Lesson 1 A private conversation 私人谈话

Last week I went to the theatre. I had a very good seat. The play was very interesting. I did not enjoy it. A young man and a young woman were sitting behind me. They were talking loudly. I got very angry. I could not hear the actors. I turned round. I looked at the man and the woman angrily. They did not pay any attention. In the end, I could not bear it. I turned round again. 'I can't hear a word!' I said angrily.

'It's none of your business ,' the young man said rudely. 'This is a private conversation!'

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！」

New words and expressions

• private

  • a. 私人的
    • private letter / school
    • private house
    • private detective
  • n. privacy 隐私
    • It is my privacy.
  • 反义词：public

• conversation

  • n. 谈话，交谈
  • 相关表达：
    • talk with sb. about sth.
      • We are talking with each other about the book.
    • chat with sb about sth.（非正式，闲聊）
    • have a conversation with sb. about sth.
      • My father had a conversation with the headmaster about me.
    • gossip with sb.
      • My mother is gossiping with the neighbor.

• seat

  • have a good seat
  • window seat
  • empty seat
  • book a seat 预订一个座位
  • take a seat
  • get up out of the seat

• play

  • n. 话剧
  • musical 音乐剧
  • opera 歌剧

• angry

  • a. 生气的
  • be angry with sb.
  • be angry about sth.
  • be angry that + 句子（宾语从句）

• attention

  • n. 注意
  • attention, please
  • pay attention to sb./sth.
    • pay a little attention to（稍加注意）
    • pay much attention to（多加注意）
    • pay no attention to（无视）

• bear

  • vt. 生
    • She may never be able to bear children.
  • vt. 忍受

• business

  • n. 商业（不可数）
  • 事情、勾当（可数）
    • I never care about his business.
  • It's none of your business

• rudely

  • adv. 粗鲁的
  • 反义词：polite

注释

• Last week 过去时
• go 离开一个地方去另一个地方
  • go to the theatre = go to the theatre to see a play
  • go to school 上学
  • go to bed 上床睡觉
• 过去进行时
• get + adj. = 变成（become, turn）
  • Don’t get angry.
• 地点副词一般在方式副词之后、时间副词之前
• none 相当于 not any 或者 no one，但语气较强
  • none of 这个短语有时候可以表达一种断然、甚至粗暴地口气

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