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阅读理解
Soap operas
(肥皂剧) and sitcoms(情景喜剧) are two different kinds of
popular TV shows. What are the differences between them?
A soap opera is usually very long and has many
episodes(集). All the episodes of a soap opera are interconnected.
The first soap opera was on the radio in the late 1930s. One of the most famous
soap operas is Friends.
A sitcom, or a situation comedy, is a set of
funny stories. These stories all happen(发生) in a small
place, like a house or a workplace. Sitcoms are different from soap operas. Each
story in a sitcom can be different from others and sitcoms can make people feel
happy. There is a very popular sitcom on TV in China. It is Home with Kids.