The mob was like a soap opera back then.

当帮就跟肥皂剧似。

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

但为什么肥皂呢？为什么这些会被称作肥皂剧呢？

Thus arose the " royal soap opera" genre.

因此出现了“皇室肥皂剧”流派。

Oh, ooh, Soap Opera Digest, oh that's one of my favorite digests.

《肥皂剧文摘》我最文摘之一！

What do you think of soap operas, Mark?

马克，你对肥皂剧怎么看？

It can be used for instance to a workaholic, or for anybody obsessed with something like a television programme, always watching a particular soap, shall we say.

例如，可以跟一个工作狂或者那种痴迷于看电视总看肥皂剧人说这话。

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

每天午，我们都会看肥皂剧，尤其《我们岁月》。

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间 过往之明天故事。

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.

我最一个实验，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主题曲。

Daytime soap operas beat this plot device through death.

日间肥皂剧用死亡情节打败了这种情节装置。

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

如果你足球或者化妆教程，或者爱情小说，或者肥皂剧话。

As for Mustapha, she will continue making her soaps hoping for the next big opportunity.

而穆斯塔法，她将继续制作她肥皂剧，期待着一个大机会。

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

演过，我出演过一部澳大利亚肥皂剧。

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

正如一位《老鹰摄像机》粉丝写道：" 这比看肥皂剧好看多了。"

That is how a soap opera gets you hooked.

这就肥皂剧会让你上瘾原因。

He played a doctor on a soap opera once, and he kept the coat.

他曾经在肥皂剧里演过一次医生，就留了那件白大褂。

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我几乎什么都写不出。相反我喝啤酒，抽PallMall牌香烟，读约翰·麦克唐纳平装本小说，还看了好多午播肥皂剧。

We pretty much were doing that scene exactly the same. - No way. - Yeah, and in my head, I was like I know I can, you know I worked on a soap for three years.

我们演那场戏几乎一模一样。- 不可能。- ，在我脑海里，我想我知道我可以，你知道我拍肥皂剧拍了三年。

TO HEAR PUNDITS TALK ABOUT THE ROYALS THIS SPRING, you'd be excused for thinking " The Royal Family" is a prime time soap opera, with viewers obsessing over new characters, story lines and how it's doing in the ratings.

今年春天，听专家们谈论王室，即便你认为“王室”就像，一部黄金档肥皂剧，一部观众们痴迷于剧情、剧中新角色，以及该剧收视率表现肥皂剧也情有可原。

(Actually, my great-grandmother, but I knew her only as a white-haired Battle-Ax dedicated in equal measure to her soap operas and cigarettes.) She is profoundly retarded, my mother explained. There had been no language revolution back then.

(实际上，我曾祖母，但我只知道她一位白发苍苍Battle-Ax游戏爱好者，她在看肥皂剧、抽香烟上也投入了同样精力。)“她患有重度智力障碍，”母亲解释说。那还没有语言革命。