Lesson 1 A private conversation

1 When did you last go to the cinema?

The last time I went to the cinema was on July 26, 2021.
2 Do you get angry easily? What sort of thing makes you angry?
I don’t get angry easily. But if someone says something that I haven’t done, I will be
angry. (My teammate accused me of taking his paddle which I hadn’t.)
3 Would you like to be an actor? Why/Why not?
No, I wouldn’t. Because I will be too tired.

(What do you think is happening in the picture?)

Listen and answer the question:

Why did the writer complain to the people behind him?

*complain v. (to say that you are not happy with something)

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Text Analysis

Last week I went to the theatre.

I had a very good seat.

The play was very interesting.

I did not enjoy it.

Where did the writer go last week?

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The writer didn’t have a good seat, did he?

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How was the play?

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The writer enjoyed the play, didn’t he?

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·go to the theatre （去看戏）

1) go to + the + place
e.g. go to the cinema
go to the shop
2) go to + place
e.g. go to school （去上学）
go to hospital （去看病）
 go to church （去做礼拜)
3) go to + the + one’s
e.g. go to the butcher’s
go to the baker’s
go to the dentist’s

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

They were talking loudly.

I got very angry.

Who was sitting behind the writer?

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How were they talking?

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·loudly adv.

He ________________________________________

·get angry

I got very angry.

Does it mean the same as “I was very angry”?

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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.

The writer couldn’t hear the actors, could he?

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Why couldn’t the writer hear the actors?

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How did the writer look at them?

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They didn’t pay any attention, did they?

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·pay attention

*to listen to or watch something or someone very __________ (carefully/ carelessly)

pay attention to something/someone

What advice would you give to the boy?

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·to bear

* if you cannot bear something, you cannot accept or do it because it makes you very
unhappy
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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!’

What did the writer say to the young man and young woman?

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How did the young man say it?

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·Summary writing

1. Where did the writer go last week?

2. Did he enjoy the play or not?

3. Who was sitting behind him?

4. Were they talking loudly, or were they talking quietly?

5. Could the writer hear the actors or not?

6. Did he turn round or not?

7. What did he say?

8. Did the young man say, ‘The play is not interesting,’ or did he say,

‘This is a private conversation!’?

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·Sentence Structure

6 1 2 3 4 5 6

(subject) （verb） （object） (manner) (place) (time)

主语 谓语 宾语 方式

v. + adv.

be + adj.

When? Who? Action What? How? Where? When?

What?

Which?
Last I went to the
week theatre.
I had a very good
seat.
The play was very
interesting.
I did not it.
enjoy
A young were behind
man and a sitting me.
young
woman
 They were loudly.
talking

Put the words of each sentence in the correct column.

(将下列句子按正确的成分分类抄入表内）

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.

This is a private conversation.