搞笑老外在中国迷上韩剧

　　来北京之前，我已经成功地避免对几部肥皂剧上瘾。在之前，美国连续剧有dallas，dynasty，英国连续剧有coronationstreet和eastenders。我每次做作业的时候，电视上都在播放这几部剧，所以一直没有机会看。不过，刚到北京没几天，我就迷上了《越狱》。可能也是为了和我的中国朋友和同事们有相同的话题吧！他们在午餐时间总能提起主演麦克的最新冒险经历。
　　beforeicametobeijingihadsuccessfullyavoidedbecomingaddictedtosoapoperas。theonesofmyyouthliketheamericanseriesdallasanddynastyorthebritishonescoronationstreetandeastenderswereontvwhileiwasdoingmyhomework，soineverhadachancetowatchthem。howevershortlyaftermyarrivalinthechinesecapitaligothookedonprisonbreak。isupposeitwaspartlyadesiretohavesometopicofconversationwithmychinesefriendsandcolleagues；theywouldalldiscussmichaelscofield’slatestadventuresoverlunch。butalsothefirstserieswasveryentertainingwitheachepisodeendinginanailbitingcliffhanger。thefollowingweekthesituationwouldberesolvedonlytoleadtoanothersuspensefilledclimax。theproblemformewasthatthesecondandthirdseriesbecamemoreandmorefarfetchedasthescriptwritersdesperatelytriedtokeepthemomentumgoing。thankfullythefourthwasthelastandishouldhavebeenabletoreturntoanormallife。theproblemisihaven’tasiamnowhopelesslyobsessedwithlost，theshield，sixfeetunderandanynumberofotheramericansoaps。
　　asanalternativetoamericanmanypeoplewatchkoreansoapsand，asirecentlymovedtothewangjingdistrictofbeijing，perhapsishouldgivethematry。wangjing’snicknameiskoreatown；therearemanysignsinbothchineseandkoreanlanguagesandlotsofkoreanshopsandrestaurants。althoughihaveneverbeentothatcountrylivinginwangjingisagoodsecondbest！
　　perhapsiwatchsomanysoapoperasbecausedvdsarerelativelycheapinbeijing。iknowsomearebootleggedbutifindithardtodistinguishbetweenpiratedcopiesandthegenuinearticle；oftentheyseemtofallintoagreyareabetweenthetwo。stillihavemadeafirmresolutionnottowatchanymoreseries。ofcoursethiswillonlylastuntilthenexttimesomeonepersuadesmetowatchanepisodeofthelatestmelodramatohitthescreens。