这个故事是非常典型的肥皂剧题材。

The story has all the elements of asoapopera.

一台小彩色电视机频道调在了一出下午的肥皂剧上。

A small colour television was tuned to an afternoon soap opera.

她是美国肥皂剧明星。

She's a US soap star.

如今的孩子是看电视上的动画片和肥皂剧长大的。

Children today are brought up on a diet of television cartoons and soap operas.

你觉得肥皂剧怎么样？

What do you think of soap opera?

所以，肥皂剧的受众主要为女性观众。

thus the shows were aimed at and consumed by a predominantly female audience.

之所以叫“肥皂剧”，是因为这些剧集播放之初都是由宝洁等洗涤用品生产商赞助或制作的。

The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials4 broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers such as Procter& Gamble as sponsors and producers.

我们的行程就像《楚门的世界》（The Truman Show），电影的主人公被困入了在电视上播放的肥皂剧。

Our trip resembled The Truman Show, in which the protagonist is trapped in a televised soap opera.

梅斯特透露，她知道自己将何时离开CW电视台的这部肥皂剧。

Meester revealed that she knows when she is exiting The CW soap.