Lesson 69   Television programmes in Britain
第69课  英国的电视节目
One of the first things Gretel discovered while living with the Clarks
当格菜托和克拉克一家住在一起时首先发现的事情之一
was that there are three television channels in Britain.
就是英国有3个电视频道.
The BBC broadcasts on two channels:BBC 1 and BBC 2.
英国广播公司播出2个频道:BBC1频道和BBC2频道.
There's a mixture of serious and light programmes on BBC 1;
BBC 1 频道轮换播出严肃的和轻松的节目.
there are mainly serious programmes on BBC 2.
BBC 2 频道以播放严肃节目为主.
ITV is an independentnetwork which carriesadvertisements.
ITV是播放电视广告的独立电视网.
There are no advertisements on the BBC.
英国广播公司没广告节目.
Everyone who possesses a TV set must pay a licence fee to the BBC each year.
有电视机的人每年须向英国广播公司交接收费
There are both serious and light programmes on ITV.
ITV既有严肃的也有轻松的节目.
As there are three different channels,
由于有3个不同的电视频道,
it's not surprising that you often hear arguments in the Clark household.
在克拉克家经常听到争论就不足为奇了.
This is the sort of thing you hear:
这是你能听到的那类争论:
There's a sports programme on ITV.
ITV播放体育节目.
What's that,children?
孩子们,你们说什么?
We were wondering if we could watch the sports programme on ITV.
我们想看ITV的体育节目
But I was wondering whether to watch the serial on BBC 1... And so on.
可是我想看BBC1频道的电视连续剧...就这么争.
The children like ITV;
孩子们喜欢看ITV,
mother prefers BBC 1;
母亲喜欢看BBC1频道,
father prefers BBC 2;
父亲喜欢看BBC 2频道.
Gretel hasn't made up her mind yet.
格莱托还没拿定主意.