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Unit 6 Why Are We Addicted to Soaps? ---为何我们对肥皂剧百看不厌? Teaching objects: Master the key words and structures Be able to explain why soap opera is so popular and the key to its success. Discuss what soap opera can provide for the common audience. Todays tasks Know about background information. Get to know some key expressions in this text Make some discussion. Question: What do you know about soap operas? Background informaton: Soap opera: A serial on television or radio that deals with the lives of a group of characters, especially in a melodramatic(情节剧的) or sentimental(感伤的) way. The name derives from the fact that they were originally often sponsored by soap manufacturing companies. 肥皂剧soap opera，是指“以家庭问题为题材的广播或电视连续剧”，以家庭妇女为主要观众，以普通家庭生活环境为舞台，通常由家庭日用品商家赞助。 有人以为肥皂剧这个名字的由来是因为这类连续剧休闲而且冗长，人们可以边洗泡沫浴边看连续剧，但事实上最早的肥皂剧，指上世纪30年代美国无线电广播中播放的一种长篇广播连续剧，由于当时赞助商主要是日用清洁剂厂商，其间插播的广告主要是肥皂广告，“肥皂剧”之名由此得来。 Question: What soaps do you know? Take some example. The following soaps are: Did you hear them before? Abroad: sex city《欲望都市》、 friends 《老友记》/《六人行》、 coronation street《加冕街》、 growing pains《成长的烦恼》 home: 还珠格格、康熙帝国、京华烟云、玉观音 Korea:《大长今》、《小妇人〉、〈看了又看》 Sitcom:=situation comedy A situation comedy, is a genre（类型） of comedy programs which originated in radio. Today, sitcoms are found almost exclusively（专有的） on television as one of its dominant narrative forms. Sitcoms usually consist of recurring（重复的） characters in a common environment such as a home or workplace and generally include laugh tracks（笑声录音） or studio audiences. As to sitcom soap: 肥皂剧又称泡沫剧，多指那些有一定连贯的故事情节，集数篇长的连续剧，多以韩剧为主。 而情景剧却与之相反。一个情节讲的是一个内容，剧情前后没有联系。但是剧中的主要演员是不变的。例如：《家有儿女》、《东北一家人》、 《我爱我家》、《闲人马大嫂》、《武林外传》是情景剧，没有什么连贯的剧情。 Another discussion: Have you read them before? And do you love them? 十八岁的约定 爱情白皮书 爱情大魔咒 爱情合约 爱情经纪约 爱情魔发师 爱情魔戒 安室爱美惠 白袍之恋 白色巨塔 白屋之恋 天国恋歌 宝岛少女成功记 超级拍档 第一桶金/夺宝三溅客 东方茱丽叶 恶魔在身边 我的淘气 恶作剧之吻 放羊的星星