He's a talented screenwriter who has sold out to TV soap operas.

他是个有才华的电影编剧，却改行写起电视肥皂剧来了。

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Millions of fans follow the TV soap operas devotedly.

千百万观众非常着迷地收看这部电视连续剧。

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I stayed up late last night to watch a TV soap opera.

我昨晚很晚未睡，在看电视连续剧。

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Mrs Philpott said she watched TV soap operas with Jade and Duwayne and they went to bed about an hour later.

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The BBC's Ana Pisarro says the case has transfixed the Brazilian media, combining as it does all the ingredients of a Brazilian TV soap opera.

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Ms. Fisher has certainly emerged as the star of a reality TV soap opera far more gripping than any part she was offered in Hollywood.

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