The mob was like a soap opera back then.

当的黑帮就跟肥似的。

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

但是为什么是肥呢？为什么这些被称作肥呢？

Thus arose the “royal soap opera” genre.

因此出现了“皇室肥”流派。

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

《肥文摘》我最喜欢的文摘之一！

What do you think I am, a soap opera star?

以为我是谁？肥明星吗？

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

每天下午，我们都看肥，尤其是《我们的岁月》。

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间 过往之明天的故事。

What do you think of soap operas, Mark?

马克，对肥怎么看？

Daytime soap operas beat this plot device through death.

日间肥用死亡的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.

如果喜欢足球或者是喜欢化妆教程，或者是爱情小说，或者是肥的话。

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

而穆斯塔法，她将继续制作她的肥，期待着下一个大机。

A what, you might be saying? A docu-soap.

一部什么？一部纪实性肥。

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

演过，我出演过一部澳大利亚的肥。

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：" 这比看肥好看多了。"

Aren't you one of the stars of the popular daytime soap Days of our Lives?

不是日间肥 《我们的日子》众星之一吗？

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

他曾经在肥里演过一次医生，就留下了那件白大褂。

Both are dark, edgy, and occasionally soapy.

两部情节都很黑暗、惊心动魄，偶尔又如肥一般虚幻。

Just like women in general I enjoy soap operas.

就像一般的女人一样，我喜欢看肥。

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

对那的人们来讲，他的故事就好象我们今天在电视上看的肥一样。

So, that is where the " soap" part of the name " soap opera" comes from.

所以，这就是“肥”这个名字的“肥”部分的来源。