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裕兴新概念英语第二册笔记 第25课 Lesson 25 Do the English speak English? 英国人讲的是英语吗？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.Youll soon learn English! he said. I wonder. In England, each person speaks a different language. The English understand each other, but I dont understand them! Do they speak English?参考译文我最终到了伦敦。火车站很大，又黑又暗。我不知道去饭店的路该怎么走，于是向一个搬运工打听。我的英语讲得不但特别仔细，而且咬字也特别清晰。然而搬运工却不明白我的话。我把问话重复了许多遍。他最终听懂了。他答复了，但他讲得既不慢也不清晰。“我是个外国人，〞我说。于是他说得慢了，可我还是听不懂。我的教师从来不那样讲英语！我和搬运工相视一笑。接着，他说了点什么，这回我听懂了。“您会很快学会英语的！〞他说。我感到惊奇。在英国，人们各自说着一种不同的语言。英国人之间互相听得懂，可我却不懂他们的话！他们说的是英语吗？【New words and expressions】〔5〕railway n. 铁路，铁道 [U] (Br.)/ railroad (Am.)a line of railway 一条铁路railway station 火车站railway n. 轨道 (pl.) [C]eg. The railway was opened to traffic last year. 这条铁路是去年通车的。high level railway 高架铁路表示―地铁‖的词汇：subway [s?bwei] (Am.)tube [tju:b] (Br.)underground (Br.)metro [metr?u] (Paris) 地铁rail n. 横杆，扶手，围栏，轨道jump rail 出轨stair rails 楼梯扶手ride the rails 逃票乘火车sit on the rails (Am.) 骑墙，保持中立railing n. 栏杆iron-bar railing 铁栏杆porter n. 搬运工，脚夫〔在车站，机场，旅馆等处的〕bellboy / pageboy (Am.) 旅馆，俱乐部等通常穿制服的男效劳员port n. 港，口岸clear a port 出港close a port 封港reach a port / enter a port 入港eg. Many ships frequent the port. 很多船只常来此港。eg. Any port in a storm. 慌不择路，穷途之策。〔谚〕several1) more than three but fewer than many 一些，几个eg. Several more people than usual came to the concert.来音乐会的人比平常多了几个。eg. I repeated my questions several time