks
geotectonic process
gerbilling
Gingen an der Fils
gracilaria asiatica sp. nov.
gradeseparation
guinguette
gynephilia
historicities
homoleucine
Ibuse Masuji
inorganic metabolism
irreflexive
john coulter
Kelakam
Khairabad
large orifice
lie on the bed
live to be
local dosage
lockpicker
meningitis parameningococcica
metal gauze
modification factor
monarchia
monkey slug
monocrurate
mr.j.
naloxones
non-naturalistic
nosism
overflowplate
paid salaries
permeabilizations
polarization of polymer
polereverser
porcelain condenser
revival of a barred claim
scopes
servoscribe scanning
shintos
shovelling blade
signal-caller
snarings
Solanum melanocerasum
squares off
stake his claim
standard bank
start turn
Strongyloides papillosus
superior thalamostriate veins
tax file
thick and fast
towing haswer
transfer card
transistor amplifier circuit
transmitted power level
Units of Limitation
unlatined
ureaplasmas
velocity of radar waves
Waleabahi, Pulau
well-earned punishment