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A 呀，七點了，我要看中央臺的新聞聯播了。
yā, qī diǎn le, wǒ yào kàn Zhōngyāngtái de xīnwénliánbō le.
It's 7. I've got to watch the CCTV national news.
B 不是吧？沒想到你這麼關心政治。
bù shì ba? méixiǎngdào nǐ zhème guānxīn zhèngzhì.
Are you serious? I didn't know that you cared so much about politics.
A 其實我也不算特別關心。不過每天晚上七點到七點半，各家電視臺都在轉播中央臺的新聞聯播，想看別的也不行啊。
qíshí wǒ yě bù suàn tèbié guānxīn. bùguò měitiān wǎnshang qīdiǎn dào qīdiǎnbàn, gè jiā diànshìtái dōu zài zhuǎnbō Zhōngyāngtái de xīnwénliánbō, xiǎng kàn biéde yě bùxíng ā.
Well, I am not that into it. I watch the news since all the local networks broadcast the CCTV news from 7 to 7:30. You can't watch anything else even if you want to.
B 那也是。所以通常這時候我就乾脆不開電視。
nà yě shì. suǒyǐ tōngcháng zhè shíhou wǒ jiù gāncuì bù kāi diànshì.
That's true. That's why I normally just don't watch TV in that time slot.
A 可是通過新聞報道瞭解下國內和國際的形勢也很不錯啊。中央臺的新聞網絡遍佈全國乃至世界各地，可以讓我們瞭解最新的世界動態。還有許多特派記者專門奔赴前線採訪後，發回的第一手報道，都很有新聞價值。
kěshì tōngguò xīnwén bàodào liǎojiě xià guónèi hé guójì de xíngshì yě hěn bùcuò ā. Zhōngyāngtái de xīnwén wǎngluò biànbù quánguó nǎizhì shìjiè gèdì, kěyǐ ràng wǒmen liǎojiě zuìxīn de shìjiè dòngtài. hái yǒu xǔduō tèpài jìzhě zhuānmén bēnfù qiánxiàn cǎifǎng hòu, fāhuí de dìyīshǒu bàodǎo, dōu hěn yǒu xīnwén jiàzhí.
But it's good to use the news to get informed about what's happening in China and around the world. CCTV has extensive national and global coverage of the latest news keeping us up to date on the most recent world developments. They also have many correspondents hurrying to the front lines for interviews. The firsthand account reports they give are very informative.
B 可惜我不太關注這些。我只偶爾聽到過新聞裡天天講什麼巴以衝突，美伊戰爭等等。看來我要多關心些國家大事和國際要聞，不然就要落伍了。
kěxī wǒ bùtài guānzhù zhèxie. wǒ zhǐ ǒuěr tīngdào guo xīnwén lǐ tiāntiān jiǎng shénme Bā-Yǐ chōngtū, Měi-Yī zhànzhēng děngděng. kànlai wǒ yào duō guānxīn xiē guójiā dàshì hé guójì yàowén, bùrán jiù yào luòwǔ le.
Too bad that I don't really pay attention to that. I just occasionally hear about the conflict between Israel and Palestine, or the war in Iraq. I guess I need to start paying attention to what's happening in China and around the world or I'll be really behind the times.
A 那你可以多看看整點新聞，就是那些在整點的時候播出的一些簡短的新聞，通常只有五分鐘，既能讓你瞭解國際國內要事，又不浪費時間。
nà nǐ kěyǐ duō kànkan zhěngdiǎn xīnwén, jiùshì nàxiē zài zhěngdiǎn de shíhou bōchū de yīxiē jiǎnduǎn de xīnwén, tōngcháng zhǐyǒu wǔ fēnzhōng, jì néng ràng nǐ liǎojiě guójì guónèi yàoshì, yòu bù làngfèi shíjiān.
Then you can watch the hourly bulletin. It's a roundup of key news that usually lasts for 5 minutes but gives a clear perspective on domestic and international affairs without wasting time.
B 真是個好主意，今天我就開始。
zhēnshì ge hǎo zhǔyi, jīntiān wǒ jiù kāishǐ.
That sounds good. I'll start today.
Key Vocabulary
轉播 zhuǎnbō
乾脆 gāncuì
形勢 xíngshì
乃至 nǎizhì
奔赴 bēnfù
落伍 luòwǔ
新聞聯播 xīnwénliánbō
第一手 dìyīshǒu
巴以衝突 Bā Yǐ chōngtū
Supplementary Vocabulary
即時性 jíshíxìng
趨勢 qūshì
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