英语早间课堂:话说地道美语 Lesson 20(2)
首先，let's warm up。我们先来做个热身，进入今天的Review(复习)环节。在第20课第一讲中，对于下面的这类人——a person who likes to spend a lot of time, sitting or lying down and doing nothing else while watching television，我们称之为a couch potato。它可不是指上发上的土豆，而是指把大量时间花在坐着或躺着看电视而不做其它事情的极为懒惰的人。简而言之，就是“电视迷”。
【今日主题】
那么为何在美国会有couch potato(沙发土豆;沙发马铃薯)这种说法呢?I am told the American couch potato has been a part of American tradition。我听说Couch potato已经成为美国文化的一部分了。那么今天我们就来透视一下关于“沙发土豆”“沙发马铃薯”的美国文化。这就是我们今天的“早餐”。
【文化透视】
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.
