Lesson 1 A private conversation

中文

上星期我去看戏。

我的座位非常好，戏很有意思，但我却无法欣赏。

一个青年男子与一个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，生气的说：“我一个字也听不见了！”

“不管你的事,”那男的毫不客气的说，“这是私人间的谈话！”

英文

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 said angrily: 'I can't hear a word"

"It's none of your business" the young man said rudely. "This is a private conversation"

分析

Last week I went to the theatre.

• simple sentence:
  • Last week [adverbial] [adverbial of time]
  • I [subject]
  • went [predicate verb phrase]
  • to the theatre [prepositional object phrase]

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I had a very good seat.

• simple sentence:
  • I [subject]
  • had [predicate verb phrase]
  • a very good seat [object]

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The play was very interesting.

• simple sentence:
  • The play [subject]
  • was [be verb]
  • very interesting [predicative]
    • very adv.
    • interesting adj.

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I did not enjoy it.

• simple sentence:
  • I [subject]
  • did not enjoy [predicate verb phrase] [auxiliary verb] [not]
  • it [object]

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A young man and a young woman were sitting behind me.

• simple sentence:
  • A young man and a young woman [subject]
  • were sitting [predicate verb phrase] [present continuous tense]
  • behind me [adverbial]

They were talking loudly.

• simple sentence:
  • They [subject]
  • were talking [predicate verb phrase] [present continuous tense]
  • loudly [adverbial]

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I got very angry.

• simple sentence:
  • I [subject]
  • got [be verb] [simple past tense]
  • very angry [predicative]

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I could not hear the actors.

• simple sentence:
  • I [subject]
  • could not header [predicate verb phrase] [auxiliary verb] [not] [predicate verb phrase]
  • the actors [object]

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I turned around.

• simple sentence:
  • I [subject]
  • turn around [predicate verb phrase]
    • turned + {副词性介词}
    • around .副词性介词
• knowledge:
  • turn + around
    • v. 转身; 转换方向; 复苏; 好转; 改变意见; 变得完全不同

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I looked at the man and the woman angrily.

• simple sentence:
  • I [subject]
  • looked at [predicate verb phrase] [past simple tense]
  • the man and the woman [object]
  • angrily [adverbial]

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They did not pay any attention.

• simple sentence:
  • They [subject]
  • did not pay [predicate verb phrase] [auxiliary verb] [not] [predicate verb phrase]
  • any attention [object]

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In the end, I could not bear it.

• simple sentence:
  • In the end [adverbial]
  • I [subject]
  • could not bear [predicate verb phrase] [auxiliary verb] [not] [predicate verb phrase]
  • it [object]
• knowledge:
  • in + the + end
    • prep. 最后, 终于

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I turned around again. 'I can't hear a word' I said angrily.

• simple sentence:
  • I [subject]
  • turned around [predicate verb phrase]

'It's none of your business.' The young man said rudely. 'This is a private conversation'.