新概念英语第二册 Lesson 25（视频+音频+单词+课文重点）
Lesson 25
Do the English speak English?
英国人讲的是英语吗？
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.
我终于到了伦敦。
The railway station was big, black and dark.
火车站很大，又黑又暗。
I did not know the way to my hotel, so I asked a porter.
我不知道去饭店的路该怎么走，于是向一个搬运工打听。
I not only spoke English very carefully, but very clearly as well.
我的英语讲得不但非常认真，而且咬字也非常清楚。
The porter, however, could not understand me.
然而搬运工却不明白我的话。
I repeated my question several times and at last he understood.
我把问话重复了很多遍。他终于听懂了。
he answered me, but he spoke neither slowly nor clearly.
他回答了，但他讲得既不慢也不清楚。
I am a foreigner, I said.
“我是个外国人，”我说。
Then he spoke slowly, but I could not understand him.
于是他说得慢了，可我还是听不懂。
My teacher never spoke English like that!
我的老师从来不那样讲英语！
The porter and I looked at each other and smiled.
我和搬运工相视一笑。
Then he said something and I understood it.
接着，他说了点什么，这回我听懂了。
You ll soon learn English! he said.
“ 您会很快学会英语的！”他说。
I wonder. In England, each person speaks a different language.
我感到奇怪。在英国，人们各自说着一种不同的语言。
The English understand each other, but I don t understand them!
英国人之间相互听得懂，可我却不懂他们的话！
Do they speak English?
他们说的是英语吗？
生字
vocabulary
foreigner /'forinə/n．外国人
porter /'pɔ:tə/n．搬运工
wonder /'wʌndə/v．感到奇怪
several /'sevərəl/quantifier 几个
语法
grammar