Forty years ago people used to flock to the cinema, but now far more people sit at home and turn on the TV to watch a programme that is being channelled into millions of homes.

40年前，人们常常涌向电影院，但现在更多的人坐在家里，打开电视观看那些通过电视频道在千家万户播放的电视节目。

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I go to the stadium whenever there is a good game, and if I can't get a ticket, I watch the game on TV.

只要有出色的比赛我就去体育场，如果我买不到票，我就在电视上看比赛。

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The one-way interaction between TV and the couch potato is far different than an absorbing Scrabble play-off with a friend on a mobile phone.

电视和电视痴迷之间的单向交互与在手机上和朋友玩的有趣的拼字游戏附加赛大不相同。

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It is the kind of drama one expects to see on reality TV shows, and here it is creeping into politics in a way that certainly has excited people."

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Top Arab broadcasters Al Arabiya and Al Jazeera TV highlighted the news that President Obama is planning a visit to Cairo on June 4, noting that relations between the Arab world and the United States have improved significantly since the end of the Bush Administration.

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