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　　暑期強檔美劇搶先看

　　導讀：《越獄》(Prison Break)結束了，《緋聞女孩》(Gossip Girl)還在不可預期的將來。今年的漫漫暑假要怎樣度過呢?本文介紹了多部強檔美劇，保你有個精彩、充實的暑期生活!

　　無論你想回顧上一季的影視作品，還是展望下一季，暑假都是個再好不過的機會。

　　SUMMER vacation is a perfect opportunity to reflect on last season's shows and look ahead to the next season.

　　《24小時》展開了新一季的動作大片，在片中，美國政府的計算機網絡安全受到了威脅。此外，劇中還介紹了首位女總統。遺憾的是，我們要等到2010年1月17日才能再睹大英雄杰克-鮑爾的風采。 24 featured yet another action-packed season, with a security breach that threatened the US government's computer networks. The show also introduced its first female President. We'll have to wait until January 17, 2010 to see the fearless Jack Bauer again.

　　《緋聞女孩》中幾位主演都已高中畢業，但下一季將于9月14日上映，我們將看到他們精彩的大學生活。 Gossip Girl's main stars have graduated from high school, but we'll be able to keep up with them at college when the show returns for another season on September 14.

　　“紫藤巷”內，《絕望的主婦》仍繼續上演著一系列懸疑、動作和陰謀大片。她們將于9月27日與觀眾見面。 Desperate Housewives kept a steady flow of suspense, action, and intrigue on Wisteria Lane. The housewives will be back on September 27.

　　《格蕾的解剖》一如既往地為粉絲們提供了更多的醫療急救故事，人物關系也依然像上一季那么復雜。該劇將于9月24日回歸熒屏。 Grey's Anatomy continued to give fans more medical emergencies and complicated relationships in the past season. It will return on September 24.

　　《越獄》5月15日的結局讓眾多粉絲大失所望。完整版的《最后一越》隨后在5月24日開始播出。 Prison Break disappointed its many fans when the series ended on May 15. It was followed by a full-length movie, The Final Break, on May 24

　　新劇搶先看 Lots of new series

　　別擔心。雖然《越獄》結束了，但即將到來的下一季中仍有很多精彩劇目等著你去欣賞。對于那些沒看夠《格蕾的解剖》的粉絲們，推薦大家看看《急救小組》。該劇講述了一群急救隊的故事。他們在到達急診室前奮力搶救病人。而《仁愛》則重點描述了一群忙碌的護士如何平衡職業和感情生活。 Don't worry. Prison Break may be over, but there are plenty of new dramas planned for the coming season. For fans who can't get enough of Grey's Anatomy, there's Trauma, about emergency medical technicians trying to save lives before they get to the emergency room. Mercy will follow busy nurses trying to juggle their professional and romantic lives.

　　另外，有幾部新科幻片要特別和喜愛《英雄》的觀眾們分享一下：《首日》--講述的是幾名幸存者在經歷地球毀滅后走到了一起;《未來閃影》--全世界的人在2分鐘內被洗腦，而那些幸存者則親眼目睹了自己恐怖的未來;《V星來客》--是《迷失》中飾演朱麗葉的演員伊麗莎白-米歇爾主演的新劇，講述了一群邪惡的外星人的故事。 Heroes fans may be happy to hear about new sci-fi shows like Day One, about a group of survivors who come together after an apocalyptic disaster, or Flash Forward, where everyone on Earth blacks out for two minutes. Those who aren't killed get scary glimpses of the future. Lost's Elizabeth Mitchell (Juliet) stars in the new series V, about aliens who might be evil.

　　還想看更多超自然題材的劇集么?喜愛《暮光之城》的粉絲們肯定會愛上《吸血鬼日記》。劇中，兩名身著華麗服飾的吸血鬼為爭奪一名高中女孩展開了一場愛情競賽。《東鎮女巫》的劇情則更像《絕望主婦》，不同的是這些主婦都變成了女巫。 Want to explore the supernatural? The Vampire Diaries will delight Twilight fans, as two gorgeous vampires fight for the love of a high school girl. Eastwick might be something like Desperate Housewives…if the wives were witches.

　　接下來還有《異世奇案》：一部基于人類輪回理念的玄幻劇。劇中，偵探們揭秘委托人的前世悲劇，并借此解決他們在現世中遇到的問題。 And then there's Past Life, a mystery show based on the idea of reincarnation. Detectives solve problems in their clients' current lives by uncovering tragedies from their past lives.

　　生詞：

　　episode 劇集

　　glimpse 一瞥

　　technician 技術人員

　　uncover 揭示

　　alien 外星人

　　apocalyptic 啟示錄的

　　breach 違背

　　fearless 無畏的

　　intrigue 密謀

　　juggle 耍弄

　　onscreen 在銀幕上的

　　reincarnation 重生

　　scary 可怕的

　　sitcom 系列幽默劇

　　supernatural 超自然的

　　witch 巫婆

　　workplace 工作場所

　　Prison Break 《越獄》

　　Gossip Girl 《緋聞女孩》