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Do you ever wonder where television words come from? Many TV terms come from the combination of two words. Even the word televis
Do you ever wonder where television words come from? Many TV terms come from the combination of two words. Even the word televis
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2019-04-07
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Do you ever wonder where television words come from? Many TV terms come from the combination of two words. Even the word television is made up of two words. These words are Greek and Latin words meaning "far" and "to see".
One kind of television program is the soap opera. The first soap operas were stories on the radio. These stories are serials. They are continuous and can go on for many years. Soap companies first advertised their products during these shows on TV. The soap companies knew lots of housewives and mothers watched them, so most of the commercials during these shows were for different kinds of soap products. People then started calling them "soap operas".
Serious TV programs are called dramas. Funny ones are called comedies. Some programs are both funny and serious. This kind of show is called a "dramedy" , a combination of "drama" and "comedy". In a similar way, sit-com is a combination of "situation" and "comedy".
Infomercials are another kind of program on TV. An infomercial is a very long commercial. One can last three or four hours. The word "infomercial" is a combination of "information" and "commercial". Infomercials began in the 1980s. Now you can watch hours and hours of infomercials for all kinds of products, especially on cable television. Just be careful you don’t turn into a couch potato!
What is the main idea of this passage?
选项
A、Famous television programs.
B、Meanings of words used in television.
C、What people watch on television.
D、How TV has changed the meaning of words.
答案
B
解析
文章一开始指出许多电视术语是通过将两个词合并而形成的,第二段介绍了soap opera这个词的来源;第三段分别介绍了dramedy和sit-com这两个词的来源;而最后一段介绍了infomercial这个词的来源。通观全文,我们可以看出这篇文章的主旨是电视方面采用的单词的意思。文章并没有提及著名的电视节目,人们在电视上观看什么以及电视如何改变单词的意思。
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