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Soap Operas 肥皂劇
[ 2006-09-13 09:00 ]
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| The filming of famous British soap opera
Eastenders |
Watching TV is a very popular pastime in
the UK but what kind of programmes do British people like to watch? Well, the
most-watched TV programmes every week are very popular dramas
that are usually on at least four times every week. They are dramas based in one
neighbourhood that try to depict
ordinary life in the UK
- we call these dramas ‘soap operas’ or ‘soaps’.
In the early days of TV, there were
often dramas on during the day. Back in those days, it was traditional for the
husband to go out to work and for the wife to stay at home and look after the
house and the children. Most of these daytime dramas were aimed
at entertaining the housewives who would traditionally
be at home, probably doing the washing. Companies selling
washing powder would advertise their products
at times when these dramas were on, and sometimes those companies would even
sponsor the drama. Hence
the word ‘soap’.
So what about the word opera? Well, that’s because these
dramas are often an exaggeration of real life. They are
supposed to represent ordinary lives but to make them entertaining, lots of
dramatic events like murders,
divorces, affairs
etc. all happen probably much more regularly than they would in a normal
neighbourhood.
Most soap operas these days are shown in the evening.
Each show will have several different storylines happening at
once that continue over several shows. The same cast members
will appear in every show too.
There are lots of different soaps on in the UK on
different channels but there are three main popular ones. ‘Coronation Street’
has been on since 1960. It is set in a suburb
of Manchester and it’s supposed to represent working class
life in the north of England. Then there’s ‘Eastenders’ which started in 1985,
set in the East End of London and ‘Emmerdale’, which is set on a farm in
Yorkshire, in the north of England.
The BBC even has a soap opera to help you learn English – so if you want to
experience one of these dramas in English, ‘The Flatmates’ would be a good place
to start – go to www.bbc.co.uk/china/learningenglish/flatmates.
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