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Lesson 25
Do the English speak English?
英国人讲的是英语吗?
【New words and expressions】 生词和短语 ★railway n. 铁路
railroad:铁路
railway/railroad station:火车站 ★porter n. 搬运工 ★several quantifier 几个
some:一些,即可以修饰可数,又可以修饰不可数
several:只能修饰可数=a number of(一些)
a great number of:大量的
some time:一段时间 some time age
sometime: 某时
I will defeat you sometime.
sometimes:有时,偶尔
some times:不存在这种说法
several times:许多次 ★foreigner n. 外国人 ★wonder v. 感到奇怪
wonder n. 奇观
wonderful 极好的
It's a wonder.
seven wonders
wonder at sth. 对...事情感奇怪
I wonder at this.
wonder:want to know:想要知道
I wonder
间接引语的疑问句:一般疑问句用if引导,特殊疑问句用特殊疑问词引导
wonder+if:是否
wonder+特殊疑问词
I wonder if you have any spare time.
I wonder what time it is
所有的从句都用陈述句的句序,陈述句句序:主语在动词前面
I wonder why you are late.
I wonder where you are going.
I wondered where you were going.
Could you tell me how to get to?
I wondered how to get there.
no wonder:难怪
wonder n.:奇观
wonderful:极好的
wonder v.感到奇怪,wonder at
wonder:want to know:想知道
I wonder if you have friend.
I wonder how many friend you have. First listen and then answer the question.
听录音,然后回答以下问题。
Why does the writer not understand the porter? I arrived in London at last. The railway station was big, black and dark. I did not know the way to my hotel, so I asked a porter. I not only spoke English very carefully, but very clearly as well. The porter, however, could not understand me. I repeated my question several times and at last he understood. he answered me, but he spoke neither slowly nor clearly. 'I am a foreigner,' I said. Then he spoke slowly, but I could not understand him. My teacher never spoke English like that! The porter and I looked at each other and smiled. Then he said something and I understood it. 'You'll soon learn English!' he said. I wonder. In England, each person speaks a different language. The English understand each other, but I don't understand them! Do they speak English?
参考译文 我终于到了伦敦。火车站很大,又黑又暗。我不知道去饭店的路该怎么走,于是向一个搬运工打听。我的英语讲得坏?浅H险妫??乙?/P> 字也非常清楚。然而搬运工却不明白我的话。我把问话重复了很多遍。他终于听懂了。他回答了,但他讲得既不慢也不清楚。“我是个外国人 ,”我说。于是他说得慢了,可我还是听不懂。我的老师从来不那样讲英语!我和搬运工相视一笑。接着,他说了点什么,这回我听懂了。“ 您会很快学会英语的!”他说。我感到奇怪。在英国,人们各自说着一种不同的语言。英国人之间相互听得懂,可我却不懂他们的话!他们说 的是英语吗? |