Larry 有兩張歌劇的票，邀請李華一起去。李華今天要學兩個常用語，primo
和glued.

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

    LH：歌劇？好啊。不過Larry ，什么是primo ticket？ Primo聽起來不太象
英語，是外來語吧？

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

    LH：噢，primo 是意大利語，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，那我們一定有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：前排最中間，真是太好了，我們一定能看得特別清楚。對了，我們看的
是哪一部歌劇啊？

    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：我聽說過，威爾第的《阿依達》是一部很有名的意大利歌劇，但是我從
來沒看過。

    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，這兩張primo tickets 會不會很貴啊。

    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：原來是你朋友買的季票，但是正好不能去，所以半價賣給你。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：意大利飯，太棒了！我最喜歡吃意大利飯了。

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

    LH：現在只有一個問題，Larry. I don't have any primo clothes to wear！
周末先得去買一身正式點兒的衣服。

    ******

    （After the opera ）

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

    LH：什么？讓我看看，你褲子上沒有膠水兒啊，你怎么會一直粘在椅子上呢？

    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，你是說歌劇太精彩了，你聽得全神貫注。確實沒錯，特
別是那個男高音，唱得簡直太棒了。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：你是說那個教授講得太吸引人了，大家都坐在椅子上一動不動，聽得聚
精會神？

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

    LH：每個字？能讓你這樣的學生把他的每個字都聽進去，這個教授一定很棒。

    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：我最近正在看一部韓劇《朱蒙》，劇情太吸引人了，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：你為什么這么說呀？

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

    LH：我簡直不敢相信，美國人每星期要看十九個小時的電視，我可能連九個
小時都看不了。跟看電視比起來，我更喜歡看書。

    LL： Are you reading anything good right now？

    LH：我最近正在看一本暢銷的偵探小說。I have been glued to every page！

    今天李華學到了兩個常用語。一個是primo ，意思是最棒的。另一個是glued，
是指被深深吸引，全神貫注的意思。