Lesson 25 Do the English speak English?
英國人講的是英語嗎？
First listen and then answer the question.
聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。
Why does the writer not understand the porter?
I arrived in London at last.
我終于到了倫敦。
The railway station was big, black and dark.
火車站很大，又黑又暗。
I did not know the way to my hotel, so I asked a porter.
我不知道去飯店的路該怎么走，于是向一個搬運(yùn)工打聽。
I not only spoke English very carefully, but very clearly as well.
我的英語講得不但非常認(rèn)真，而且咬字也非常清楚。
The porter, however, could not understand me.
然而搬運(yùn)工卻不明白我的話。
I repeated my question several times and at last he understood.
我把問話重復(fù)了很多遍。他終于聽懂了。
he answered me, but he spoke neither slowly nor clearly.
他回答了，但他講得既不慢也不清楚。
'I am a foreigner,' I said.
“我是個外國人，”我說。
Then he spoke slowly, but I could not understand him.
于是他說得慢了，可我還是聽不懂。
My teacher never spoke English like that!
我的老師從來不那樣講英語！
The porter and I looked at each other and smiled.
我和搬運(yùn)工相視一笑。
Then he said something and I understood it.
接著，他說了點(diǎn)什么，這回我聽懂了。
'You'll soon learn English!' he said.
“ 您會很快學(xué)會英語的！”他說。
I wonder. In England, each person speaks a different language.
我感到奇怪。在英國，人們各自說著一種不同的語言。
The English understand each other, but I don't understand them!
英國人之間相互聽得懂，可我卻不懂他們的話！
Do they speak English?
他們說的是英語嗎？
英國人講的是英語嗎？
First listen and then answer the question.
聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。
Why does the writer not understand the porter?
I arrived in London at last.
我終于到了倫敦。
The railway station was big, black and dark.
火車站很大，又黑又暗。
I did not know the way to my hotel, so I asked a porter.
我不知道去飯店的路該怎么走，于是向一個搬運(yùn)工打聽。
I not only spoke English very carefully, but very clearly as well.
我的英語講得不但非常認(rèn)真，而且咬字也非常清楚。
The porter, however, could not understand me.
然而搬運(yùn)工卻不明白我的話。
I repeated my question several times and at last he understood.
我把問話重復(fù)了很多遍。他終于聽懂了。
he answered me, but he spoke neither slowly nor clearly.
他回答了，但他講得既不慢也不清楚。
'I am a foreigner,' I said.
“我是個外國人，”我說。
Then he spoke slowly, but I could not understand him.
于是他說得慢了，可我還是聽不懂。
My teacher never spoke English like that!
我的老師從來不那樣講英語！
The porter and I looked at each other and smiled.
我和搬運(yùn)工相視一笑。
Then he said something and I understood it.
接著，他說了點(diǎn)什么，這回我聽懂了。
'You'll soon learn English!' he said.
“ 您會很快學(xué)會英語的！”他說。
I wonder. In England, each person speaks a different language.
我感到奇怪。在英國，人們各自說著一種不同的語言。
The English understand each other, but I don't understand them!
英國人之間相互聽得懂，可我卻不懂他們的話！
Do they speak English?
他們說的是英語嗎？