I hate seeing soap drama.

我讨厌看肥皂剧。

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Rebecca watched some soap drama to kill time.

丽贝卡看了一些电视剧消磨时间。

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Part South American soap, part comedy, this is also a drama that looks intelligently at a very real problem on these very real streets not far from the Ramblas.

此片部分是南美肥皂剧，部分喜剧，同时也是基于离拉布兰大道不远的真实街区里发生的十分现实的问题的一部聪明的戏剧。

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The U.S. watched the soap opera drama unfold, and in the process the sport saw television ratings soar and maintain a consistent level of viewership.

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Politics is a continuing soap opera where the drama never ends and the same story lines play out time after time, just in different ways.

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But there is a difference between unrehearsed soap acting and longer-form drama like this.

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