課文內(nèi)容:
I arrived in London at last. The railway station wasbig, black and dark. I did not know the way to myhotel, so I asked a porter. I not only spoke Englishvery carefully, but very clearly as well. The porter,however, could not understand me. I repeated myquestion several times and at last he understood. Heanswered me, but he spoke neither slowly norclearly. 'I am a foreigner,' I said. Then he spokeslowly, but I could not understand him. My teacher never spoke English like that! The porterand I looked at eachotherand smiled. Then he said something and I understood it.‘You'll soonlearn 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 speakEnglish?
精講筆記:
13. You’ll soon learn English!,he said.
“你很快就會學會英語的!”他說。
語言點 諺語:Soon learned, soon forgotten.學得快,忘得快。
In doing we learn.邊干邊學;在實踐中學習。
14. I wonder. In England, each person speaks a different language.
我感到奇怪。在英國,人們各自說著一種不同的語言。
語言點 英國的全稱是:the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 大不列顛及北愛爾蘭聯(lián)合王國,簡稱the United Kingdom(U.K.)。英國主要由四個部分組成:Scotland蘇格蘭, England英格蘭,Wales威爾士, Northern Ireland北愛爾蘭。
15.The English understand each other, but I don’t understand them! Do they speakEnglish?
英國人之間互相聽得懂,可我卻聽不懂他們的話!他們說的是英語嗎?
語言點 請參考本課對標題的詳細分析。