Presentation of English for Media
television
林律裕 993d0901
方宏傑 994c0905
黃峻瑋 994c0045
television (n)
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a piece of electronic equipment shaped like a box with a
screen, on which you can watch programs 電視機
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the business of making and broadcasting programs on
television 電視圈, 電視業
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Jean works in television.
the programs broadcast in this way 電視
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a widescreen television
I like to relax and watch television.
broadcast or being broadcast on television 播送電視
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What's on television tonight?
television
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The word is derived from mixed Latin and Greek
roots, meaning "far sight": Greek tele, far, and
Latin visio, sight.
 1900 And We Called It Television
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At the World's Fair in Paris, the first International
Congress of Electricity was held. That is where
Russian Constantin Perskyi made the first known use
of the word "television."
tv: 1948, shortened form of television
 television set, tv set
 television receiver, tv receiver
TV channels
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BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation
CNN: Cable News Network
ABC: American Broadcasting Company
CBS: Columbia Broadcasting System
NBC: National Broadcasting Company
TV channels in Taiwan
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TTV: Taiwan Television Enterprise
CTV: China Television Company
CTS: Chinese Television System
FTV: Formosa Television
ETTV: Eastern Broadcasting Company
SET: Sanlih E-television
TVBS: Television Broadcasts
TV
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MTV: Music Television
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a US television company whose programs are shown
around the world. It broadcasts popular music and
videos of the singers or groups performing it.
MTV ≠MV (Music Video)
KTV: Karaoke Television
Phrases
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TV audience 電視觀眾
TV channel 電視頻道
TV dinner 電視餐
TV guide 電視導覽
TV station 電視台
TV program 電視節目
TV show 電視節目
TV announcer 電視播音員
TV newsman 電視記者
TV reporter 電視記者
TV star 電視明星
TV camera 電視攝影機
TV monitor 電視螢幕
TV-antenna 電視天線
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black-and-white TV 黑白電視
monochrome TV 黑白電視
color TV 彩色電視
satellite TV 衛星電視
closed circuit television 閉路電視
digital television 數位電視
breakfast television 晨間的電視節目
TV license 電視許可證
TV license fee 電視許可證費
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BBC: You need a TV license to use
any television receiving equipment
such as a TV set, set-top box, video
or DVD recorder, computer or
mobile phone to watch or record TV
programs as they are being shown
on TV.
TV license dodger 逃漏電視許可者
Related terms
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Televise (v) 播送電視節目
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to broadcast something on television
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The game was televised live on ABC.
Televisual (adj) 電視的
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relating to television
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a major televisual event like the Olympics
Derived terms
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televangelism (n) 電視福音傳道
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television + evangelism
televangelist (n) 電視福音傳道者
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television + evangelist
Informal words for television
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Informal words for television are the tube in the
US, and the box or the telly in Britain.
tube
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American English informal television
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The meaning "TV as a medium" is from 1959, short for
cathode ray tube or picture tube.
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boob tube:
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What's on the tube tonight?
In American and Canadian slang, boob tube is a term used for a
television set. The term usually carries a negative or humorous
connotation, as it comes from the words boob (a foolish person)
and tube (from the television's cathode ray tube)
Television: "Parents complain about the quality of the shows but
don't prevent their children from gluing themselves to the boob
tube" (David Owen).
沒有映象管的電視, 如LCD, 不適合用tube這個字
box
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British English informal television
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goggle box: British Slang
idiot box
the shit box
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telly
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British English informal television
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origin:
1935–40; tel(evision) + -y
Colloquial names
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small screen
cultural barbiturate
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Barbiturate, 一類有機化合物，臨
床上用作鎮靜、催眠或麻醉藥的
輔助藥。
opium of the masses
 the cyclops
 glass teat
 electronic babysitter
 plebvision
cyclops
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