May: I’m fine. I’m just so touched by the sad story.

Todd: So I can say now that you must have enjoyed the opera. Which scene is your favorite?

May: I love them all. But if I had to name one as the best, I would say it’s the ending.

Todd: What’s it about? You know, I couldn’t help falling asleep.

May: Did you? I didn’t notice that. But still you should know it, for you have seen it with Laura before.

Todd: I guess I’ve done the same thing last time I was here with her, too. I mean falling asleep. For me, this one is not that attractive.

May: Then I doubt if you like operas at all.

Todd: Yes. I like Carmen very much. But I don’t mind if you want to tell me about this one.

May: OK, then. The man was old and he was visiting his wife’s grave, with a rose in his hand. When he got there, he saw someone already put a rose on her grave.

Todd: Very impressive. And I do like the leading actress who has an amazing voice.

May: Me, too. There was always a good round of applause every time she sings.

Todd: Yes, the applause! That was what kept waking me up during the show.

May: And it’s been such a faultless performance with the perfect lighting, and music. Just amazing!

Todd: No doubt it’s not a simple thing to put on a “phantom show”.

May: Exactly.

聽看學

托德：你還好嗎?

阿美：我沒事。我只是被那個悲傷的故事感動了。

托德：那么我敢說你一定很喜歡這場歌劇。你最喜歡哪一幕呢?

阿美：我都喜歡。但是如果一定要說一幕最喜歡的，我覺得是結尾的那一幕。

托德：它是怎樣的?你知道，我忍不住睡著了(所有沒有看到)。

阿美：是嗎?我沒有注意到。但是你還是應該知道的啊，因為你以前和羅拉一起看過。

托德：我才我上回合她來這里的時候也做了相同的事情。我是指睡著的事。對我來講，這出戲不是那么有吸引力。

阿美：那么我就懷疑你是否喜歡歌劇了。

托德：喜歡。我非常喜歡歌劇“卡門”。但是我也不介意你告訴我這部歌劇的內容。

阿美：那好吧。那個男人老了，他去他妻子的墳前，手拿一枝玫瑰，但是當他到那里的時候，他發現已經有人在她的墳前放了一枝玫瑰。

托德：非常感人啊。我確實很喜歡那個女主角，她的聲音非常棒。

阿美：我也喜歡她。她每次演唱的時候，都會有一陣特別熱烈的掌聲。

托德：對了，掌聲。就是它在演出的過程中不停地把我吵醒。

阿美：這是一場完美的演出，配有完美的燈光和音樂。簡直太精彩了。

托德：毫無疑問，要上演一場“幽靈秀”一定不是一件簡單的事情。

阿美：沒錯。

經典背誦 Recitation

Todd: I watched a sad play with a young girl today. After the show, she was moved to tears by the sad story. She said she like the ending of the play most. Anyway, I didn’t really know about it, because I fell asleep several times. It was the applause that kept waking me up during the show. But I did like the leading actress, because she had an amazing voice.

生詞小結

ending n. 結局

grave n. 墳墓

impressive adj. 感人的

applause n. 掌聲

faultless adj. 完美無缺的

phantom n. 幽靈

Carmen 卡門，著名歌劇

情景練習 Scene practice

仔細閱讀下面五個場景，兩人一組，使用表示猜測的句型，用一用，練一練。

1.If you were Shirley, you and Benjamin were watching TV. When the door bell rang, what would you say to Benjamin?

2.May showed Daniel a picture and told him it was Mon, while the two of them looked quite different. If you were Daniel, what would you say?

3.If you were Benjamin, Daniel told you the vase was broken by the pet dog. What would you say?

4.If you were Gucci, May told you that the next day was going to rain, which was quite different from the weather report. What would you say?

5.If you were Shirley, your best friend Jane told you that she was going to move to another city. What would you say?