The mob was like a soap opera back then.

当时的黑帮就跟肥皂剧似的。

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

但是为什么是肥皂呢？为什么这些被称作肥皂剧呢？

Thus arose the " royal soap opera" genre.

因此出现了“皇室肥皂剧”流派。

What do you think of soap operas, Mark?

马克，你对肥皂剧怎么看？

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”.

韩国的官员许得益于亚洲其他地区的们对韩国流行电视剧的狂热，这是“韩流”的一部分。

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

对那时的们来讲，他的故事就好象我们今天在电视上看的肥皂剧一样。

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

每天下午，我们都看肥皂剧，尤其是《我们的岁月》。

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.

这是部情绪强烈的电影，只是有趣，而是以很棒的方式扣动你的心弦，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 又到了我们最新一期肥皂剧时间 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.

我最喜欢的一个实验是，如果母亲在孕期每天看同一个肥皂剧，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.

日间肥皂剧用死亡的情节打败了这种情节装置。

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

我想你在韩国演过二十多部连续剧了吧。

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

我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是喜欢化妆教程，或者是爱情小说，或者是肥皂剧的话。

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

演过，我出演过一部澳大利亚的肥皂剧。

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.

结果就是整整四个月中我几乎什么都写出。相反我喝啤酒，抽PallMall牌香烟，读约翰·麦克唐纳的平装本小说，还看了好多下午播的肥皂剧。

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：" 这比看肥皂剧好看多了。"

That is how a soap opera gets you hooked.

这就是肥皂剧让你上瘾的原因。

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

我演过连续剧？

" 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。