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：亲爱的，你还喜欢吗?

史考特：你要说实话吗?

朱蒂：当然。

史考特：无聊死了。多么好笑的艺术形式!

我再也不想看了。

朱蒂：你怎么这么说呢?

我觉得很美啊，你看了我最喜欢的其中一部歌剧啊!

史考特：抱歉，我知道你喜欢歌剧。

但是我不喜欢，我宁愿看小说或电影。

朱蒂：但你不懂如何欣赏歌剧，那才是问题所在。

史考特：你说的或许对。

但是听着，这部歌剧是《崔丝坦和伊索德》的故事，我了解这个故事，记得吗?

朱蒂：我记得。你大学时曾经对这首诗写了一篇文章。

那是中古世纪的诗，不是吗?

史考特：是的，所以我甚至很清楚这个故事。

但是我还是觉得歌剧很无聊，太做作了。

朱蒂：做作?怎么会做作呢?华格纳是个了不起的作曲家。

史考特：抱歉，我只是觉得整部戏很假。

唱得太夸张了，还有别的。

朱蒂：还有什么?

史考特：我觉得很多去看歌剧的人都不明白他们所听到的。

他们去看只是因为认为那是有水准的。

朱蒂：也许你对。你不会是说我也是那样吧?

史考特：不是。我知道你懂音乐。

但是你不能说大部份的观众都懂吧?

朱蒂：不，他们可能不明白这个故事。

而且也不懂音乐。但是他们还是很喜欢这个歌剧啊。

史考特：唔，有可能。但是你不认为他们更喜欢电影吗?

朱蒂：也许。

史考特：那他们为何不去看电影?

朱蒂：那是因为……

史考特：因为他们想表现得有文化，他们想做些有水准的事。

但是在我看来那太做作了，因为他们到底是看不懂的。

朱蒂：我了解你说的。不过我还是很难过你刚刚看得很无聊。

史考特：别放在心上，我想对你坦白我的想法。

你知道我尊重你，也尊重你对欣赏歌剧的欣赏。

但是我不喜欢歌剧，我宁愿看小说。