在对加拿大电视的节目内容进行分析时,作者斯蒂芬·克莱恩发现几乎所有角色玩具的广告都是以虚构效果呈现的。
In a content analysis of Canadian television, the author Stephen Kline observed that nearly all commercials for character toys featured fantasy play.
但新的研究表明这具有相反的效果:无论节目是什么,最终结果是电视的噪音抑制了口头交流。
But the new study shows the opposite effect: whatever the programming, the ultimate outcome of television noise is to inhibit verbal exchanges.
当时的评论家们说,以慢速和没有多少词汇量的方式来播出这种特别英语绝不会有什么效果,美国一些驻外大使要求取消这个节目。
Critics at the time said the Special English method of broadcasting at a slower rate with a limited vocabulary would never work. American embassies demanded that the program be cancelled.
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