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，你以前住的地方沒有有線電視嗎？
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。
凱文：但還不只這樣。
你還可以收看很多節目。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目，告訴人們環境正在遭到破壞。
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。 |