背诵为王 第 一 册 第 23 课

（单词翻译）

23 “I Have Never Heard You in Carmen”

 

　　Mark¹ Twain was² once invited⁴ by a friend to go to the opera⁵. The friend wasvery rich. He and his wife⁶ had⁷ their own⁸ box at the theatre⁹. During¹⁰ the operathe friend's wife talked all the time. She also talked rather¹¹ loudly. Shetalked so much that it was often difficult for Mark Twain to listen to theopera. Toward¹² the end of the opera she turned to Mark Twain and said¹³, "Oh, mydear Mark Twain, I do want you to be with us again next Friday night. I'm sureyou will like it — the opera will be Carmen.""Thank you very much,"said Mark Twain. "That will be fine. I have never heardyou in Carmen."

Carmen 《卡门》（歌剧名）
invite³ 邀请
opera 歌剧
box 包厢
theatre 剧场，戏院

“我还从未听过你唱卡门”
有一次，一个朋友邀请马克?吐温去看歌剧。这个朋友很有钱。他和他的妻子在剧院有自己的包厢。看歌剧时，朋友的妻子一直在说话。她说话的声音还挺大。她的话那么多，马克?吐温根本听不清歌剧。

歌剧临近结束时，她转而对马克?吐温说：“噢，我亲爱的马克?吐温，我真的想让你再和我们一起度过下周五。我保证你会喜欢的——下周的歌剧是《卡门》。”
“非常感谢，”马克?吐温说。“想来会很好。我还从未听过你唱《卡门》。”