今日俚語: Idiot-box

Meaning: television, TV

Hey, you kids! Turn off the idiot-box and go do your homework.

嘿，孩子們!把電視機關掉，去做作業。

After working hard all day, all I wanna do is chill out in front of the idiot-box.

努力工作了一整天后，我最想做的事就是在電視機前好好的放松一下。

Variety: This slang is typically used in American and Australian English but may be used in other varieties of English too.

類別：這個俚語是典型的美式和澳式英語，但也可以應用于其它類別的英語中。

Quick Quiz:小測試

"They spend too much time in front of the idiot-box" means they

a. use a computer too much

b. play video games too much

c. watch too much television

今日小知識：Chill out

Chill-out music (sometimes also chill out, or simply chill) is a genre of electronic music and an umbrella term for several styles of electronic music characterized by their mellow style and mid-tempo beats—"chill" being derived from a slang injunction to "relax".Chill-out music emerged in the early and mid-1990s in "chill rooms" at dance clubs, where relaxing music was played to allow dancers a chance to "chill out" from the more emphatic and fast-tempo music played on the main dance floor.

電子音樂種類的一種(有時也作chill out或簡化為chill)。它是對以柔和輕快的節奏風格為主要特色的幾種電子音樂風格的一個概括性總結——"chill" 來自于一句俚語組合“放松”。Chill-out音樂起源于1990年代，在舞池旁邊,常會有一個區域,或是小房間,里頭會放一些較緩和,較平靜的音樂,讓舞客跳完舞后從剛剛劇烈的快節奏的舞池音樂中解放出來，緩和情緒,休息一下。