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Lesson25DotheEnglishspeakEnglish?英国人讲的是英语吗？Whydoesthewriternotunderstandtheporter?IarrivedinLondonatlast.Therailwaystationwasbig,blackanddark.Ididnotknowthewaytomyhotel,soIaskedaporter.InotonlyspokeEnglishverycarefully,butveryclearlyaswell.Theporter,however,couldnotunderstandme.Irepeatedmyquestionseveraltimesandatlastheunderstood.heansweredme,buthespokeneitherslowlynorclearly.'Iamaforeigner,'Isaid.Thenhespokeslowly,butIcouldnotunderstandhim.MyteacherneverspokeEnglishlikethat!TheporterandIlookedateachotherandsmiled.ThenhesaidsomethingandIunderstoodit.'You'llsoonlearnEnglish!'hesaid.Iwonder.InEngland,eachpersonspeaksadifferentlanguage.TheEnglishunderstandeachother,butIdon'tunderstandthem!DotheyspeakEnglish?参考译文我终于到了伦敦。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。我的英语讲得不但非常认真，而且咬字也非常清楚。然而搬运工却不明白我的话。我把问话重复了很多遍。他终于听懂了。他回答了，但他讲得既不慢也不清楚。“我是个外国人，”我说。于是他说得慢了，可我还是听不懂。我的老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。我感到奇怪。在英国，人们各自说着一种不同的语言。英国人之间相互听得懂，可我却不懂他们的话！他们说的是英语吗？【Newwordsandexpressions】（5）1railway['reilwei]n.铁路2porter['pɔ:tə]n.搬运工3several['sevərəl]几个4foreigner['fɔrinə]n.外国人5wonder['wʌndə]v.感到奇怪一．单词讲解：railwayn.铁路，铁道[U](Br.)/railroad(Am.)alineofrailway一条铁路railwaystation火车站railwayn.轨道(pl.)[C]eg.Therailwaywasopenedtotrafficlastyear.这条铁路是去年通车的。highlevelrailway高架铁路表示“地铁”的词汇：subway['sʌbwei](Am.)tube[tju:b](Br.)underground(Br.)metro['metrəu](Paris)地铁railn.横杆，扶手，围栏，轨道jumprail出轨stairrails楼梯扶手ridetherails逃票乘火车sitontherails(Am.)骑墙，保持中立railingn.栏杆iron-barrailing铁栏杆portern.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服务员portn.港，口岸clearaport出港closeaport封港reachaport/enteraport入港eg.Manyshipsfrequenttheport.许多船只常来此港。eg.Anyportinastorm.慌不择路，穷途之策。（谚）several1)morethanthreebutfewerthanmany一些，几个eg.Severalmorepeoplethanusualcametotheconcert.来音乐会的人比平常多了几个。eg.Irepeatedmyquestionsseveraltimes.我把问题重复了几遍。2)各自的，各个的（文）eg.Severalmen,severalminds.人各有志；10个人有10个样。（谚）foreignern.外国人ablue-eyedforeigner一个蓝眼睛的外国人entertainforeigners款待外宾entertain[,entə'tein]vt.&vi.款待,招待foreign['fɔrin]adj.外国的，无关的，陌生的foreignlanguageforeigngoods外国货foreignstudents留学生foreignaffairs外交事务foreignpolicy外交政策foreigntrade外贸eg.Thequestionisforeigntothematterinhand.这问题与处理中的事情无关。eg.Thesubjectisforeigntous.我们对这个问题很陌生。overseas/overseaadj.在海外的，来自海外的，侨居海外的overseastrade海外贸易adv.在海外，来自海外gooverseas到海外去，adj.+er→n.strange→strangerforeign→foreignerwondern./v.1)n.奇迹thesevenwondersoftheworld世界七大奇迹eg.Whatawonder.真奇妙！eg.Itisawonderthathesurvivedtheplanecrash.他在空难中幸存下来，真是个奇迹。andnowonder/andlittlewonder（用来强调前面的句子）不足为奇，难怪eg.Hedeclinedouroffer,andnowonder.难怪他拒绝了我们的给予。decline[di'klain]vt.&vi.辞谢;谢绝(邀请等)anine-daywonder一时的轰动Nowonderthat…/Itisnowonderthat…难怪…eg.Nowonderyouwerelate!难怪你来晚了。2)v.感到惊奇、惊讶wonderatsth对某事感到惊奇eg.Wewonderatthespeedofmoderntrains.我们对现代火车的速度感到惊奇。接宾语从句：eg.Iwonderthatyouweren’tkilled.真奇怪，你居然没有被杀死。3.v.对某事感到好奇，想知道askoneselfquestionseg.Iwonderwhoheis.我真想知道他是谁。eg.Iwonderwhetheryoucanlendme￡20.我想知道你是否能借给我20英镑。wonderfuladj.令人惊奇的，绝妙的，神奇的（口）eg.Sheisawonderfulmother.她是位伟大的母亲。eg.Sheisawonderfulwife.她是位极出色的妻子。eg.Theweatheriswonderful.天气棒极了。eg.Theteacheriswonderful.这位老师非常好。eg.TheenthusiasmtostudyEnglishiswonderful.这种学习英语的热情是极棒的。enthusiasm[in'θju:ziæzəm]n.热情,热心；巨大兴趣,热衷的事物二、关键句型KeyStructures并列句如果句子包含有两个或更多互不依从的主谓结构，就是并列句。并列句中的分句通常用连词来连接，常用的连词有：and,but,so,yet,or,both...and,either…or,neither…nor,notonly...butalso,notonly...but...aswelland前后是顺承关系but前后是转折关系so因果关系yet转折关系or表示否则的意思both...and不但...而且...either...or或者A或者Bneither...nor既不...也不...notonly...butalso不但...而且...notonly...but...aswell不但...而且...1)Thecamera-workisperfectandthecastisgood.电影拍摄非常棒而且演员也非常出色。2)Honeyissweet,butthebeestings.(谚)玫瑰虽香但刺却扎人。stingv.蛰，刺3)XiaoWangiscomingheretomorrow,too,soyoumightaswellcomewithher.小王明天也来，所以你来时跟她一块来吧。4)Wemustredoubleourefforts,orwe'llneverbeabletocatchupwiththeothers.我们必须加倍努力，否则我们永远不可能追上别人。5)Bothheand工teachEnglish.他和我都教英语HeteachesbothEnglishandFrench.。他既教英语又教法语。6)EitheryouorImusttellhim.Heplayseithersoccerorrugby.或者是你或者是我必须告诉他。他踢英式足球或者是橄榄球。（前半句连接并列的主语，后半句连接并列的宾语。）7)Neitherhenor工speakEnglish.他和我都不讲英语。Hecanneitherreadnorwriter.他既不能读也不能写。HespeaksneitherEnglishnorFrench.他既不讲英语也不讲法语。Neither...nor连接并列的宾语成分。8)Youmustnotonlywashthedishesbutsweeptheflooraswell.你不但要洗碗而且要扫地。notonly...butaswell连接并列的被动语成分通过以上的例句我们总结出来：both...and，either...or，neither...nor以及notonly...butalso在句中连接的是并列的成分。Exercise并列旬用括号里的词将两个句子连接起来1)Ididnotknowthewaytomyhotel.Iaskedaporter.(so)...IdidnotknowthewaytomyhotelsoIaskedaporter.我不认识去旅馆的路，所以我问了一个搬运工。2)Irepeatedmyquestionseveraltimes.Atlastheunderstood.(and)我把问题重复了几遍，最后他懂得了。—Irepeatmyquestionseveraltimesandatlastheunderstood.3)IspokeEnglishverycarefully.Ispokeveryclearly.我讲英语非常小心，我讲英语非常清楚。IspokeEnglishnotonlyverycarefullybutveryclearlyaswell.4)Heansweredme.Hedidnotspeakslowly.Hedidnotspeakclearly.(but...neither...nor)他回答我了，他讲话既不慢也不清楚。Heansweredmebuthespokeneitherslowlynorclearly.5)Iknockedatthedoor.Hedidn'topenit.(but)我敲了门，他不开。一Iknockedatthedoorbuthedidn'topenit.6)Hewentonholiday.Iwentonholiday.(both...and)他去度假了。我去度假了。Bothheand工wentonholiday.他和我都去度假了。7)Hemustbemad.Hemustbeverywise.(either...or)他一定是疯了。他一定