Soap是“肥皂”，opera是“歌剧”，这个短语是怎么来的呢？请看对话：

    A: How’s your acting career?

    B: I’ve got a small role in a soap opera, and auditions for a movie and a musical next week.

    A: Not bad. You are barely 22.

    Note: A soap opera, sometimes called “soap” for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on television or radio. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers such as Procter & Gamble as sponsors and producers. These early radio series were broadcast in weekday daytime slots when most listeners would be housewives; thus the shows were aimed at and consumed by a predominantly female audience.