新概念英语第二册14_Do you speak English

Lesson 14: Do you speak English?

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Key words and expressions

• amusing 好笑的，有趣的
• experience 经历
• wave 招手
• ask sb for a lift 要求搭车
• apart from 除了。。。以外
• journey 旅行
• reach 到达

Questions on the text

1. What happened when the writer was driving to a town in France?
   1. A young man waved to the writer and asked him for a lift.
2. In which language did the young man reply to the writer's greeting?
   1. He replied in French.
3. Why did neigher of them speak during the journey?
   1. Because both of them thought the other was French and both of them knew very little French.

Language points

1. On the way , a young man waved to me. 在途中，
   1. On my way to work I was caught in a traffic jam.在去...途中
   2. I waved goodbye to him.
2. I stopped and he asked me for a lift.搭便车（give sb a ride/lift）
   1. Can you give me a ride to the airport?
3. As soon as he had got into the car, I said good morning to him in French and he replied in the same language .
   1. as soon as 一...就。。。
      1. I'll call you as soon as I arrive there.
   2. He has written an article in English.
4. Apart from a few words, I do not know any French at all.
   1. apart from = except for
      1. We had a good time except for the weather.
   2. not at all 根本不
      1. I'm not hungry at all.
5. As I soon learnt, he was English himself .
   1. As we all know, smoking is very harmful.
   2. As I have told you, I'm very interested in pop music.
   3. I myself want to read that book. 表强调

Key structures and usage

1. 过去完成时：过去发生的两个事情，哪个在哪个之前

   1. After I had left a small village in the south of France, I drove on to the next town.
   2. As soon as he had got into the car, I said good morning to him in French.
   3. I had nearly reached the town, when the young man suddenly said, very slowly, 'Do you speak English?'

2. 三个代词

   1. Either of them will do. 两者之一
   2. Neither of the answers is correct. 两者都不
   3. I like both of them. 两者都

Extension

入乡随俗。When in Rome, do as the Romans do.