So, that's an interesting thought, because it can go both ways.

有趣的想法而且两面还都说得通
It could be a bad thing to have one newspaper for obvious reasons,

只有一份报纸的坏处是显而易见的
but in terms of having a good conversation about

但从另一个方面来看
what was in the newspaper yesterday around the over lunch,

当午餐后大家坐在一起讨论时
it helps that everyone's read the same thing.

这倒是能让大家找到能聊到一起的话题
Certainly, there's a bandwagon effect to this with TV shows.

当然了看电视剧也有从众效应的
If everybody in America watches the same TV show,

如果所有美国人都看同一部电视剧
which apparently is American Idol these days,

比说说这几天火的大红大紫的美国偶像
then you can also talk about it over lunch.

那你们共进午餐时就有聊天的话题了
Notice that's a really horrible place to coordinate.

不过请注意这可不是什么好协调的
There are similar examples to the American Idol example.

美国偶像这样的例子多得很
When I was growing up in England,

我小时候在英格兰生活时