新概念英语第二册 Lesson 1 A private conversation 讲义
课文内容:
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!’
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 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
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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!”
单词
private adj.
1) 私人的(personal) (通常做定语来修饰名词)
a private conversation 私人淡话
a private company 私有公司
a private life 私生活
a private secretary 私人秘书
private affairs 私事
eg. That is for you private ear.
这是说给你一个人的秘密。
2) 秘密的(secret)
a private place/ a secret place 一个秘密的地方
conversation n. 谈话
表示谈话的词: talk; say; speak; chat; discuss; gossip
conversation : n. 非式的谈话(an informal talk)
have a conversation with sb 跟某人谈话。
eg. I had a quiet conversation with my closest friend.我跟我最好的朋友进行密谈。
converse v. 谈话
converse with sb 跟某人谈话。
talk n./v 谈话
talk with/to sb 和谁谈话
talk with/to sb about sth 跟某人谈论什么事情
say vt. 后面加说的内容,说的什么话。
say sth 说了一些话
eg. He said nothing. 他什么也没有说。
"what a lovely day", he said. “天气多好啊”,他说。
speak 表示说话,讲语言的意思。
表示讲语言的时候是个vt.(及物动词)
speak a foreign language. 讲一门外语。
speak Chinese 讲中文
speak English 讲英语
表示说话的时候是个vi.(不及物动词)
speak to sb 表示同谁谈话的意思
speech n. 讲话,谈话
make a speech 做演讲
chat n./v. 聊天(talk friendly)
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eg. We had a long chat about old times.
我们聊了很多过去的事情。
discuss v. 有着严肃目的的讨论
discussion n. 讨论
gossip v./n. refers to talk about private lives of other
people(贬义)嚼舌头,说长道短
eg. He is nothing but a gossip. 他就是一个爱嚼舌头的人。
theatre n. 剧院(in US: theater)
类似于这种词在英语-tre, 在美语中ter的,如下:
metre--meter
centre--center
go to the theater 去看戏
go to the movies 去看电影
go to the cinema 去看电影
go to the film 去看电影
theater=(口)play house
theater goer 戏迷
play goer 戏迷
seat
区别:
seat [si:t] n./vt. 座位
sit [sit] vi. 坐(首先要注意发音的区别)
chair 椅子 椅子是可以拿动的,座位是不可以拿动的。
eg. We don’t have enough chairs here.
我们没有足够的椅子.
seat
1) n.座位,座
eg. Is this seat taken? 这个座位有人做吗?
eg. Have a seat please. 请坐
eg. Take a seat, please. 请坐
eg. I had a very good seat.
=Maybe I sat in the front of the theatre.
我的座位非常好
seatbelt =safety belt安全带
in the driver's seat
=in the leader's seat
=in the leader's place 在领导位置上
back-seat driver---back seat driver 爱指手画脚的人
2) n.席位
在国会中:
win a seat 赢得一个席位
lose a seat 输掉一个席位
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