【话匣子英语】电视

 谈到电视，那真是家家必备的一个神器啊，它极大地丰富了我们的业余生活，人们懒得起身换台时，一个遥控器就已足够。

Harp¹: Yes. We’re talking about TV.

 

Maura: Yes, the television. The beautiful, wonderful invention of at-home television.

 

Harp: Yes. TV. So today, we’re gonna start by talking about the basics, some general topics related to TV.

 

Maura: And then we’re gonna talk about trends in television, so what’s popular in the land of English-speaking TV right now.

 

Harp: Exactly. And then we’re gonna talk about our favourite TV shows of all time.

 

Maura: Yes. Those shows that still hold a special place in our hearts. So first, let’s talk about some basic vocabulary related to television because, really, there’s so much of it.

 

Harp: All right. So let’s start about by talking about the basics.

 

Maura: Yes. Now, if you have a television, you probably have this other little device, which is the remote control, because, well, people are lazy. They don’t wanna get up to change the channel on the TV.

 

Harp: Exactly. They like to sit on their couch and change the channel from there.

 

Maura: Yeah. So that is called a remote control, but many people also call it the flicker².

 

Harp: Yes, the flicker or the clicker.

1 harp   

n.竖琴；天琴座

参考例句：

• She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。
• He played an Irish melody on the harp.他用竖琴演奏了一首爱尔兰曲调。

2 flicker   

vi./n.闪烁，摇曳，闪现

参考例句：

• There was a flicker of lights coming from the abandoned house.这所废弃的房屋中有灯光闪烁。
• At first,the flame may be a small flicker,barely shining.开始时，光辉可能是微弱地忽隐忽现，几乎并不灿烂。