新概念英语第二册 Lesson 25 Do the English speak English 讲义

Lesson 25 Do the English speak English?

🌻Part 1: Text

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? 

🌻Part 2: New words and expressions

1 railway ['reilwei] n.铁路

2 porter ['pɔ:tə] n.搬运工

3 several ['sevərəl] 几个

4 foreigner['fɔrinə] n.外国人

5 wonder  ['wʌndə] v.感到奇怪

★ porter   n.    搬运工