Be sure to take time out from your travels to sample a few hours of British television, but seek not the polished period dramas that are easily exported to other countries.
一定要从你的旅行里抽出一些时间，看几个小时的英国电视，但不要选那些制作精良、容易被他国引进的历史剧。
Where British TV excels is in its celebration of the lives of ordinary, dare we say boring, citizens.
让英国电视脱颖而出的是它对普通人生活的歌颂。
The UK's three most popular soaps focus not on the beautiful or the damned, but on normal folk engaged in humdrum tasks like buying cheese, arguing about pottery or tending to their farms.
英国三部最受欢迎的肥皂剧关注的不是美好或丑恶，而是忙于单调任务的普通人。他们购买奶酪，争论陶器制造工艺，或者关注自己的农场。