今日俚语: Idiot-box

Meaning: television, TV

Hey, you kids! Turn off the idiot-box and go do your homework.
嘿，孩子们！把电视机关掉，去做作业。

After working hard all day, all I wanna do is chill out in front of the idiot-box.
努力工作了一整天后，我最想做的事就是在电视机前好好的放松一下。

Variety: This slang is typically used in American and Australian English but may be used in other varieties of English too.
类别：这个俚语是典型的美式和澳式英语，但也可以应用于其它类别的英语中。

Quick Quiz:小测试

"They spend too much time in front of the idiot-box" means they

 a. use a computer too much

 b. play video games too much

 c. watch too much television

今日小知识：Chill out

Chill-out music (sometimes also chill out, or simply chill) is a genre of electronic music and an umbrella term for several styles of electronic music characterized by their mellow style and mid-tempo beats—"chill" being derived from a slang injunction to "relax".Chill-out music emerged in the early and mid-1990s in "chill rooms" at dance clubs, where relaxing music was played to allow dancers a chance to "chill out" from the more emphatic and fast-tempo music played on the main dance floor.电子音乐种类的一种(有时也作chill out或简化为chill)。它是对以柔和轻快的节奏风格为主要特色的几种电子音乐风格的一个概括性总结——"chill" 来自于一句俚语组合“放松”。Chill-out音乐起源于1990年代，在舞池旁边,常会有一个区域,或是小房间,里头会放一些较缓和,较平静的音乐,让舞客跳完舞后从刚刚剧烈的快节奏的舞池音乐中解放出来，缓和情绪,休息一下。