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14 Do You Speak English

I had an amusing experience last year. After I had left a small village in the south of France, I drove on to the next town. On the way, a young man waved to me. I stopped and he asked me for a lift. As soon as he had got into the car, I said good morning to him in French and he replied in the same language. Apart from a few words, I do not know any French at all. Neither of us spoke during the journey. I had nearly reached the town, when the young man suddenly said, very slowly, 'Do you speak English?' As I soon learnt, he was English himself!

去年我有过一次有趣的经历。在离开法国南部的一个小村庄后，我继续驶往下一个城镇。 途中，一个青年人向我招手。我把车停下，他向我提出要求搭车。 他一上车，我就用法语向他问早上好，他也同样用法语回答我。 除了个别几个单词外，我根本不会法语。旅途中我们谁也没讲话。 就要到达那个镇时，那青年突然开了口，慢慢地说道："你会讲英语吗？" 我很快了解到，他自己就是个英国人！

Words

  • amusing /əˈmjuzɪŋ/ adj. 有趣的
    1. I find it amusing.
    2. He took part in an amusing car race last year.（L12）
    3. She will be taking part in an amusing car race next week.（L13）
  • Apart /əˈpɑrt/ from /frʌm/ 除了
  • journey /ˈdʒɝni/ n. 旅行
    1. We’ll be going on a journey next week.
    2. We went on a journey yesterday.
    3. We’re going on a journey tomorrow.
  • learnt /lɝnt/ 意识到
  • experience /ɪkˈspɪriəns/ n. 经历
    1. I had an amusing experience last year.
  • wave /wev/ v. 挥手
    1. Look, she is waving to you.
    2. Do you know her?
    3. Is she waving to me?
    4. I don’t know her.
    5. Why is she waving to me?
  • lift /lɪft/ 搭便车
  • hitchhike /ˈhɪtʃˌhaɪk/ 搭便车旅行
  • reply /rɪˈplaɪ/ v. 回答
    1. She replied to my letter yesterday.
    2. Did she reply to your letter yesterday?
  • language /ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ/ n. 语言
    1. What is your native language?

Expressions

  • have an amusing experience 有一次有趣的经历
  • wave to sb. 朝某人招手
  • take a lift / ask for a lift 搭便车
  • A give B a lift A给我搭便车
  • reply to the email/letter 回复邮件/信件
  • go on a journey 去旅行
  • drive on to sw. 继续开车去某地
    1. Drive on, we don’t have time to stop.
    2. After that, we drove on to Beijing.
  • ask sb. for a lift 请某人搭便车
  • apart from 除……之外
  • native language / mother tongue 母语

过去完成时

Past A(had done) - > Past B(did) -> now

结构：had + (not) + done(过去分词)

⼀般疑问：had 提句首

用法1：过去的过去。 When Sarah arrived at the party, Paul had already gone home.

用法2：过去A点发生，对过去B点产生了影响。 We weren’t hungry. We had just had lunch.

⽤法3 ：⼀个动作从过去A持续或重复到过去B。 By 2020, I had lived in Beijing for 9 years.