致美剧《绝望的主妇》爱好者的一封信

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It allstarted with an enchanted serendipity. I simply watched one episode ofDesperate Housewives right after the 2008 Summer Olympics was held in Beijing-- I guess, after finished binge-watching Prison Break, I just wanted a changeof pace.

I didn'tmean to spend 18 months glued to the screen watching a soap opera loved mostlyby members of the opposite sex. Then again, I couldn't have imagined thatDesperate Housewives was so intriguing and interesting! -- Illicit affairs,literary narratives, business scenarios, murders, scheming and dark secrets --and it all wrapped up as a comedy. Awesome!

I'm onehundred percent positive that DH is the most incredible TV-show forIntermediate English learners which I've ever encounted throughout more than 15years practicing Visual/audio English learning. Below are some of the keyelements that I believe would infuse more or less excitement along the way ofour learning journey:

u  Main actors all speak standard American English and have a precise tone

u  The TV Drama is designed to appeal to the majority of people,especially Middle-class and white-collar families.

u  Each episode contains sufficient daily conversation dialogues inregard to different occasions.

u  The Narrator explains some deep understanding of life philosophy ineach episode which are very inspirational to us to form a sophisticatedsentence.

u  Each actor/actress has a distinctive life-style that enables us tosee different forms of living standard and personal character.

u  Storylines are correspondingly separated and scripts of each episodeare well-designed, not so difficult for us to understand, especially thecreative director Marc Cherry is a very talented writer.

Thescripts were sorted out by editors of jtenglish.cn in association with thefollowing members who were contributed a lot during the process of adding upthe cast name of each episode, they are:

Lynn, Sherry,Leon,李笑甜, Jane, Fannie,徐超越,七月,小碧,阿梁,莎萌Sway,jo, PPE_兔子君,Tracy,Jesscia,虾米,Gordon. Thanks to all of their tremendous efforts, we could finallyhave this copy printed out.

I’d liketo take this opportunity to extend my sincere gratitude to those who’reinvolved in this project, and also my very warm wishes to all the iron fans ofDesperate Housewives who’re on their way of pursuiting English profiency!  

Owen Lee

2020/10/28