Lesson 1 A private conversation 私人谈话

学习提示：

本课重点词汇：

private conversation seat angry attention bear business

本课关键句型：

1. Last week I went to theatre.

2. I did not enjoy it.

3. I got very angry.

4. I could not bear it.

语法焦点：

Last week I went to the theatre. (一般过去时的时间状语）

阅读技巧：

语篇标识词，或称信号词（Signal words)是指在上下文中起连接作用，表明句与句之间逻辑关系的词语。语篇标识词的掌握有助于我们把握文章的脉络，沿着作者的写作思路顺利的阅读下去，并准确理解作者索要表达的思想，因此是阅读理解中最基本的技巧之一。从功能上讲，语篇标识词可以表示举例关系、转折关系，因果关系、顺接关系和对比对照关系。

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！”

Summary writing:摘要写作

Answer these questions in not more than 55 words.

1. Where did the writer go last week ?

2. Did he enjoy the play 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. Did the young man say,"The play is not interesting 'or did he say, 'This is a private conversation!’？

Comprehension:理解

1. The writer turned round .He looked at the man and the woman angrily______.

(a) and they stopped talking  (b) but they didn't stop talking

(c) but they didn't notice him  (d) but they looked at him rudely

2. The young man said,"It's none of your business.'

(a) He was talking to the young man.

(b) He was talking about the play.

(c) He thought the writer was trying to listen to his conversation

with the young woman.

(d) He thought the writer was asking him a question.

Structure:句型

3. Last week the writer went to the theatre. He was ______ the theatre.

（a) to    (b) at   (c) into   (d) on

4. The young man and the young woman were sitting behind him.

   He was sitting _____ them.

(a) before   (b) above  (c) ahead of  (d) in front of 

5. _____ did the writer feel? Angry.

(a) Where   (b) Why   (c) How   (d) When

6.He looked at the man and the woman angrily. He looked at ____ angrily.

(a) them    (b) they   (c) their   (d)us

7. The young man and the young woman paid ____ attention to the writer.

(a) none   (b) any   (c) not any   (d) no

Vacabulary 词汇

8. He had a good seat. He was sitting in a good ____.

(a) chair   (b) place   (c) armchair   (d) class

9. He was a young man. He wasn't very ___________.

(a) old   (b) big   (c) tall   (d) large

10. The writer looked at the man and the woman angrily. He was very ____.

(a) sad    (b) unhappy   (c) cross    (d) pleased

11. The writer could not bear it. He could not ________.

(a) carry    (b) suffer   (c) stand   (d) lift

12. The young man spoke rudely. He wasn't very ______.

(a) clever   (b) rude   (c) polite   (d) kind