名詞 soap opera:

1. a serialized program usually dealing with sentimentalized family matters that is broadcast on radio or television (frequently sponsored by a company advertising soap products)

1. What a sensational story! It has all the elements of a soap opera.
   多麼聳人聽聞的事! 具備連續(xù)劇的一切要素。
2. Do you watch soap opera?
   你看肥皂劇嗎？
3. No soap opera fan can complain that the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings that usurped the network tales of sex and power could not deliver their daily emotional fix. It was an astounding day for television viewers, right up there with Watergate.
   喜歡看肥皂劇的人不會抱怨參議院司法委員會聽證會不能提供每天的感情刺激。在色情與權力故事方面它取代了電視臺。對電視觀眾那是令人耳目一新的一天，可與水門事件媲美。