down payment 房子首付
Although the main character is intelligent and independent, she is endlessly pressed to pay her brother's loans, gambling debts, and even down payments for housing.
虽然女主角聪明独立，但她总是被无休止的压力所迫，要替哥哥偿还贷款、赌债，甚至付买房首付。

weak scripts 烂剧本
What makes a bad TV show truly awful? Normally, it's a combination of things: poor production quality, questionable directing, sub-standard acting, and weak scripts.
是什么让一部糟糕的电视剧变得真正糟糕?通常情况下，这是由以下因素共同导致的:低劣的制作质量、值得质疑的导演技术、不合格的表演和蹩脚的剧本。

stereotypical adj.老一套的
If we look at the development of Chinese TV dramas over the past few decades, screenwriters actually have slowly moved away from depicting interesting, complex characters and toward the stereotypical one.
如果我们回顾一下过去几十年中国电视剧的发展，我们会发现，编剧们其实是在慢慢地摒弃那些有趣、复杂的角色，转向那些老套的角色。

trope n.套路
cliche n.陈词滥调
A film or TV trope is the consistent or expected use of certain characters, settings, and time periods across a specific genre.
电影或电视中的套路是指，在特定类型的剧中使用同样的角色、场景和时间背景。
You know the cliche: imitation is the highest form of flattery.
你知道这句老话:模仿是奉承的最高形式。

campy adj.做作的，狗血的
The word "campy" refers to intentionally exaggerated thematic elements, especially in television.
“Campy”一词指故意夸大主题元素，尤指在电视节目中。
These movies are so campy.
这些电影太狗血了。

star-studded adj.巨星汇集的
What the producers care more about is grabbing a bigger share of the TV market with a star-studded cast.
制作方更关心的是如何通过众星云集的阵容来抢占更大的电视市场份额。