早安英文 第162期:美国人更喜欢看电视还是网络视频

 英语学习笔记：

cable TV 有线电视

plaster ['pl?st?r] v. 粘/涂…之上

channel ['t??nl] n. 频道

contestant¹ [k?n'test?nt] n. 参赛者

boardwalk empire 大西洋帝国

prohibition² era 禁酒时期

theft [θeft] n. 偷窃

enact³ [?’n?kt] vt. 制定法律

piracy⁴ ['pa?r?si] n. 盗版

It really looks like it.

好像还真是这样。

I haven't watched an actual show on cable TV in a really long time. Even when I was back in America. Maybe if i wanted to watch the news but who the hell am i kidding? I’m not gonna watch the damn news.

事实上我已经很长时间没有在电视机上看过电视节目了，甚至是我在回美国的时候，可能有的时候我会想看下电视，不过开什么玩笑，我才不想看那些新闻呢。

I like animal planet a lot, nature’s pretty scary. And I think the Chinese people must know about the Discovery channel because I see cars with the channels logo plastered on the side.

我很喜欢动物星球，自然是很令人敬畏的，我认为中国很多朋友应该都很熟悉中国探索频道的，因为很多人车外面都贴了”Discovery channel” 的布干胶。

It’s this show where all this cool stuff is presented to contestants⁵, whoever guesses the price or gets close to it, gets the thing shown.

这是一个让所有挑战者猜展品的价格的节目，猜中价格或者猜的价格的最相近的人就能够得到这个展品。

I’ve gone through all of boardwalk empire and loved that show but I don’t think people will like it unless they understand the American prohibition era.

我看完了所有的大西洋帝国节目而且非常喜欢，但是我觉得除非是了解美国禁酒时期不然大家应该不会喜欢这个节目。

I did hear a story about a guy who got his Netflix account hacked⁶ but instead of the hacker⁷ changing the guys password, he left the password the same and the two just recommended movies to one another.

我听说过一件事,就是有一个男孩的Netflix账号被黑客黑了，但黑客并没有改掉他的账号和密码而是和他聊了起来，然后他们互相推荐电影什么的。

1 contestant   

n.竞争者，参加竞赛者

参考例句：

• The company will furnish each contestant with a free ticket.公司将为每个参赛者免费提供一张票。
• The personal appearance and interview of the contestant is another count.参加比赛者的个人仪表和谈话也是一项。

2 prohibition   

n.禁止；禁令，禁律

参考例句：

• The prohibition against drunken driving will save many lives.禁止酒后开车将会减少许多死亡事故。
• They voted in favour of the prohibition of smoking in public areas.他们投票赞成禁止在公共场所吸烟。

3 enact   

vt.制定(法律)；上演，扮演

参考例句：

• The U.S. Congress has exclusive authority to enact federal legislation.美国国会是唯一有权颁布联邦法律的。
• For example,a country can enact laws and economic policies to attract foreign investment fairly quickly.例如一个国家可以很快颁布吸引外资的法令和经济政策。

4 piracy   

n.海盗行为，剽窃，著作权侵害

参考例句：

• The government has already adopted effective measures against piracy.政府已采取有效措施惩治盗版行为。
• They made the place a notorious centre of piracy.他们把这地方变成了臭名昭著的海盗中心。

5 contestants   

n.竞争者，参赛者( contestant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The competition attracted over 500 contestants representing 8 different countries. 这次比赛吸引了代表8个不同国家的500多名参赛者。
• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency. 两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 hacked   

生气

参考例句：

• I hacked the dead branches off. 我把枯树枝砍掉了。
• I'm really hacked off. 我真是很恼火。

7 hacker   

n.能盗用或偷改电脑中信息的人，电脑黑客

参考例句：

• The computer hacker wrote that he was from Russia.这个计算机黑客自称他来自俄罗斯。
• This site was attacked by a hacker last week.上周这个网站被黑客攻击了。