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：親愛的，你還喜歡嗎？
    史考特：你要說實(shí)話嗎？
    朱蒂：當(dāng)然。
    史考特：無聊死了。多么好笑的藝術(shù)形式！
    我再也不想看了。
    朱蒂：你怎么這么說呢？
    我覺得很美啊，你看了我最喜歡的其中一部歌劇??！
    史考特：抱歉，我知道你喜歡歌劇。
    但是我不喜歡，我寧愿看小說或電影。
    朱蒂：但你不懂如何欣賞歌劇，那才是問題所在。
    史考特：你說的或許對(duì)。
    但是聽著，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)這首詩寫了一篇文章。
    那是中古世紀(jì)的詩，不是嗎？
    史考特：是的，所以我甚至很清楚這個(gè)故事。
    但是我還是覺得歌劇很無聊，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：我覺得很多去看歌劇的人都不明白他們所聽到的。
    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)是說我也是那樣吧？
    史考特：不是。我知道你懂音樂。
    但是你不能說大部份的觀眾都懂吧？
    朱蒂：不，他們可能不明白這個(gè)故事。
    而且也不懂音樂。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。
    但是在我看來那太做作了，因?yàn)樗麄兊降资强床欢摹?BR>    朱蒂：我了解你說的。不過我還是很難過你剛剛看得很無聊。
    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。