Lesson1Aprivateconversation私人谈话
Firstlistenandthenanswerthequestion.
听录音,然后回答以下问题.
Whydidthewritercomplaintothepeoplebehindhim?
LastweekIwenttothetheatre.Ihadaverygoodseat.Theplaywasveryinteresting.Ididnotenjoyit.Ayoungmanandayoungwomanweresittingbehindme.Theyweretalkingloudly.Igotveryangry.Icouldnotheartheactors.Iturnedround.Ilookedatthemanandthewomanangrily.Theydidnotpayanyattention.Intheend,Icouldnotbearit.Iturnedroundagain.‘Ican'thearaword!’Isaidangrily.
‘It'snoneofyourbusiness,’theyoungmansaidrudely.‘Thisisaprivateconversation!’
Newwordsandexpressions生词和短语
privateadj.私人的
angryadj.生气的
conversationn.谈话
angrilyadv.生气地
theatren.剧场,戏院
attentionn.注意
seatn.座位
bearv.容忍
playn.戏
businessn.事
loudlyadv.大声地
rudelyadv.无礼地,粗鲁地
Notesonthetext课文注释
1gotothetheatre,去看戏.
2gotangry,生气.
3turnround,转身,也可用turnaround.
4payattention,注意.
5Icouldnotbearit.我无法忍受.
其中的it是指上文中的那对男女大声说话又不理会作者的愤怒目光.
6noneofyourbusiness,不关你的事.
参考译文
上星期我去看戏.我的座位很好,戏很有意思,但我却无法欣赏.一青年男子与一青年女子坐在我的身后,大声地说着话.我非常生气,因为我听不见演员在说什么.我回过头去怒视着那一男一女,他们却毫不理会.最后,我忍不住了,又一次回过头去,生气地说:“我一个字也听不见了!”
“不关你的事,”那男的毫不客气地说,“这是私人间的谈话!”
