初中经典英语短文阅读:A Year with No TV
编者按：很多人都会喜欢看电视。以下是一篇关于电视机的英语短文，附有相关句型辨析，前来欢迎阅读学习!
电视机，对我们来说是特别习以为常的一件物品。你有没有想过，如果生活中没有电视的存在，会是一种怎样的体验吗?
A Year with No TV
(没有电视的一年)
Starting in February 2009, broadcasts of all TV signals will be digital, replacing current analog signals.
从2009年2月开始，所有电视信号的广播将是数字的，取代当前的模拟信号。
For people who have cable or satellite TV, this is a non-issue, because their reception will not be affected.
对于使用有线或卫星电视的人来说，这不是一个问题，因为他们的接收不会受到影响。
But people who use rabbit ears or outside antennas won’t be able to receive the new digital signals.
但是，使用兔耳或外部天线的人将无法接收到新的数字信号。
They’ll have to buy a converter for each TV, which will cost about $50 each.
他们必须为每个电视机购买一个转换器，每个电视机将花费大约50美元。
For Chris, that was too much.
对于克里斯来说，这太贵了。
Instead, Chris was simply going to give his two TVs away to a thrift shop.
于是，克里斯把他的两台电视放到一家旧货店。
Then he would wait until the prices went way down on digital tuner TVs, and buy one when the price was right.
然后，他会等到数字电视机价格下降，在价格合适的时候买一个。
He loaded the TVs into his car.
他把电视放到他的车里。
The lady at the thrift shop wasn’t interested at first.
起初，店里的那位女士并不感兴趣。
She changed her mind when he said that they were only 13” TVs, and that they worked perfectly.
当他说他们只有13个频道，而且他们的工作完美顺利时，她改变了主意。
He was relieved when she accepted them.
当她接受时，他松了一口气。
Had she not, he would have had to deposit them at a hazardous waste facility, which meant waiting in line, in his car, for hours on end.
如果她不接受，他不得不将它们存放在危险废弃物处所，这意味着他要在他的车里排队等待好几个小时。
Chris got home feeling good.
克里斯回家时感觉很好。
Now he was going to enjoy at least a year of no TV.
现在他将享受至少一年没有电视的生活。
The “idiot box” was a good name for that waste of electricity.
“白痴盒”是浪费电力的好美称。
He felt like a new man for having got rid of his two TVs.
已经摆脱了两台电视机的他感觉自己是个全新的人了
When Donna called that night, he proudly told her the news.
当唐娜当晚打电话时，他自豪地告诉了她这个消息。
Donna, whose native language was Chinese, was not happy.
唐娜，这个母语是中文的中国人，非常不高兴。
“What do you mean, you have no TV?” she yelled over the phone.
“你是什么意思，你没有电视?”她大声喊叫。
“How are you going to teach me anything when I call to ask you about new vocabulary on the 11 o’clock news?”
“当我打电话询问你11点钟新闻的新词汇时，你怎么教我?”
She had a few more things to say.
她还有更多的话要说。
Chris sighed.
克里斯叹了口气。
When she finished, he promised her he would buy a new digital TV the very next day.
当她说完后，他答应她，他会在第二天买一台新的数字电视机。
重点知识讲解
Chris got home feeling good.
克里斯回家时感觉很好。
feel用作实义动词的用法
1. 表示“感觉”，属感官动词，其后接不定式的复合结构作宾语时,不定式不能带 to。如：
We all felt the house shake. 我们都感觉这房子在震动。
I felt something crawl up my arm. 我觉得有什么东西顺着我的胳膊向上爬。
【注】feel 之后也通常接现在分词的复合结构,即feel doing ，所以上面两句中的 shake, crawl 也可换成 shaking, crawling.
根据需要,有时也可能用过去分词的复合结构。如：
He felt a great weight taken off his mind. 他感到去掉了一件大心事。
2. 表示“觉得”、“认为”,其后可接“宾语+to be”这样的形式.注意：这里 to 不能省略,且该结构可与 that 从句转换。如：
He felt them to be right. /He felt that they were right. 他认为他们是对的.
They all felt the plan to be unwise. /They all felt that the plan was unwise.
他们都认为这个计划不明智。
重点知识讲解老师|Linda
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