2019.04.08

周一 Monday

dysfunctional?/dis'f??k??nl/?

adj. 機(jī)能失調(diào)的

American?Gods Renewed for Season 3, Gets a New Showrunner (Again)
《美國眾神》續(xù)訂第三季，（并且又一次）換了新的制作人。

Even a?dysfunctional?work environment can't stop American Gods.
即使是這樣一個(gè)機(jī)能失調(diào)的工作環(huán)境也無法阻止《美國眾神》。

The Starz series, which is based on Neil Gaiman's hit novel and is currently airing its second season, has been renewed for Season 3 with a new showrunner.
這部Starz的劇改編自尼爾·蓋曼的暢銷小說，目前正在播出第二季，續(xù)訂了第三季并換了新的制作人。

Charles "Chic" Eglee will take the helm for the show's third season, replacing Jesse Alexander who was sidelined during production on Season 2.?
Charles“Chic”Eglee將會在第三季中接替Jesse Alexander，后者在第二季的制作過程中被迫退出。

Alexander had actually replaced original showrunners Bryan Fuller and Michael Green, who both departed after Season 1.?
Alexander實(shí)際上已經(jīng)是取代了原制作人Bryan Fuller和Michael Green，他們都在第一季后離開了。

Eglee's credits include Hemlock Grove, The Walking Dead, Dexter, and The Shield.
Eglee的作品包括《鐵杉樹叢》、《行尸走肉》、《嗜血法醫(yī)》和《盾牌》。

Earlier, Gaiman, who serves as an executive producer on the series, shot down reports of behind-the-scenes drama, which includes rumors of overspending and creative disputes, as total fiction.
早些時(shí)候，擔(dān)任該劇執(zhí)行制片人的蓋曼駁斥了有關(guān)該劇幕后故事的報(bào)道，稱這些報(bào)道完全是虛構(gòu)的，包括有關(guān)超支和創(chuàng)作爭議的傳言。

"I mean, it's sort of weird, because I got to read a certain amount of stuff online, and I'm going, ‘OK, well this is imaginative bullshit.’ Which it was.?
“我是說，這有點(diǎn)奇怪，因?yàn)槲铱吹搅司W(wǎng)上的一些東西，然后我就會說，‘好吧，這完全是胡扯?！聦?shí)如此。

... [One report] was the kind of article that obviously nobody writing it has access to anybody who knows what's going on. But they have access to people further down the food chain who have ideas about what might be going on.?
……(其中一篇報(bào)道)寫文章的人顯然根本接觸不到知道內(nèi)情的人。但他們可以接觸到這條業(yè)內(nèi)食物鏈較下游的人，這些人對可能發(fā)生的事情妄加猜測。

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今日詞匯

dysfunctional?/dis'f??k??nl/?

adj. 機(jī)能失調(diào)的

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這個(gè)詞是?dys + funtional

Function?是“運(yùn)作”，而?functional?是它的形容詞，前面加上?dys-?這樣一個(gè)否定前綴，就表示“功能失調(diào)的”、“運(yùn)作有問題的”。

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