1 Lesson 1 A private conversation 私人谈话New words and expressions private adj. ① 私人的（ personal) a private conversation 私人谈话a private company 私有公司a private life 私生活a private secretary 私人秘书secretary ['s ?kr ?t ?r?] 秘书a private affairs 私事儿affair[ ?'f ?r] n. 事情；事务；私事；（尤指关系不长久的）风流韵事eg. That is for your private ear. 这是说给你一个人的秘密。②秘密的（ secret) a private place 一个秘密的地方a secret place 一个秘密的地方secret ['sikr ?t] n. 秘密；秘诀；机密adj. 秘密的；机密的conversation n. 谈话谈话： talk; say; speak; chat [t??t] ; discuss [d?'sk ?s] ；gossip['ɡ ɑs?p] conversation n. 非正式谈话（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了密谈。eg. I saw him in conversation with a friend. 我看见他在和一个朋友谈话。eg. No conversation while I'm talking. 我讲话的时候不要谈话。相关短语：1）converse [k ?n'v ??s] v. converse with sb 跟某人谈话2）talk n./v. talk with/to sb 和某人谈话 talk with/to sb about sth 跟某人谈论什么事情3）say vt. say sth 说了一些话eg.He said nothing. 他什么也没说。eg. "What a lovely day," he said. 4）speak vt. 讲（语言）speak a foreign language 讲一门外语speak Chinese 讲中文speak English 讲英语speak vi. 谈话speak to sb 和某人谈话2 speech [spit?] n. 讲话谈话make a speech 做演讲5）chat [t??t] n./v. 聊天 （talk friendly 友好地谈话）eg. We had a long chat about old times. 我们聊了很多关于过去的事。6）discuss [d?'sk ?s] v. 有着严肃目的的讨论discussion [d?'sk???n] n. 讨论7）gossip [' ɡ ɑs?p] v./n. refers to talk about private lives of other people（贬义）说闲话，嚼舌头 refer [ri'f?:] vt. 涉及eg. He is nothing but a gossip. 他就是个爱嚼舌头的人。theatre n. (in US: theater) metre — meter (in US） centre—...
