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
bear  v. 容忍
business  n. 事
rudely  adv. 无礼地，粗鲁地

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！”