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实用词汇小百科 第1期:肥皂剧soap opera

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介绍: XH:晓华 JA:John Artman


XH: During this week’s Round Table, we got to discuss a really popular South Korean TV drama, 来自星星的你. During the discussion, we got to talk about what exactly a soap opera is. ‘Cuz obviously John, you don’t think this show falls into the category of a soap opera. So, what exactly is a soap opera?

JA: Well, a soap opera is characterized by having a large, large cast of characters, and storylines that, basically, never end and just over-the-top acting and melodrama. I would say that来自星星的你 definitely does not actually fit that all. In fact, we have a clip of some American, and even a Mexican, soap opera to give you a taste of what a soap opera actually is.

[clip]

XH: Okay, so I got a brief idea. 所以说肥皂剧就是那种特别冗长似乎永远也播不完的。

And also, it sounds like from the soundbite we were just listening to, they’re really dramatic.

JA: Yes, very dramatic

XH: And not that well made.

JA: Well, production value is actually quite low because soap operas are actually… They’re broadcast 5 days a week, usually sometime in the afternoon. And so the production cycle has to be very, very short, just because they pretty much don’t take any breaks. They might take a couple of seasonal breaks around the summer and the winter, otherwise they just keep going all year.

XH: 所以美国意义上的肥皂剧是那种日播的肥皂剧,可能会一播播好多年, right?

JA: Oh yeah, like “All My Children” for example, my mother, she’s been watching that since she was a teenager and it’s still on ABC. Like, if you go to the United States right now, you can go and still watch “All My Children.”

XH: Yeah. Final question: so something like来自星星的你, what category would it fall into?

JA: I would say it’s more like a romantic drama or something like a romantic comedy to a certain degree just because the premise is quite, um, it’s a little bit too fantastic, I would say. But, in general, it’s definitely not a soap opera. That being said, I think a lot of Chinese shows can actually fit into part of the definition of soap opera.

XH: In that it is bad?!

JA: It’s, well, there is that, but also just in terms of over-the-top emotions that we see half the time in a lot of these popular Chinese TV dramas you also see similar types of things in American soap operas.

XH: I got it. So if we make those dramas longer and on daytime television, they will be soap operas.

JA: Exactly.

XH: Alright, that’s good to know!

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romantic [rə'mæntik]

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adj. 浪漫的
n. 浪漫的人

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soap [səup]

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n. 肥皂
vt. 用肥皂洗,阿谀奉承

 
acting ['æktiŋ]

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n. 演戏,行为,假装 adj. 代理的,临时的,供演出

 
category ['kætigəri]

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n. 种类,类别

 
clip [klip]

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n. 夹子,钳,回形针,弹夹
n. 修剪,(羊

 
comedy ['kɔmidi]

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n. 喜剧,滑稽,幽默事件

 
popular ['pɔpjulə]

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adj. 流行的,大众的,通俗的,受欢迎的

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certain ['sə:tn]

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adj. 确定的,必然的,特定的
pron.

 
dramatic [drə'mætik]

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adj. 戏剧性的,引人注目的,给人深刻印象的

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fantastic [fæn'tæstik]

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adj. 极好的,难以置信的,奇异的,幻想的

 

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