The ultimate irony comes when we rent a television set so that we can stay in at nightand watch exactly the same programs that our despised country cousins watch.

当我们租来一台电视机，我们就能够在晚上待在家里，与曾被我们藐视的乡下亲戚收看同一套节目，而这真是一个绝大的讽刺。