Do the English speak English? 英國人講的是英語嗎?

Why does the writer not understand the porter?

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?

【課文翻譯】

我終于到了倫敦。火車站很大，又黑又暗。我不知道去飯店的路該怎么走，于是向一個(gè)搬運(yùn)工打聽。我的英語講得不但非常認(rèn)真，而且咬字也非常清楚。然而搬運(yùn)工卻不明白我的話。我把問話重復(fù)了很多遍。他終于聽懂了。他回答了，但他講得既不慢也不清楚。“我是個(gè)外國人，”我說。于是他說得慢了，可我還是聽不懂。我的老師從來不那樣講英語!我和搬運(yùn)工相視一笑。接著，他說了點(diǎn)什么，這回我聽懂了。“您會(huì)很快學(xué)會(huì)英語的!”他說。我感到奇怪。在英國，人們各自說著一種不同的語言。英國人之間相互聽得懂，可我卻不懂他們的話!他們說的是英語嗎?

【生詞和短語】

railway n. 鐵路

porter n. 搬運(yùn)工

foreigner n. 外國人

wonder v. 感到奇怪

【知識點(diǎn)講解】

1 arrive in：到達(dá)，同義詞：arrive at，reach，get arrive是不及物動(dòng)詞，因此后面一定要加介詞使用。arrive in是指到達(dá)了大的地方，而arrive at則是指到達(dá)小地方。get to+賓語：到達(dá)

When will you arrive? When will you reach(arrive in) Beijing?

When will you get to Beijing? How can I get there?

get home：到家，get there：到那

home/there都是副詞，副詞跟動(dòng)詞連用的時(shí)候不需要加介詞

2 the way to:通往...路

Can you tell me the way to the school?

你能告訴我去學(xué)校的路怎么走嗎?

相關(guān)短語：give way 撤退，讓路，屈服 by way of 經(jīng)過，用……方法

The enemy troops had to give way.

敵軍不得不撤退。

After months of prospecting he finally struck gold.

經(jīng)過數(shù)月的勘探，他終于發(fā)現(xiàn)了金礦。

3 not only...but...as well：不但...而且... 這是一個(gè)并列連詞，表示什么東西并列連接什么

I can speak Chinese. I can speak English.組合到一句話即為：I can speak not only Chinese but English as well.

類似的句子如：I not only sing but dance as well.

一般來說，not only 喜歡放在動(dòng)詞的前面。遇到實(shí)義動(dòng)詞和非實(shí)義動(dòng)詞的時(shí)候則習(xí)慣放在二者之間。I can speak not only Chinese but English as well.

4 neither...nor... 即不...也不...neither單獨(dú)使用時(shí)詞性很靈活，可以做代詞，表示兩者都不;做形容詞表示兩者都不的;做副詞表示也不;做連詞時(shí)表示既不，也不的意思。

I speak neither Janpanese nor English.

我既不會(huì)說英語，也不會(huì)說日語。

Neither of my sisters drinks coffee.

我的兩個(gè)姐妹都不喝咖啡。

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