Lesson 25   Do the English speak English？ 英國(guó)人講的是英語(yǔ)嗎？

    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？

    New words and expressions 生詞和短語(yǔ)

    railway n. 鐵路

    porter n. 搬運(yùn)工

    several quantifier 幾個(gè)

    foreigner n. 外國(guó)人

    wonder v. 感到奇怪

    參考譯文

    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(tīng)。我的英語(yǔ)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(wèn)話重復(fù)了很多遍。他終于聽(tīng)懂了。他回答了，但他講得既不慢也不清楚。"我是個(gè)外國(guó)人，"我說(shuō)。于是他說(shuō)得慢了，可我還是聽(tīng)不懂。我的老師從來(lái)不那樣講英語(yǔ)！我和搬運(yùn)工相視一笑。接著，他說(shuō)了點(diǎn)什么，這回我聽(tīng)懂了。"您會(huì)很快學(xué)會(huì)英語(yǔ)的！"他說(shuō)。我感到奇怪。在英國(guó)，人們各自說(shuō)著一種不同的語(yǔ)言。英國(guó)人之間相互聽(tīng)得懂，可我卻不懂他們的話！他們說(shuō)的是英語(yǔ)嗎？