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　　暑期强档美剧抢先看

　　导读：《越狱》(Prison Break)结束了，《绯闻女孩》(Gossip Girl)还在不可预期的将来。今年的漫漫暑假要怎样度过呢?本文介绍了多部强档美剧，保你有个精彩、充实的暑期生活!

　　无论你想回顾上一季的影视作品，还是展望下一季，暑假都是个再好不过的机会。

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

　　《24小时》展开了新一季的动作大片，在片中，美国政府的计算机网络安全受到了威胁。此外，剧中还介绍了首位女总统。遗憾的是，我们要等到2010年1月17日才能再睹大英雄杰克-鲍尔的风采。 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.

　　《绯闻女孩》中几位主演都已高中毕业，但下一季将于9月14日上映，我们将看到他们精彩的大学生活。 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”内，《绝望的主妇》仍继续上演着一系列悬疑、动作和阴谋大片。她们将于9月27日与观众见面。 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》一如既往地为粉丝们提供了更多的医疗急救故事，人物关系也依然像上一季那么复杂。该剧将于9月24日回归荧屏。 Grey's Anatomy continued to give fans more medical emergencies and complicated relationships in the past season. It will return on September 24.

　　《越狱》5月15日的结局让众多粉丝大失所望。完整版的《最后一越》随后在5月24日开始播出。 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

　　新剧抢先看 Lots of new series

　　别担心。虽然《越狱》结束了，但即将到来的下一季中仍有很多精彩剧目等着你去欣赏。对于那些没看够《格蕾的解剖》的粉丝们，推荐大家看看《急救小组》。该剧讲述了一群急救队的故事。他们在到达急诊室前奋力抢救病人。而《仁爱》则重点描述了一群忙碌的护士如何平衡职业和感情生活。 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，有几部新科幻片要特别和喜爱《英雄》的观众们分享一下：《首日》--讲述的是几名幸存者在经历地球毁灭后走到了一起;《未来闪影》--全世界的人在2分钟内被洗脑，而那些幸存者则亲眼目睹了自己恐怖的未来;《V星来客》--是《迷失》中饰演朱丽叶的演员伊丽莎白-米歇尔主演的新剧，讲述了一群邪恶的外星人的故事。 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.

　　还想看更多超自然题材的剧集么?喜爱《暮光之城》的粉丝们肯定会爱上《吸血鬼日记》。剧中，两名身着华丽服饰的吸血鬼为争夺一名高中女孩展开了一场爱情竞赛。《东镇女巫》的剧情则更像《绝望主妇》，不同的是这些主妇都变成了女巫。 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.

　　接下来还有《异世奇案》：一部基于人类轮回理念的玄幻剧。剧中，侦探们揭秘委托人的前世悲剧，并借此解决他们在现世中遇到的问题。 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.

　　生词：

　　episode 剧集

　　glimpse 一瞥

　　technician 技术人员

　　uncover 揭示

　　alien 外星人

　　apocalyptic 启示录的

　　breach 违背

　　fearless 无畏的

　　intrigue 密谋

　　juggle 耍弄

　　onscreen 在银幕上的

　　reincarnation 重生

　　scary 可怕的

　　sitcom 系列幽默剧

　　supernatural 超自然的

　　witch 巫婆

　　workplace 工作场所

　　Prison Break 《越狱》

　　Gossip Girl 《绯闻女孩》