今天的这段对话，在讨论电视，
你认为孩子们看电视太多了吗？你喜欢看什么类型的电视节目
来听今天的讲解:
Beginner
A: do you think children watch too much tv?
你认为孩子们看电视太多了吗？
B: I only allow my child to watch up to an hour a day. I don’t think that tv is bad for kids. I think that kids should be active and not become couch potaoes.
我只允许我的孩子每天看一个小时。我不认为电视对孩子不利。我认为孩子们应该活跃起来，不要变成沙发上的土豆。
A: perhaps I should impose a limit on how much tv my kids can watch. They don’t do much else in their free time. At least they always do their homework first.
也许我应该限制我的孩子看电视的次数。他们在空闲时间不会做太多其他事情。至少他们总是先做作业。
B: if you decide to put a limit on the amount of tv they can watch, remember to have something else for them to do. If you don’t, they’ll get bored and misbehave.
如果你决定限制他们看电视的次数，记得让他们做其他事情。如果你不这样做，他们会感到无聊，行为不端。
A: they could go out and play with their friends.
他们可以和朋友出去玩。
B: sure. You could talk to other parents in your neighbourhood and plan it so that all the kids are free at the same time.
当然可以。你可以和你附近的其他父母谈谈，并计划好让所有的孩子同时都有空。
A: perhaps I could ask my husband to teach them foot ball or some thing. He watches too much tv too.
也许我可以让我丈夫教他们踢足球什么的。他也看太多电视了。
B: that’s a good idea. Remember that if the parents watch too much tv, the kids will probably follow suit.
这是个好主意。记住，如果父母看太多电视，孩子们可能也会跟着看。
Intermediate
A: what kinds of tv programmes do you enjoy watching?
你喜欢看什么类型的电视节目？
B: I like current affairs programmes and documentaries, especially wildlife ones. How about you?
我喜欢时事节目和纪录片，尤其是野生动物节目。你呢？
A: I like those kinds of programmes too. They’re very informative. I think that many people underrate the education value of tv.
我也喜欢这类节目。它们内容丰富。我认为很多人低估了电视的教育价值。
B: I agree. People often criticize tv for showing too much sex and violence.
我同意。人们经常批评电视上的性爱和暴力节目太多。
A: yeah. And that’s so funny because most people prefer watching sex and violence to watching something more educational!
是的。这太有趣了，因为大多数人更喜欢看性和暴力节目，而不是看更有教育意义的节目！
B: right. You can’t blame the tv stations for showing popular kinds of programmes. They need to make money from advertisements shown during and between programmes.
是的。你不能责怪电视台播放流行的节目。他们需要从节目期间和节目间隙播放的广告中赚钱。
A: in my country, there’s a time limit on the advertisements that can be shown. I think it’s about six minutes per hour.
在我的国家，可以播放的广告有时间限制。我想大约是每小时六分钟。
B: that’s great idea. But don’t the tv station lose a lot of money because of that?
这是个好主意。但是电视台不是因此损失了很多钱吗？
A: no. they don’t. they simply charge higher prices at peak times. Is there no limit on the amount of advertisements that can be shown on tv in your country?
不。他们没有。他们只是在高峰时段收取更高的价格。你们国家的电视广告数量没有限制吗？
B: not as far as I know. We have so many advertisements . the interruptions are unbearable sometimes! That’s one reason that many people prefer satellite or cable tv, where you pay a fixed amount each month.
据我所知，不是这样。我们有那么多广告。有时插话让人难以忍受！这也是许多人喜欢卫星电视或有线电视的原因之一，因为你每个月都要支付固定的费用。
A: some people have satellite and cable tv in my country, but people don’t seem to keen to pay for their tv programmes. Besides, the terrestrial channels offer a good range of programmes.
在我的国家，有些人有卫星和有线电视，但人们似乎并不热衷于为他们的电视节目付费。此外，地面频道提供了各种各样的节目。
B: well, there’s a wildlife documentary on tv in a few minutes. Shall we?
好吧，几分钟后电视上有一部野生动物纪录片。好吗？
