Lesson 73
The way to King Street
到國(guó)王街的走法
Listen to the tape then answer this question. Why did the man need a phrasebook?
聽錄音,然后回答問題。為什么這位男士需要一本常用語(yǔ)手冊(cè)?
Last week Mrs. Mills went to London. She does not know London very well, and she lost her way.
Suddenly, she saw a man near a bus stop. 'I can ask him the way.' she said to herself.
'Excuse me,' she said. 'Can you tell me the way to King Street, please?'
The man smiled pleasantly. He did not understand English! He spoke German. He was a tourist.
Then he put his hand into pocket, and took out a phrasebook.
He opened the book and found a phrase. He read the phrase slowly. 'I am sorry,' he said. 'I do not speak English.'
New Word and expressions 生詞和短語(yǔ)
week
n. 周
London
n. 倫敦
suddenly
adv. 突然地
bus stop
公共汽車站
smile
v. 微笑
pleasantly
adv. 愉快地
understand (understood)
v. 懂,明白
speak (spoke)
v. 講,說(shuō)
hand
n. 手
pocket
n. 衣袋
phrasebook
n. 短語(yǔ)手冊(cè),常用語(yǔ)手冊(cè)
phrase
n. 短語(yǔ)
slowly
adv. 緩慢地
上星期米爾斯夫人去了倫敦。她對(duì)倫敦不很熟悉,因此迷了路。 突然,她在公共汽車站附近看到一個(gè)男人。“我可以向他問路,”她想。 “對(duì)不起,您能告訴我到國(guó)王街怎么走嗎?”她說(shuō)。 這人友好地笑了笑。他不懂英語(yǔ)!他講德語(yǔ)。他是個(gè)旅游者。 然后他把手伸進(jìn)了衣袋,掏出了一本常用語(yǔ)手冊(cè)。 他翻開書找到了一條短語(yǔ)。他緩慢地讀著短語(yǔ)。 ”很抱歉,“他說(shuō),”我不會(huì)講英語(yǔ)。”