14_Do_You_Speak_English
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!
Words¶
- amusing /əˈmjuzɪŋ/ 有趣的
- Apart /əˈpɑrt/ from /frʌm/ 除了
- journey /ˈdʒɝni/ 旅行
- learnt /lɝnt/ 意识到
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
- 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.