英語早間課堂:話說地道美語 Lesson 20(2)

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首先，let's warm up。我們先來做個熱身，進入今天的Review(復習)環(huán)節(jié)。在第20課第一講中，對于下面的這類人——a person who likes to spend a lot of time, sitting or lying down and doing nothing else while watching television，我們稱之為a couch potato。它可不是指上發(fā)上的土豆，而是指把大量時間花在坐著或躺著看電視而不做其它事情的極為懶惰的人。簡而言之，就是“電視迷”。

【今日主題】

那么為何在美國會有couch potato(沙發(fā)土豆;沙發(fā)馬鈴薯)這種說法呢?I am told the American couch potato has been a part of American tradition。我聽說Couch potato已經(jīng)成為美國文化的一部分了。那么今天我們就來透視一下關于“沙發(fā)土豆”“沙發(fā)馬鈴薯”的美國文化。這就是我們今天的“早餐”。

【文化透視】

Robert Armstrong, an artist from California, developed the term couch potato in nineteen seventy-six. He drew a caricature in which there is a potato lying down on a couch to concentrate it's attention on watching television. Several year later, he listed the term as a trademark with the United States goverment. Mr. Armstrong also wrote a funny book about life as a full-time television watcher. It's called the "Official Couch Potato Handbook". So, a couch potato has widely been used by people.