"You Talk English? Don't read in the sun. You burn your eyes"

This weekend I was chastised by an Italian for reading my book in the sunshine. I was sitting in the park on Friday, enjoying the sun for the first time in a week, and he decides to ruin my moment of vitamin D bliss. "Escuusa, you talk English? Don't read in the sun. You burn your eyes." As he spoke, I considered informing him that HE was the one with a face as leathery as his wife's knee-high boots. Instead I decided to smile, politely put my book down until he left, and then promptly continued reading. Escuusa, but have you ever heard of sunscreen?