【英语趣味课堂】电视节目-TV Shows

 Wendi: OK, so the next thing was when I was young, I used to watch this TV program. It was called the "Wonder Years". And I had such a crush on that kid Fred.

 

Ken¹: Fred Savage² was it?

 

Wendi: Yeah, yeah, Fred Savage. What was his name in that show?

 

Ken: I actually never really watched that show. No, I've seen a couple of reruns.

 

Wendi: I know he had a crush on some girl names Wendi but I can't recall what his name was, but I has such a huge mad crush on him.

 

Ken: It's that show with the little kid, but like someone else, like the adult's like recounting his childhood.

 

Wendi: Yeah, I think so.

 

Ken: Like there's a narrator in the back.

 

Wendi: I think so. Yeah. I think so. But then, that whole thing just broke down when I saw Austin Powers, and "Mole³, Mole, Mole, Mole".

 

Ken: Was that him?

 

Wendi: Yeah.

 

Ken: That was him?

 

Wendi: It's the same guy and he's an adult and he's not attractive or cute whatsoever⁴ and so I just feel really betrayed⁵.

 

Wendi: OK, so I told you about an actor I had a crush on when I was young. So what show did you grow up on that you totally had a crush on - one of the actresses?

 

Ken: Unfortunately. Unfortunately, I was banned from watching TV as a child.

 

Wendi: Are you serious?

 

Ken: Yeah, so.

 

Wendi: Were you really?

 

Ken: I did not grow up watching TV. Yeah. I was not raised on TV.

 

Wendi: You weren't raised on TV at all?

 

Ken: Not at all.

 

Wendi: So, were taking Monday to Friday, no TV?

 

Ken: I'm talking I had to, like while my mom was cooking dinner, I could like turn the volume really low on a nine inch black and white TV and maybe catch five minutes of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or something.

 

Wendi: Are you serious?

 

Ken: That's how bad it was.

 

Wendi: That's shocking.

 

Ken: That is, yeah.

 

Wendi: Yeah, so then at like what age did you, because you know how to work a computer quite well, when did you learn all this stuff?

 

Ken: I guess once my brother and sister started growing up, then my mom, you know, let me have a little bit more freedom.

 

Wendi: Yeah. Yeah.

 

Ken: We got our first computer. I was more into computer than TV, initially⁶.

 

Wendi: Yeah.

 

Ken: And the first Tv show I watched regularly must have been like the Simpsons, probably.

 

Wendi: How old were you?

 

Ken: I can't remember. Probably, seventh, eight grade.

 

Wendi: Oh, yeah.

 

Ken: So thirteen or fourteen years old.

 

Wendi: Crazy. Crazy. That's amazing.

 

Ken: Yeah.

1 ken   

n.视野，知识领域

参考例句：

• Such things are beyond my ken.我可不懂这些事。
• Abstract words are beyond the ken of children.抽象的言辞超出小孩所理解的范围.

2 savage   

adj.野蛮的；凶恶的，残暴的；n.未开化的人

参考例句：

• The poor man received a savage beating from the thugs.那可怜的人遭到暴徒的痛打。
• He has a savage temper.他脾气粗暴。

3 mole   

n.胎块；痣；克分子

参考例句：

• She had a tiny mole on her cheek.她的面颊上有一颗小黑痣。
• The young girl felt very self- conscious about the large mole on her chin.那位年轻姑娘对自己下巴上的一颗大痣感到很不自在。

4 whatsoever   

adv.（用于否定句中以加强语气）任何；pron.无论什么

参考例句：

• There's no reason whatsoever to turn down this suggestion.没有任何理由拒绝这个建议。
• All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you,do ye even so to them.你想别人对你怎样，你就怎样对人。

5 betrayed   

对…不忠( betray的过去式和过去分词 )； 背叛； 出卖； 泄露

参考例句：

• The shakes of the speaker's hands betrayed his nervousness. 发言者双手颤抖，可见他很紧张。
• He betrayed all his friends on his own account. 他为自己的利益出卖了所有的朋友。

6 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。