本文档如对你有帮助，请帮忙下载支持！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actor. n 男演员turn. vi 转身bear（ bore, borne） v. 容忍business n. 事rudely adv. 无礼地，粗鲁地课文详注Further notes on the text 1． Last week I went to the theatre.上星期我去看戏。（1）句首的 “ Last week”点明叙述的事情发生的时间是上星期。因此整篇课文的时态基本上应是过去时（包括过去进行时） ，直接引语部分的时态除外。（2）动词 go 的原义是离开一个地方去另一个地方，与介词to 连用后，常加上主语所要去的目的地来代表主语的动作目的。课文中go to the theatre = go to the theatre to see a play，即去剧场看戏。类似的还有go to the cinema = go to the cinema to see a film （去电影院看电影） 。这种表达方式简明扼要。请注意在以下的短语中名词前通常不加冠词：go to school 上学go to bed 上床，睡觉go to church 上教堂，去做礼拜go to hospital( 医院 ) 去看病；go home（跟 home相连一定表示没有事情可做回家休息）I am at home. 在家休息go to the +地点表示去某地干嘛go to the theatre ...
