At the Theater

看戲

　　Key sentences（重點句子）

　　708. How did you enjoy the play？

　　這出戲你認為怎么樣？

　　709. Not too bad so far.

　　還不錯。

　　710. But seriously， the leading lady seems a little stiff.

　　不過，仔細分析一下，女主角似乎有點生硬。

　　711. I don't know whether she doesn't know how to act or whether it's just because she's a movie star.

　　我真不明白，她是不知道該怎么表演呢，還是因為她是客串的電影明星。

　　712. What did you think of the love scene？

　　你覺得那場愛情戲怎么樣？

　　713.They're married in real life， but they're going to get a divorce soon.

　　他們臺下是真夫妻，不過他們很快就要離婚了。

　　714. It's all here in the gossip columns.

　　報上閑話欄里登的。

　　715. I perfer straight plays.

　　我喜歡看通俗易懂的話劇。

　　716.This one is very dull，and the production isn't very satifactory either.

　　今天這個不帶勁，演出水平也不怎么樣。

　　717.To be fair，though， both the costumes and scenery are marvellous.

　　不過話又說回來，服裝和布景妙極了。

　　718. We'd better go to a comedy next time.

　　下次我們最好去看場喜劇。

　　719. I think the musical comedy we saw last month was very good.

　　我覺得上個月我們看的那場音樂劇很不錯。

　　720.They had constant changes of scenes， and I love variety.

　　劇中舞臺布景經常更換。我就喜歡換花樣的。

　　Dialogue A

　　A：Morris， how did you enjoy the play？

　　B： Not too bad so far. But seriously， the leading lady seems a little stiff. I don't know whether she doesn't know how to act or whether it's just because she's a movie star；it see ms that she doesn't exert herself enough.

　　A： What did you think of the love scene？

　　B：Both the leading man and woman acted as if they were bored to death with each other.

　　A：Do you know why？They're married in real life，but they're going to get a divorce soon.

　　B：Are you kidding？

　　A：Of course not. It's all here in the gossip columns. I just read it yesterday. I always read reviews about a show be-fore going to it.

　　Dialogue B

　　A：You don't like our plays， do you？

　　B：No，not really. I prefer straight plays. This one is very dull，and the production isn't very satisfactory， either.

　　A：You're absolutely right. I think the acting could be better.

　　B：To be fair，though，both the costumes and scenery are marvellous.

　　A： Well， I don't like the men's costumes， but the women's dresses are lovely.

　　B： Who's the actor who plays the doctor？

　　A：That's Frederick Veal. He was in a movie I saw last week. He played the hero， but I didn't like that either.

　　B：Well， we'd better go to a comedy next time. I think the musical comedy we saw last month was very good.

　　A：Yeah， they had constant changes of scenes， and I love variety.

　　B：Me，too. I hate to sit there and look at the same stage scenery one act after another.

　　Words and Expressions

　　exert                vt.盡（力）；發揮（威力等）

　　love scene                    愛情戲

　　divorce n. 離婚

　　gossip columns                （報刊等的）閑話專欄

　　satisfactory    a. 令人滿意的，良好的

　　costume            n. 服裝；戲裝

　　scenery             n. ［總稱］舞臺布景

　　comedy               n. 喜劇