有線電視臺Talk Shows And Cable TV

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CALVIN: So, are you pretty well settled in your new place?
    TOM: I still have to buy a washing machine and dryer.
    But otherwise I've pretty much finished moving.
    CALVIN: Does your building have cable TV?
    TOM: I'm not sure. I didn't check yet.
    CALVIN: Huh? How can you move into a building if you don't check?
    You don't want to live somewhere where it's hard to get cable.
    TOM: Why? I'm not a big TV fan. I watch very little.
    CALVIN: Well, I agree. Regular TV is lousy. I don't watch it either.
    But cable TV is excellent. Didn't you have it at your old place?
    TOM: My girlfriend had it hooked up for about three months.
    But I rarely watched it. I was too busy.
    CALVIN: What do you do for news?
    TOM: I read the newspaper. That's much better than cable TV.
    CALVIN: I don't agree. I think it's better in some ways.
    But CNN is great. With CNN, you have fast news coverage, and images too.
    And you can watch it while you're eating breakfast.
    TOM: Yes, I've watched CNN before. But I still like the newspaper better.
    CALVIN: Larry King Live is my favorite talk show.
    I think shows like his are excellent ways to hear different opinions about world events.
    TOM: So maybe I will get cable hooked up. Just to watch CNN, I mean.
    CALVIN: But that's not all you have with cable.
    There are a lot of things you can get. Do you like MTV?
    TOM: No, not at all. I don't care about that.
    I like Beavis and Butthead. They're hilarious.
    But I never watch music videos. They dry up your brain.
    CALVIN: How about the Discovery channel?
    TOM: Yes, I forgot about Discovery.
    I have to agree that's an excellent channel.
    And maybe, for the first time in history, it's a channel that does some good in the world.
    CALVIN: What do you mean?
    TOM: I mean, usually TV channels are only good for advertising products.
    In other words, they are good for making money.
    But the Discovery channel does a lot to show people how the environment is being destroyed.
    CALVIN: Yes, it does. I agree.
    TOM: I think the Discovery channel makes people think about protecting the environment.
    That is a great service to the future of the world.
    CALVIN: So you see: cable TV can be important.
    TOM: Yes, I suppose.
    凱文:你的新家都安頓好了嗎?
    湯姆:我還要買洗衣機和干洗機
    但除此而外差不多都安頓好了。
    凱文:你家有有線電視嗎?
    湯姆:不確定,我沒檢查過呢。
    凱文:什么?你沒檢查過就搬進去了呢?
    你不會想住在申請不到有線電視的地方吧?
    湯姆:為什么?我不是電視迷,我很少看電視。
    凱文:沒錯!無線電視臺的節(jié)目都很遜,我也不太看。
    不過有線電視臺就不錯,你以前住的地方?jīng)]有有線電視嗎?
    湯姆:我女朋友裝了三個月。
    但是我很少看,我太忙了。
    凱文:那你怎么知道新聞?
    湯姆:我看報紙,那比看電視還好。
    凱文:我不認同。我想某方面的確比較好。
    但是美國有線新聞網(wǎng)很不錯, 隨時有最新的新聞報導和畫面。
    而且你還可以邊吃早餐邊看新聞。
    湯姆:我以前看過,不過我還是覺得看報紙比較好。
    凱文:賴瑞。金直播是我最喜歡的脫口秀。
    看他如何呈現(xiàn)世界大事的不同觀點是很過癮的事。
    湯姆:那或許我會裝有線電視,我的意見是只看美國有線新聞網(wǎng)。
    凱文:但還不只這樣。
    你還可以收看很多節(jié)目。你喜歡音樂電視嗎?
    湯姆:絕不,我才不看咧!
    我喜歡它的卡通《癟四與大頭蛋》,好有趣喔。
    但是我絕不看音樂電視,那會榨干你的腦袋。
    凱文:那么探索臺呢?
    湯姆:是的,我忘了還有探索臺。
    我必須承認那是很棒的頻道。
    而且很可能是有史以來首個對世界有所貢獻的節(jié)目。
    凱文:什么意思?
    湯姆:我的意思是,通常電視頻道只對商品宣傳有利。
    換言之是營利導向。
    但是探索臺頻道做了很多節(jié)目,告訴人們環(huán)境正在遭到破壞。
    凱文:的確是。我同意。
    湯姆:我覺得探索臺頻道讓人們意識到要保護環(huán)境。
    這對世界的未來有極大的貢獻。
    凱文:所以你看,有線電臺也頗重要的。
    湯姆:我想是的。