The mob was like a soap opera back then.

当时的黑帮就跟剧似的。

But why soap? Why are these things called soap operas?

但为什么呢？为什么这些会被称作剧呢？

Thus arose the " royal soap opera" genre.

因此出现“皇室剧”流派。

What do you think of soap operas, Mark?

马克，你对剧怎么看？

South Korean officials might be helped by the wild popularity of Korean pop and television dramas and soap operas in the rest of Asia, part of the “Korean wave”.

韩国的官员也许会得益于亚洲其他地区的人对韩国流行电视剧的狂热，这也“韩流”的一部分。

For people at that time, his stories were like the soap operas we see on TV today.

对那时的人来讲，他的故事就好象今天在电视上看的剧一样。

We also watched soap operas every afternoon, especially " Days of our Lives."

每天下午，都会看剧，尤其《的岁月》。

This is an emotionally powerful film that isn't just very funny, but has a great way of really tugging at your heart strings without feeling too much like a soap opera.

这部情绪强烈的电影，不只有趣，而以很棒的方式扣动你的心弦，也不会太过俗滥而变得像芭乐剧。

That's right, It's time for our latest soap opera the tales of the yesterday's tomorrow.

没错 又到最新一期剧时间 过往之明天的故事。

My favorite experiment of this kind is the one that showed that the babies of women who watched a certain soap opera every day during pregnancy recognized the theme song of that show once they were born.

最喜欢的一个实验，如果母亲在孕期每天看同一个剧，婴儿就能够在出生后识别出这个电视剧的主题曲。

Daytime soap operas beat this plot device through death.

日间剧用死亡的情节打败这种情节装置。

I think you've starred in more than 20 soap operas here in South Korea.

想你在韩国演过二十多部连续剧吧。

Every night my roommates watch the Korean soap operas till mid-night.

的室友每天晚上都看韩剧。

If you're into football or you love makeup tutorials or romance novels or soap operas.

如果你喜欢足球或者喜欢化妆教程，或者爱情小说，或者剧的话。

I was, I was in a soap opera in Australia.

演过，出演过一部澳大利亚的剧。

The result was a four-month period in which I could write almost nothing at all. What I did instead was drink beer, smoke Pall Malls, read John D.MacDonald paperbacks, and watch afternoon soap operas.

结果就整整四个月中几乎什么都写不出。相反喝啤酒，抽PallMall牌香烟，读约翰·麦克唐纳的平装本小说，还看好多下午播的剧。

As one Eagle Cam fan wrote, " This is better than watching soap operas" .

正如一位《老鹰摄像机》的粉丝写道：" 这比看剧好看多。"

That is how a soap opera gets you hooked.

这就剧会让你上瘾的原因。

See, I was a regular on a soap opera, you know?

演过连续剧？

" The truth is… " a soap opera actress said dramatically on the screen.

“事实上… … ”电视剧里的女演员夸张地说。