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Unit 1
Lesson 1
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 (title)
[?pra?
v
?
t] adj.
私人的
conversation
[?k?
nv
??
se
??
n] n.
谈话
theatre
[?θi?
t
?
] n.
剧场，戏院
seat [si:t]
n.
座位
play
[ple
?
] n.
戏
loudly [la
?
dl
?
] adv.
大声地
Notes on the text
课文注释
1
2
3
4
5
6
go to the theatre,
去看戏
got angry,
生气
turn round,
转身，也可用
turn
around
。
pay
attention,
注意。
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。
none of your
business,
不关你的事。
angry
[???gri]
adj.
生气的
angrily
['??
ɡ
r
?
l
?
] adv.
生气地
attention [
??
ten
?
n]
n.
注意
bear
[be
?
(r)] (bore
[b
?
:(r)], born
[b
?
:n]) v.
容忍
business
[?b?
zn
?
s]
n.
事
rudely
[?ru:dli]
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：
“我一个字也听不到了！
”
“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.
回答下列问
题，将答案组成一个段落，不要超过
55
个单词。
1
Where did the writer
go last week?
5
Could the
writer hear the actors or not?
2
Did he enjoy the party or not?
6
Did he turn round or not?
3
Who was sitting behind
him?
7
What did he say?
4
Were
they
talking
loudly,
or
were
they
talking
8
Did the
young man say,
‘
The play is
not interesting,
’
quietly?
or did
he say,
‘
This is a private
conversation!
’
?
摘要写作参考：
The writer went to the theatre last
week. He did not enjoy the party. A young man and
a young woman were sitting
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Lesson 1
behind
him. They were talking loudly. The writer could
not hear the actors. He turned round.
‘
I
can
’
t hear a
word!
’
He
said.
‘
This is a private
conversation!
’
the young man
said.
(55 words)
Key structures
关键句型
Word order in simple statements
简单陈述句的语序
a
A statement tells us about something.
All the sentences in the passage are statements.
Each of these statements
contains one idea. Each statement tells
us about one thing. A statement that tells us
about one thing is a simple
statement.
b
c
陈述句用来叙述一件事情。本段课文中的所有句子都是陈述句。每个句子包含着一个概念，告
诉我们一件事
情。凡是叙述一件事情的陈述句都是简单陈述句。
The order of the words in a statement
is very important. Look at these two statements.
They both contain the words
but they do
not mean the same thing:
陈述句的语序很重要，注意下面
两个句子，每句话所用的单词相同，但句子所表达的意思不同：
The policeman arrested the thief.
警察逮捕了小偷。
The
thief arrested the policeman.
小偷逮捕了警察。
A simple
statement can have six parts, but it does not
always have so many. Study the order of the words
in the
following columns. Note that
column 6 (When?) can be at the beginning or at the
end of a statement.
一个简单陈述句可以由
6
部分组成，但是并不是每个句子都有这么多组成部分。注意下表中句子的语序。<
/p>
第
6
栏（表示
时间）可以放在句首或句尾。
Exercises
练习
A
Rule seven
columns on a double sheet of paper. At the top of
each column, write the numbers and the words given
in the Table below. Copy
out the rest of the passage. Put the words of each
statement in the correct column in the
way shown in the Table.
6
在一张大纸上画出
7
栏，在前两行相应的栏内填入下表中第
1
、
2
行的数字和关键
词，将课文中其他句子也
按同一形式抄如表内。
1
2
3
4
5
6
Who?
Which?
What?
I
I
The play
I
Action
Who?
Which?
What?
a very
good seat
it.
How?
Where?
When
？
When?
Last
week
went
had
was
did not
enjoy
very
interesting.
to the
theatre.
behind
me.
A
young
man
were
and
a
young
sitting
woman
They
I
I
were
talking
got
could not
the actors.
loudly.
very angry.
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hear
In
the end,
B
I
I
They
I
I
‘
I
I
‘
It
turned round.
looked at
did not pay
could not
bear
turned round
can
’
t hear
said
is
again.
the
man
and
angrily.
the woman
any attention.
it.
a
word!
’
angrily.
none
of
your
business,
’
a private
conversation.
rudely.
the young man
said
This
is
注释：
本课的关键句型是简单陈述句
。陈述句是用来叙述一件事情的句子。每个句子包含一个概念，告诉我们一件
事情。一个简单陈述句可以由
6
部分组成，但是
并不是每个句子都有那么多部分。这
6
部分的顺序应该是：
主
语
/
动
词
/
宾
语
或
补
语
/
< br>方
式
状
语
/
地
点
状
语
/
时
间
状
语
（
Subject/Verb/Obje
ct
or
Complement/Manner/Plac
e/Time
）
。时间状语可以放在句尾，也可以放在句首：<
/p>
The children
played games quietly in their room yesterday.
主
/
动
/
宾
/
方式
/
地点
/
时间
Last
week I went to the theatre.
时间
/
主
/
动
/
地点
Use the seven columns again for this
exercise. There is a line under each word or group
of words in the statements
below. The
words are not in the right order. Arrange them
correctly in the seven columns. Look at this
example:
I
last year
to America
went.
The
correct order is: I (who) went (action) to America
(where) last year (when).
Or: Last year I went to America.
1
The filmIenjoyedyesterday.
I enjoyed the film
yesterday.
2
The
newslistened toIcarefully.
I listened to the news carefully.
3
Wellthe manthe
pianoplayed.
The man played
the piano well.
4
Gamesplayedyesterdayin their room the
childrenquietly.
The
children played games quietly in their room
yesterday.
5
Quietlythe
doorheopened.
He opened the
door quietly.
6
Immediately
lefthe.
He left
immediately.
7
A treein the
cornerof the gardenheplanted.
He planted a tree in the corner of the
garden.
8
Before lunchthe
letterin his officequicklyheread.
He read the letter quickly in his
office before lunch.
9
This
morninga bookIfrom the libraryborrowed.
I borrowed a book from the
library this morning.
10
The
soupspoiltthe cook.
The
cook spoilt the soup.