Lesson 1

A private conversation

私人谈话

First listen and then answer the question. 听录音，然后回答以下问题。 Why did the writer complain to the people behind him? 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!' New words and expressions 生词和短语 private adj. 私人的 conversation n. 谈话 theatre n. 剧场，戏院 seat n. 座位 play n. 戏 loudly adv. 大声地 angry adj. 生气的 angrily adv. 生气地 attention n. 注意 actor. n 男演员 turn. vi 转身 bear(bore, borne) v. 容忍 business n. 事 rudely adv. 无礼地，粗鲁地

课文详注 Further notes on the text http://www.wendangwang.comst week I went to the theatre.上星期我去看戏。 (1)句首的“Last week”点明叙述的事情发生的时间是上星期。因此整篇课文的时态基本上应是过去时 (包括过去进行时) ,直接引语部分的时态除外。 (2)动词 go 的原义是离开一个地方去另一个地方，与介词 to 连用后，常加上主语所要去的目的地来代 表主语的动作目的。课文中 go to the theatre = go to the theatre to see a play,即去剧场看戏。类似的还有 go to the cinema = go to the cinema to see a film(去电影院看电影) 。这种表达方式简明扼要。请注意在 以下的短语中名词前通常不加冠词： go to school 上学 go to bed 上床，睡觉 go to church 上教堂，去做礼拜 go to hospital(医院) 去看病； 1