新概念第二册：Lesson 1 A private conversation

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?
为什么作者抱怨他后面的人？

Last week I went to the theatre.
上星期我去看戏。

I had a very good seat.
我的座位很好，

The play was very interesting.
戏很有意思，

I did not enjoy it.
但我却无法欣赏。

A young man and a young woman were sitting behind me. They were talking loudly.
一青年男子与一青年女子坐在我的身后，大声地说着话。

I got very angry.
我非常生气，

I could not hear the actors.
因为我听不见演员在说什么。

I turned round. I looked at the man and the woman angrily.
我回过头去怒视着那一男一女，

They did not pay any attention.
他们却毫不理会。

In the end, I could not bear it.
最后，我忍不住了，

I turned round again.
又一次回过头去，

'I can't hear a word!' I said angrily.
生气地说：“我一个字也听不见了！”

'It's none of your business,' the young man said rudely.
“不关你的事，”那男的毫不客气地说，

'This is a private conversation!'
“这是私人间的谈话！”

语法

complain to sb about sth

向某人抱怨/投诉某事

• Why did the writer complain to the people behind him?
  为什么作者抱怨他后面的人？

• I need to complain to you about the closing time of the tennis court.
  我得向您就网球场的关闭时间提个意见。

• Complain to the boy's mother, not to me.
  找孩子他妈说去，不要找我

complain about sth

抱怨某事

• We shouldn't complain about being poor.
  我们不应该因为穷而叫苦连天。

• I don't like to complain about free food.
  我不想对免费的食物抱怨什么。

• He came to complain about the volume of the music.
  他过来抱怨音乐的音量太高了。

complain that+从句

抱怨某事

• The kids complain that there's nothing to do there.
  这些孩子抱怨说在那儿无事可做。

• He complains that his wife misunderstands him.
  他抱怨他妻子误会他。

• Don't complain to me that I'm too focused on money.
  不要抱怨我太侧重于金钱。

pay some/any attention to sth

注意某事

• I never pay any attention to gossip.
  我对闲言碎语从来置之不理。

• Governments at least pay some attention to pollution.
  这些国家的政府起码对污染问题有所重视。

• The mother has to remember to pay some attention to her husband.
  这位母亲还得记住去照料她的丈夫。

pay attention to sth

注意某事

• Pay attention to your spelling.
  请注意拼写。

• I don't pay attention to such gossip.
  我才不理那些闲话呢。

• You should always pay attention to personal grooming.
  你应随时注意个人仪容。

In the end

最后

• In the end, I could not bear it.
  最后，我忍不住了，

• In the end you have to readjust your expectations
  最后，你需要调整你的预期。

• In the end they lose millions, perhaps billions
  最后他们输掉几百万，或许是几十亿。

实用句子：

• I had a very good seat.
  我的座位很好
• It's none of your business
  不关你的事

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