流行美语第247课

Larry有两张歌剧的票，邀请李华一起去。李华今天要学两个常用语，primo和glued。

LL: Hey, Li Hua, I've got two primo tickets to the opera. Would you like to come with me?

LH: 歌剧？好啊。不过Larry, 什么是primo ticket ? Primo听起来不太象英语，是外来语吧？

LL: You are right, Li Hua. Primo is an Italian word that means "number one" or "first-class."

LH: 噢，primo是意大利语，意思是最好的，最棒的。

LL: When I said I had primo tickets to the opera, I meant I had very, very good seats.

LH：既然你有最好的票，那我们一定有primo seats, 最好的座位了！

LL: Yes, we do have primo seats. The tickets are for two seats right in front of the center-stage.

LH: 前排最中间，真是太好了，我们一定能看得特别清楚。对了，我们看的是哪一部歌剧啊？

LL: It is Verdi's Aida. Since it is an opera in Italian, I guess it is appropriate to say it will be a "primo" experience.

LH: 我听说过，威尔第的《阿依达》是一部很有名的意大利歌剧，但是我从来没看过。

LL: Yes, Aida is a very famous opera, and I know you will enjoy it. I've also heard the tenor has a primo voice.

LH: Larry, 这两张primo tickets会不会很贵啊。

LL: Actually, no. I got a primo deal on the tickets. My friend bought season tickets to the orchestra, but couldn't make this performance. He sold them to me for half price.

LH: 原来是你朋友买的季票，但是正好不能去，所以半价卖给你。That is a primo deal!

LL: And I was thinking before the opera, we could have dinner. I know a primo little Italian restaurant near the opera house.

LH: 意大利饭，太棒了！我最喜欢吃意大利饭了。

LL: I think you will find the food at this place is primo - Some of the best in New York City.

LH: 现在只有一个问题，Larry. I don't have any primo clothes to wear! 周末先得去买一身正式点儿的衣服。

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(After the opera)

LL: Wasn't the opera amazing! I was glued to my seat the whole time.

LH: 什么？让我看看，你裤子上没有胶水儿啊，你怎么会一直粘在椅子上呢？

LL: I don't actually have glue on my pants, Li Hua. When I said I was glued to my seat, I meant I was so fascinated by the opera I didn't want to get up.

LH: 噢，我明白了，你是说歌剧太精彩了，你听得全神贯注。确实没错，特别是那个男高音，唱得简直太棒了。I was glued to my seat, too.

LL: It reminds me of this lecture about China I went to not long ago. The professor who spoke was very entertaining and charismatic.

LH: 你是说那个教授讲得太吸引人了，大家都坐在椅子上一动不动，听得聚精会神？

LL: Actually, not only was I glued to my seat, I was glued to his every word.

LH: 每个字？能让你这样的学生把他的每个字都听进去，这个教授一定很棒。

LL: He was really good, and he had a lot of interesting things to say about life in China today. What about you, Li Hua? What keeps you glued to your seat?

LH: 我最近正在看一部韩剧《朱蒙》，剧情太吸引人了，我一集接一集地看，根本放不下。I am glued to the TV set for hours.

LL: If you are glued to your television for hours, you have really become an American, Li Hua!

LH: 你为什么这么说呀？

LL: I think statistics show Americans on average are glued to their television sets for nineteen hours a week.

LH: 我简直不敢相信，美国人每星期要看十九个小时的电视，我可能连九个小时都看不了。跟看电视比起来，我更喜欢看书。

LL: Are you reading anything good right now?

LH: 我最近正在看一本畅销的侦探小说。I have been glued to every page!

今天李华学到了两个常用语。一个是primo, 意思是最棒的。另一个是glued, 是指被深深吸引，全神贯注的意思。

• italian [i´tæliən]   a.意大利 n.意大利人   (初中英语单词)
• actually [´æktʃuəli]   ad.事实上；实际上   (初中英语单词)
• performance [pə´fɔ:məns]   n.履行；行为；工作   (初中英语单词)
• restaurant [´restərɔnt]   n.饭店，菜馆   (初中英语单词)
• reading [´ri:diŋ]   n.(阅)读；朗读；读物   (初中英语单词)
• appropriate [ə´prəupri-it, ə´prəuprieit]   a.适宜的 vt.私占；拨给   (高中英语单词)
• orchestra [´ɔ:kistrə]   n.管弦乐队   (高中英语单词)
• statistics [stə´tistiks]   n.统计学；统计   (英语四级单词)