Do This Before Watching a TV Series to Learn English · Learn English with Bob the Canadian
在观看英语电视剧前，可以做7件事来提升理解力和学习效果。包括观看预告片、阅读剧情简介、记录角色名字等，适合练习听力、词汇和文化理解。
English television shows are a great way to learn English and maybe there's a new English TV series that you're about to watch.
英国的电视节目是学习英语的绝佳方式；也许现在就有某部新的英剧等着你去观看呢。
In this English lesson, I'm going to tell you about seven things that you should do before you watch that TV series.
在这节英语课上，我将告诉你们在观看那部电视剧之前应该做的七件事。
When you do these things before you watch the TV series, it will make it easier to understand,
当你在观看电视剧之前先完成这些准备工作时，理解剧情就会变得更加容易。
I guarantee you will learn more English words while you're watching the TV series and I think it'll just make it a more enjoyable experience.
我敢保证，你在观看这部电视剧的过程中会学到更多英语单词，而且我认为这会让整个观看体验变得更加愉快。
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The first thing you should do before watching a new TV series is go to YouTube and search for a trailer for that TV series.
在观看一部新的电视剧之前，你应该首先去 YouTube 上搜索该电视剧的预告片。
A trailer is a short introduction to the series you're about to watch.
预告片是对你即将观看的这部剧集的简短介绍。
In it, you'll find out about the location of the show.
在其中，你可以了解到演出的具体地点信息。
You'll find out about where it takes place.
你会了解到活动发生的地点。
You'll be introduced to some of the main characters, and you might even learn some of their names.
你会了解到一些主要角色，甚至可能会记住他们的名字。
When you watch the trailer, it helps
当你观看预告片时，它会对你有所帮助。
you to be more familiar with the show when you start watching it and this will help you understand more about what's going on.
当你开始观看这部剧时，会对它更加熟悉，这也会帮助你更好地理解剧情的发展。
So the first thing you should do, go to YouTube, search for a trailer, watch it, and get introduced to the show.
首先，你应该去 YouTube 上搜索这部剧的预告片，观看一下，从而对这个剧有一个初步的了解。
The second thing you should do is go to the Wikipedia page for that TV series and read the premise.
你应该做的第二件事是访问该电视剧在维基百科上的页面，阅读其剧情简介（即故事背景或主要情节）。
The premise is again, another summary of what the show is going to be about.
这个前提再次是对节目内容的简要概括。
It's usually one or two sentences long and most TV show Wikipedia pages have that section.
这些内容通常只有一两句话长，大多数电视节目的维基百科页面都设有相关板块。
The premise will tell you a little bit, again, about the location and the characters, and maybe a little introduction to the plot.
这个故事的前提会让你对故事发生的地点、角色以及情节有一个基本的了解。
The plot is what the story is actually about.
情节才是故事真正所要表达的核心内容。
So the second thing you should do, find the Wikipedia page.
那么你应该做的第二件事就是找到维基百科的相关页面。
You can do this in English or
你可以用英语来做这件事，或者……
in your own language, by the way,
顺便说一下，你可以用你自己的语言来表达。
find the section labeled "Premise," and read it over and get an understanding of what the show is going to be about.
找到标有“Premise”（前提/背景信息）的部分，仔细阅读它，以便了解这部剧的主题和内容。
The third thing you should do is write down the names of all the characters in the show.
你应该做的第三件事是，把这部剧中所有角色的名字都记下来。
You can actually find this information on the same Wikipedia page where we found the premise.
实际上，你可以在同一个维基百科页面上找到这些信息；我们就是在那个页面上了解到相关的前提内容的。
Usually if you scroll down a little bit, there'll be a section with all the names.
通常，如果你向下滚动页面一点，就会看到一个包含所有名称的列表。
If you're lucky, there will even be small descriptions of each character.
如果你运气好的话，甚至还会看到每个角色的简要描述。
So take some time, find a pen
所以，花些时间，找一支笔吧。
and a piece of paper and actually write down the names of every single character that's in the show with a little description behind them.
再拿一张纸，把剧中所有角色的名字都写下来，并为每个角色附上简短的描述。
Then when you start watching the show, you'll already be familiar with the people who are in the show.
当你开始观看这个节目时，你已经对节目中的角色们比较熟悉了。
You'll know some of their names.
你会知道他们中的一些人的名字。
You'll know a little bit about what they're all about and what they might even do based on the descriptions that you read.
通过你阅读到的描述，你应该会对它们的用途以及它们可能具备的功能有一些了解。
So number three, write down a list of all the characters that are in the show.
那么，第三点：列出剧中出现的所有角色。
The fourth thing you should do is you should read a description of the first episode.
你应该做的第四件事是阅读第一集的剧情描述。
Don't read a description of every episode, but if you scroll down even further on the Wikipedia page for the TV series you're about to watch,
不必阅读每一集的详细剧情描述；不过，如果你在想要观看的电视剧的维基百科页面上继续向下滚动的话……
there will probably be a section where they describe each episode.
可能会有一部分内容专门用来描述每一集的具体内容。
Read the description for episode one.
请阅读第一集的剧情描述。
The reason I don't want you to read all the other descriptions is I don't want you to read any spoilers.
我不想让你阅读其他所有的描述，原因是我不想让你看到任何剧透内容。
Spoilers are when you find out things about a TV series that you didn't want to find out before you watched it.
剧透”指的是你在观看电视剧之前，无意中得知了一些本不该提前知道的信息。
I mean, it's nice to know some things before you watch it, but you do want to be surprised while you're watching it as well.
我的意思是，提前了解一些关于影片的信息固然不错，但你在观看影片时还是希望能够感受到惊喜吧。
So the fourth thing you can do and you can consider this one optional, scroll down a little further.
那么，你可以做的第四件事是（你可以将这件事视为可选的），继续向下滚动页面。