夏说英语新闻晨读(MP3+文本) 第653期:英国儿童情景喜剧涉嫌种族歧视
日期:2019-07-09 07:51

(单词翻译:单击)

本期内容:

"Living with the Lams," a forthcoming children's sitcom on a British Chinese family scheduled to be aired on CBBC, the BBC's children's television arm, has been facing accusation of racism, the Guardian reported. The 10-episode planned show centers on a Chinese family running a restaurant in Manchester and features a father performing in a band called "Wok and Roll" and a grandma who "spits on the floor and eats fortune cookies all day" according to people familiar with the first two scripts.

forthcoming: adj. 即将来临的;即将发生的(事先经过了规划的)
The holiday is forthcoming.
假期要来了。
近义词upcoming,但upcoming只能用于名词前,且是没有事先规划好的
upcoming holiday/elections/meeting: 即将到来的假期/选举/会议
schedule: n. 计划表,时刻表 v. 安排
tight schedule: 日程很紧
Thanks for taking time out of your busy schedule.
感谢您百忙之中抽出时间。
The flight is scheduled to arrive at 8:45.
航班预计于8:45到达。
be aired on: 被播出
accusation n. 控告,指控
face accusation: 面临指控
center on: 围绕着;以……为中心
同义词focus on revolve around
The morning reading news centers on English language lovers like you.
晨读新闻以你这样的英语爱好者为中心。

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