Paul and Joyce are going to a movie(More listening of Unit 2)
Paul: | Hurry up, Joyce. We need to leave now if we're going to get to the theater a half hour before the feature begins. |
Joyce: | Why on earth do we need to be there that early? The theater is never even half full. I've also been wondering if we should take the kids with us, even though Mom is here with them. |
Paul: | Leave the kids at home. We're not going to a kid's movie like Harry Potter. When I went to the movies that night you went to play bridge it looked like a day care center in the theater. Strollers were flying down the aisle, kids were restless and obviously bored, so started whining for candy, and there was even a fight. |
Joyce: | My goodness! What happened? |
Paul: | One other patron who was trying to enjoy the movie told the parents of some noisy children behind him to shut their kids up. The father of the noisy kids hit the complainer and that led to a fight. The police had to be brought in. |
Joyce: | I'm ready to go, but you still haven't told me why we need to be so early. |
Paul: | Actually I like to watch the people. For some just choosing a seat is a major decision. They stand in the middle of the aisle juggling coats, popcorn and Cokes, almost overwhelmed by having to choose. You can almost read their thoughts. Should I sit down in front, or will that be too close? Is this too far back? That man is tall. I won't be able to see the movie if I sit behind him. I'd love to sit close to the middle, but then I'd have to sit close to that big group of teenagers. Oh, dear! The lights are dimming and I haven't made up my mind. I won't be able to see where I'm going. |
Joyce: | You aren't the only one to notice such things. Many people choose their seats, find they are unsatisfied, so move. I've watched a few couples go from one spot to another four or five times before settling down. |
Paul: | While we're on the topic, my other pet peeve is people who won't be quiet during the movie. They comment on everything. "What a cute puppy," they say when they see a dog appear. "I have a lamp like that at home but mine's red." And on it goes. |
Joyce: | I don't like the people behind me to sit and chew popcorn noisily. It's possible to be quiet but they don't try. They just keep on chewing and then start on a big box of candy. |
Paul: | So let's go! We'll try to find a good seat, look around us a bit, and then we'll sit down and shut up. |
Paul and Joyce are going to a movie(More listening of Unit 2)的更多相关文章
- 【我们都爱Paul Hegarty】斯坦福IOS8公开课个人笔记2 Xcode、Auto Layout及MVC
原文链接不知道在哪, 接着上一话来讲,上一话中讲到了MVC,那么MVC在IOS8开发中是如何应用的呢?Paul Hegarty老师给我们展示了一个计算器的Demo,首先新建一个工程,老师把AppDel ...
- Ronco创投原则 - 硅谷创业教父Paul Graham文摘
(天地会珠海分舵注:虽然已经尽力翻译,还是担心会和大师的原意有偏差,所以这里保留英文原文给大家作参考) Ronco创投原则 No one, VC or angel, has invested in m ...
- 硅谷创业教父Paul Graham:如何获得创业idea
link:http://kb.cnblogs.com/page/165530/ 英文原文:How to Get Startup Ideas,翻译:Jason Zheng 要想获得创业 idea,请别试 ...
- Ringo替换Paul
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title> ...
- 将Paul替换成Ringo
<!DOCTYPE html><html><head lang="en"> <meta charset="UTF-8" ...
- <Vector Calculus>(by Paul C, Matthews) Notes
现在流行用Exterior Caculus, 所以个人觉得Matthews这本书有点过时了. 想学Vector Calculus的话,推荐<Vector Calculus, Linear Alg ...
- Paul Simon -- Duncan
Paul Simon -- Duncan (London,January 1972) Couple in the next roomBound to win a prizeTheyve been go ...
- 怎样创造財富?硅谷创业之父 Paul Graham 《黑客与画家》思维导图
先送上亚马逊传送门:<黑客与画家>:硅谷创业之父 Paul Graham 文集 再送上一个思维导图: 下载大图:http://caifujianghu.com/article/ruhe-c ...
- 创业之前 ——Paul Graham 最新博文
原文:Paul Graham 译者:李智维 /LeanCloudproject师 2014年10月 (这篇文章是我在斯坦福大学举办的Sam Altman创业课堂上的嘉宾演讲稿.本意是写给大学生的,但当 ...
随机推荐
- js中常用的内部函数的使用
<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head> <meta charset="UTF-8" ...
- KNN识别手写数字
一.问题描述 手写数字被存储在EXCEL表格中,行表示一个数字的标签和该数字的像素值,有多少行就有多少个样本. 一共42000个样本 二.KNN KNN最邻近规则,主要应用领域是对未知事物的识别,即判 ...
- python文件的只读,只写操作
只读:r rb(bytes类型数据) 只写:w wb(bytes类型数据) 在文件最后追加: f = open('log',mode='a',encoding='utf-8') f.write('这里 ...
- linux 批量删除文件名中有换行符
ls -i | grep ^M | awk '{print $1}' | xargs -t -I [] find . -inum [] -exec rm -if {} \; 注意^M 是ctrl+v ...
- 大型运输行业实战_day04_3_高级查询+分页
1.高级查询+分页最终结果 2.分页的本质分析 前端传入:当前页 和 每页显示条数 数据库必须查询出:数据列表 和 总共条数 页面显示包括的数据有: 列表 + 每页显示条数 + 当前页 + 总共 ...
- maven 项目 编码
今天在DOS下执行mvn compile命令时报错说缺少必要符号,事实上根本就没有缺少,但何以如此呢,为啥eclipse在编译时就没有这问题呢? 原因是编码的问题造成的! eclipse在编译的使用使 ...
- The Hard Thing About Hard Things
1.大多数的管理书籍都是告诉你如何做正确的事,不把事情搞砸.而好书是告诉你,当事情已经搞砸时,你该怎么办. 2.这是个个真实的世界,他们偷走了你的梦想,可你却不知道是谁偷的.
- SSL原理分析
SSL协议的工作流程: 服务器认证阶段: 1)客户端向服务器发送一个开始信息“Hello”以便开始一个新的会话连接: 2)服务器根据客户的信息确定是否需要生成新的主密钥,如需要则 ...
- poj1015 正解--二维DP(完全背包)
题目链接:http://poj.org/problem?id=1015 错误解法: 网上很多解法是错误的,用dp[i][j]表示选择i个人差值为j的最优解,用path[i][j]存储路径,循环次序为“ ...
- cdoj842-天下归晋 【树状数组】
http://acm.uestc.edu.cn/#/problem/show/842 天下归晋 Time Limit: 3000/1000MS (Java/Others) Memory Lim ...