“I Have Never Heard You in Carmen”

Mark¹ Twain was once invited² by a friend to go to the opera³. The friend was very rich. He and his wife⁴ had⁵ their own⁶ box at the theatre⁷. During⁸ the opera the friend's wife talked all the time. She also talked rather⁹ loudly. She talked so much that it was often difficult for Mark Twain to listen to the opera. Toward¹⁰ the end of the opera she turned to Mark Twain and said¹¹, "Oh, my dear Mark Twain, I do want you to be with us again next Friday night. I'm sure you will like it — the opera will be Carmen."

"Thank you very much,"said Mark Twain. "That will be fine. I have never heard you in Carmen."

中文译文

“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》。”

Vocabulary

Carmen 《卡门》（歌剧名） invite 邀请 opera 歌剧

box 包厢 theatre 剧场，戏院