Do You Still Watch TV? 你还看电视吗？ - 日志 - Learning - 个人中心

Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images and sound. Commercially available since the late 1920s, the television set has become commonplace in homes, businesses and institutions, particularly as a source of entertainment and news.
However, nowadays most traditional communications media including telephone, music, film, newspaper, book and even television are reshaped or redefined by the internet. Then what is your point of view about it? Do you still watch television?

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nǐ zuó tiān wǎn shɑnɡ kàn diàn shì le mɑ
A: 你昨天晚上看电视了吗？

méi yǒu wǒ yǐ jīnɡ hěn jiǔ bú kàn diàn shì le
B: 没有，我已经很久不看电视了。

nà nǐ zěn me zhuī zuì xīn de diàn shì jù ne
A: 那你怎么追最新的电视剧呢？

wǒ bǐ jiào xí ɡuàn shànɡ wǎnɡ zhuī diàn shì jù
B: 我比较习惯上网追电视剧。

nǐ zuó tiān wǎn shɑnɡ kàn diàn shì le mɑ
你昨天晚上看电视了吗？
Did you watch television last night?

zuó tiān
昨天: yesterday

wǎn shɑnɡ
晚上: night

zuó tiān wǎn shɑnɡ
昨天晚上: last night

kàn diàn shì
看电视: watch television

méi yǒu wǒ yǐ jīnɡ hěn jiǔ bú kàn diàn shì le
没有，我已经很久不看电视了。
No, I didn’t. I had already ceased to watch television for a very long time.

yǐ jīnɡ
已经: already.

nà nǐ zěn me zhuī zuì xīn de diàn shì jù ne
那你怎么追最新的电视剧呢？
Then how do you follow the newest TV series?

zěn me
怎么: how

zhè shì zěn me huí shì
这是怎么回事？
What’s all this about?

wǒ zěn me xiǎnɡ de jiù zěn me shuō
我怎么想的就怎么说。
I’ll speak as I think about.

zhè dì fɑnɡ wǒ bù zěn me shú xī
这地方我不怎么熟悉。
I don’t know much about the place.

Sometimes怎么has the same meaning as

zěn yànɡ
怎样, for instance:

zhè jiàn shì nǐ zěn yànɡ jiě shì
这件事你怎样解释？

zhè jiàn shì nǐ zěn me jiě shì
这件事你怎么解释？
How do you explain it?

zhuī
追: chase after; run after; trace; hanker for. For instance:

jǐn zhuī qí hòu
紧追其后
Run sb. Hard or close

zhuī chū yáo yán de ɡēn yuán
追出谣言的根源
Trace a rumor to its source

zhuī mínɡ zhú lì
追名逐利
Seek fame and wealth

wǒ bǐ jiào xí ɡuàn shànɡ wǎnɡ zhuī diàn shì jù
我比较习惯上网追电视剧。
I get used to follow TV series by internet.

bǐ jiào
比较: fairly; comparatively; relatively; quite; rather. For instance:

zhè lǐ tiáo jiàn bǐ jiào jiān kǔ
这里条件比较艰苦。
Conditions are rather tough here.

比较also can be a verb, For instance:

bǎ yì wén hé yuán wén bǐ jiào yí xià
把译文和原文比较一下
Check the translation against the original

qì chē de chǎn liànɡ bǐ jiào qù nián yǒu mínɡ xiǎn de zēnɡ zhǎnɡ
汽车的产量比较去年有明显的增长。
The output of cars shows a marked increase over last year.

xí ɡuàn
习惯: as a verb, it means be accustomed to; be used to; be inured to. For instance:

nǐ hěn kuài jiù huì xí ɡuàn zhè lǐ de qì hòu
你很快就会习惯这里的气候。
You will soon become used to the weather here.

And as a noun, it means habit; custom; convention; usual practice; groove. For instance:

xī yān de xí ɡuàn
吸烟的习惯
The habit of smoking

shànɡ wǎnɡ
上网: get on the internet; surf online; surf on the internet

qù wǎnɡ bɑ shànɡ wǎnɡ
去网吧上网: hit the internet bars