JUDY: Well, honey, how did you like it?
SCOTT: Do you want me to be honest?
JUDY: Of course.
SCOTT: I was bored to death. What a ridiculous art form!
I never want to do that again.
JUDY: Huh, how can you say that?
It was beautiful. You just saw one of my favorite operas.
SCOTT: I'm sorry. I know you like opera.
But it just isn't for me. I'd rather read a novel or watch a movie.
JUDY: But you don't know how to appreciate opera. That's the problem.
SCOTT: What you're saying may be true.
But listen. This opera was "Tristan and Isolde". I know that story. Remember?
JUDY: Yes, I know. You wrote a paper on the poem in university.
It was a medieval poem, wasn't it?
SCOTT: Yes. So I even know the story very well.
But I thought the opera was boring. It was pretentious.
JUDY: Pretentious? How can it be pretentious? Wagner is a great artist!
SCOTT: I'm sorry. I just think the whole thing is pretentious.
The singing is too exaggerated. And I will say something else.
JUDY: What?
SCOTT: I think a lot of people who go to opera don't understand what they hear.
They only go because they think it is high class.
JUDY: Probably you're right. But you're not saying I'm that way, are you?
SCOTT: No, not at all. I know you understand music very well.
But you can't say most of the audience understands, can you?
JUDY: No, they don't understand the story probably.
And they don't understand the music very well either. But I still think they enjoy it.
SCOTT: Hmm. Maybe. But don't you think they enjoy movies more?
JUDY: Yes, probably.
SCOTT: So why don't they go to movies?
JUDY: Because well...
SCOTT: It's because they want to appear cultured. They want to do something high class.
But to me it's just hypocritical. Because they don't understand it anyway.
JUDY: I know what you're saying. But I still feel bad that you didn't enjoy it.
SCOTT: Don't worry about that. I wanted to tell you honestly what I think.
I respect you, you know. I respect your appreciation for opera too.
But it's not for me. I'd rather read a novel.
朱蒂：親愛(ài)的，你還喜歡嗎？
史考特：你要說(shuō)實(shí)話(huà)嗎？
朱蒂：當(dāng)然。
史考特：無(wú)聊死了。多么好笑的藝術(shù)形式！
我再也不想看了。
朱蒂：你怎么這么說(shuō)呢？
我覺(jué)得很美啊，你看了我最喜歡的其中一部歌劇啊！
史考特：抱歉，我知道你喜歡歌劇。
但是我不喜歡，我寧愿看小說(shuō)或電影。
朱蒂：但你不懂如何欣賞歌劇，那才是問(wèn)題所在。
史考特：你說(shuō)的或許對(duì)。
但是聽(tīng)著，這部歌劇是《崔絲坦和伊索德》的故事，我了解這個(gè)故事，記得嗎？
朱蒂：我記得。你大學(xué)時(shí)曾經(jīng)對(duì)這首詩(shī)寫(xiě)了一篇文章。
那是中古世紀(jì)的詩(shī)，不是嗎？
史考特：是的，所以我甚至很清楚這個(gè)故事。
但是我還是覺(jué)得歌劇很無(wú)聊，太做作了。
朱蒂：做作？怎么會(huì)做作呢？華格納是個(gè)了不起的作曲家。
史考特：抱歉，我只是覺(jué)得整部戲很假。
唱得太夸張了，還有別的。
朱蒂：還有什么？
史考特：我覺(jué)得很多去看歌劇的人都不明白他們所聽(tīng)到的。
他們?nèi)タ粗皇且驗(yàn)檎J(rèn)為那是有水準(zhǔn)的。
朱蒂：也許你對(duì)。你不會(huì)是說(shuō)我也是那樣吧？
史考特：不是。我知道你懂音樂(lè)。
但是你不能說(shuō)大部份的觀(guān)眾都懂吧？
朱蒂：不，他們可能不明白這個(gè)故事。
而且也不懂音樂(lè)。但是他們還是很喜歡這個(gè)歌劇啊。
史考特：唔，有可能。但是你不認(rèn)為他們更喜歡電影嗎？
朱蒂：也許。
史考特：那他們?yōu)楹尾蝗タ措娪埃?BR>朱蒂：那是因?yàn)椤?BR>史考特：因?yàn)樗麄兿氡憩F(xiàn)得有文化，他們想做些有水準(zhǔn)的事。
但是在我看來(lái)那太做作了，因?yàn)樗麄兊降资强床欢摹?BR>朱蒂：我了解你說(shuō)的。不過(guò)我還是很難過(guò)你剛剛看得很無(wú)聊。
史考特：別放在心上，我想對(duì)你坦白我的想法。
你知道我尊重你，也尊重你對(duì)欣賞歌劇的欣賞。
但是我不喜歡歌劇，我寧愿看小說(shuō)。 |