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 at. 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 (title) [pravt] adj. 私人的 | angry [gri] adj. 生气的 |
conversation [knvn] n. 谈话 | angrily ['rl] adv. 生气地 |
theatre [it] n. 剧场，戏院 | attention [tenn] n. 注意 |
at [si:t] n. 座位 | bear [be(r)] (bore [b:(r)], born [b:n]) v. 容忍 |
play [ple] n. 戏 | business [bzns] n. 事 |
loudly [ladl] adv. 大声地 | rudely [ru:dli] adv. 无礼地，粗鲁地 |
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Notes on the text 课文注释
1 go to the theatre, 去看戏
2 got angry, 生气
3 turn round, 转身，也可用 turn around。
4 pay attention, 注意。
5 I could not bear it. 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。
6 none 辽宁舰吨位
of your business, 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：“我一个字也听不到了！”
“不关你的事，”那男的毫不客气地说，“这是私人间的谈话！”
Summary writing 摘要写作
Answer the questions in not more than 55 words. 回答下列问题，将答案组成一个段落，不要超过55个单词。
1 Where did the writer go last week
2 Did he enjoy the party or not
3 Who was sitting behind him
4 Were they talking loudly, or were they talking quietly
5 Could the writer hear the actors or not
6 Did he turn round or not
7 What did he say
8 xxx50
Did the young man say, ‘The play is not interesting,’ or did he say, ‘This is a private conversation!’
摘要写作参考：
The writer went to the theatre last week. He did not enjoy the party. A young man and a young woman were sitting behind him. They were talking loudly. The writer could not hear the actors. He turned round. ‘I can’t hear a word!’ He said. ‘This is a private conversation!’ the young man said.
(55 words)
Key structures 关键句型
Word order in simple statements 简单陈述句的语序
a A statement tells us about something. All the ntences in the passage are statements. Each of the statements contains one idea. Each statement tells us about one thing. A statement that tells us about one thing is a simple statement.
陈述句用来叙述一件事情。本段课文中的所有句子都是陈述句。每个句子包含着一个概念，告诉我们一件事 情。凡是叙述一件事情的陈述句都是简单陈述句。
b The order of the words in a statement is very important. Look at the two statements. They both contain the words but they do not mean the same thing:
陈述句的语序很重要，注意下面两个句子，每句话所用的单词相同，但句子所表达的意思不同：
The policeman arrested the thief. 警察逮捕了小偷。
The thief arrested the policeman. 小偷逮捕了警察。
c A simple statement can have six parts, but it does not always have so many. Study the order of the words in the following columns. Note that column 6 (When) can be at the beginning or at the end of a statement.
一个简单陈述句可以由6部分组成，但是并不是每个句子都有这么多组成部分。注意下表中句子的语序。
第6栏（表示时间）可以放在句首或句尾。
Exercis 练习
A Rule ven columns on a double sheet of paper. At the top of each column, write the numbers and the words given in the Table below. Copy out the rest of the passage. Put the words of each statement in the correct column in the way shown in the Table.
在一张大纸上画出7栏，在前两行相应的栏内填入下表中第1、 2行的数字和关键词，将课文中其他句子也 按同一形式抄如表内。
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
When | Who Which What | Action | Who Which What | How | Where | When |
Last week | I | went | | | to the theatre. | |
| I | had | a very good at | | | |
| 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 | is | none of your business,’ | | | |
| the young man | said | | rudely. | | |
| This | is | a private conversation. | | | |
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