春节马上到了，大家一定都把看电视作为重要的居家消遣方式之一。那么，五彩斑斓的荧屏节目，你都会用英语说吗？下面是一张中国某频道一天的电视节目表，我们先来热身一下：
新闻联播( The Daily News Broadcasting)
电视连续剧：三国演义(TV Serial: Romance of the Three
Kingdoms)
电视连续剧：渴望(TV Serial: Aspirations)
电视系列片：编辑部的故事(TV Series: The Stories from the
Editorial Department)
科教片：啄木鸟(Science & Education: The
Woodpecker)
动物世界(Animal World)
故事片：伤逝(Film: Regrets for the Past)
电视剧场(TV Theatre)
综艺大观(Variety Show)
故事片：毛泽东和他的儿子们(Feature Film: Mao Zedong and His
sons)
动画片：黑猫警长(Children's Cartoon: Sergeant Black Cat)
15集专题片：东方大河(15-part TV Documentary: Heilongjiang
River)
中国音乐电视(Chinese MTV)
如果你经常看电视，你一定对上面的电视节目非常熟悉。但是，你知道电视节目都有哪些类型吗？这些类型的对应英文是什么呢？
| in Chinese | in English | in Chinese | in English |
| 电视节目 | TV programme | 电影 | film |
| 电视系列片 | TV Series | 言情片 | romance |
| 电视连续剧 | TV Serial | 喜剧片 | comedy |
| 肥皂剧 | soap opera | 惊险片 | thriller |
| 动画片 | animated cartoon | 科幻片 | science fiction |
| 专题片 | feature programme | 新闻 | news |
| 主题影片 | feature film | 纪录片 | documentary |
| 文艺晚会 | variety show | 知识竞赛 | quiz show |
| 小品 | comic sketch | 历史剧 | docudrama |
如果你对这些分类没有明确的概念，那么可以看看下表中对不同类型的电视节目的定义：
| Types | Definitions: |
| 1. a documentary programme | a programme which provides a record or report of facts |
| 2. a feature programme | a broadcast presented to explore a particular topic |
| 3.the news | a regular broadcast of the latest news on the radio or television |
| 4. a TV series | a set of TV programmes which have the same actors, etc., but each has a complete story in itself |
| 5. a TV serial | a TV play, with a continuing story, which is shown in regular instalments |
| 6. a live broadcast | event watched on TV at the time of its performance, e.g. a sports event, a political campaign, a quiz show, etc. |
| 7. a feature film | a full-length film intended as the main item in a cinema programme |
| 8. a wildlife documentary | documentary programme about wildlife, i.e. animals and plants |
| 9. a variety show | a TV programme which includes different kinds of entertaining performance such as singing, dancing, etc. |
| 10. a children's cartoon | a TV programme made by animating a set of drawings of stories for children |
| 11. a docudrama | a dramatised television film based on real events |
| 12. a comic sketch | a very short play which is humorous and limited to one scene |
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