When a television is cable-ready, you can put the cable-TV wire straight into the back of the set. You do not need a special box just to get the channels: the set already has the parts inside that can read what comes through that wire.

When a television is cable-ready當一台電視是 cable-ready，you can你可以 the cable-TV wire把有線電視的線 straight直接 put into the back of the set插進電視機的背面。just to get the channels光是要收到頻道，You do not need你不需要 a special box一個專門的盒子：the set這台電視 inside機身裡 already has已經有 that can read能讀懂 what comes through that wire從那條線進來的訊號 the parts的零件。

Shops used this as a selling point in the 1980s and 1990s, when cable TV was growing fast and many older sets could not take the wire on their own.

in the 1980s and 1990s在 1980、90 年代，Shops商店 used this拿這個 as a selling point當賣點，when那時 cable TV有線電視 was growing fast成長得很快，and many older sets許多較舊的電視 on their own光靠自己 could not take the wire吃不下那條線。

Though actually, you hear the word much less now. Most new TVs take a small box, or an app, so the old picture of 'plug the cable in and you are done' is not how most homes work. People still say it about older sets, and they sometimes stretch it to mean any TV that 'works with cable,' even if a box is still sitting there.

Though actually不過老實說，now現在 you hear the word much less這個字你聽到的少多了。Most new TVs大多數新電視 take a small box要接一個小盒子，or an app或用一個 app，so所以 'plug the cable in and you are done'「線插上就好」 the old picture這幅舊圖像，is not how most homes work已經不是多數家庭的樣子。People人們 about older sets說到較舊的電視 still say it還是會用它，and they sometimes stretch it有時也會把它拉寬，to mean any TV that 'works with cable,'用來指任何「接得上有線電視」的電視，even if就算 a box盒子 is still sitting there還擺在那裡。