DIALOGUE 12:What's on TV Tonight?

1--What's on the box tonight, does anyone know?

2--Oh nothing much. There's Panorama at eight for

an hour.

1--Oh good.

2--And then there's the football at nine twenty-five.

I want to see that.

1--Oh not again! just a minute--what time does it

finish? The last part of that thriller's on the other

side at a quarter to eleven. I'd like to see that.

2--Well the football ends at eleven.

1--You'll have to miss the last fifteen minutes then.

2--You'll probably be asleep by then.

1--No I won't! At least your football doesn't clash

with the new. I always like that on at nine.

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注解：

1）the box：（口語）指電視機。

2）Panorama：電視欄目名稱。類似我國

的“世界各地”、“神州風采”等電視節目。

Panorama原義為“a continuous series of

scenes or events”

3）thriller：驚險故事片（或小說）

4）on the other side：（口語）指另外一個電視頻道。

5）miss：錯過；看不成。

6）be asleep：睡著了。sleepy作“犯困”“疲倦”解，注意

其區別。

7）clash（with）：接觸；沖突。