新概念英语第二册Lesson 1 A private conversation讲义

Lesson 1 A private conversation Text 课文 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 生词 private ['praivit] a.私人的 (private school私立学校；public school公立学校；privacy是名词，表示隐私。如：personal privacy个人隐私) conversation [k nv 'sei n] n.谈话 (conversation一般指两人或多人之间的非正式谈话; dialogue指两人之间一问一答的对话; chat指熟人之间随便的交谈，闲聊) theatre ['θi t ] n.剧场，戏院 (美式英语中movie theatre指电影院，而在英式英语中cinema指电影院) seat [si:t] n.座位 (reserved seat已被预定的坐席；seat belt安全带) play [plei] n.戏 (作动词表示玩) loudly ['laudli] ad.大声地 (quietly小声地) angry [' gri] a.生气的 (happy高兴的) angrily [' grili] ad.生气地 (happily高兴地) attention [ 'ten n] n.注意 (常用于英语课堂中，表示请注意；也可以用作训练口令，表示，立正。) bear [be ] v.容忍 (作名词表示熊) business ['biznis] n.事 (也可以指商务，如：business English商务英语，business class商务舱) rudely ['ru:dli] ad.无礼地，粗鲁地 (politely有礼貌地，客气地。) Grammar focus 语法 1. Last week I went to the theatre. 上个星期我去看戏。 go to the theatre. 去看戏，在这里强调的是活动，而不是地点；常见的表达还有：go to the cinema. 去看电影。 而在一些特定的地点前，不加the则强调的是活动；若加the，则表示去到某个特指的地方。如： go to church. 去做礼拜 go to the church. 去那个教堂 go to school. 去上学 go to the school. 去那所学校 2. The play was very interesting. 戏很有意思。 interesting是一个由词跟interest加ing转化而来的形容词，带有主动意义，表示某件事物本身很有意思，很有趣；而由词根加ed转化而来的形容词，通常带有被动意义，如interested表示我们对某件事物感到有意思，感兴趣。如： She is not interested in this book. 她对这本书不敢兴趣。 The book is not interesting at all. 这本书一点意思都没有。 类似的表达还有：exciting, excited; boring, bored. 如： The news is exciting. 这消息太激动人心了。 I feel very excited about the news. 我对这个消息感到很兴奋。 This TV show is boring. 这个电视节目很无聊。 I feel bored about the TV show. 我觉得这个电视节目很无聊。 3. They were talking loudly. 他们正在大声的说着话。 这是一个过去进行时的句子。表示过去某时正在进行的动作，其结构为：主语+was/were doing+其它。如本课中的句子： A young man and a young woman were sitting behind me. 一青年男子和一青年女子正坐在我的身后。 副词loudly修饰动词talking，副词修饰动词，要放在动词的后面。如本课中的句子： I looked at the man and woman angrily. 我怒视着这一男一女。 I said angrily. 我生气地说。 The young man said ru ... ...