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新概念英语第二册Lesson25DotheEnglishspeakEnglish?DoyouknowsomethingaboutEnglish?ScotlandNorthernIrelandEnglandEnglandcastleUniversityofCambridgeUniversityofOxford，OxonScotlandplaidskirtharpListenandanswer:Whydoesthewriternotunderstandtheportor?DotheEnglishspeakEnglish?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?Aboutthetitle:DotheEnglishspeakEnglish?English：n.英语，英国人，英格兰人adj.英国的，英格兰的theEnglish:统称英国人，所以助动词用复数English指英语，谓语动词用单数e.g.Englishisinteresting.TheEnglisharefriendly.IarrivedinLondonatlast.①arrivein+大地点arriveat+小地点：arriveatmyschool表示“到达”：getto,reachIarrivedinLondonatlast.②atlast:强调通过努力最后。•e.g.Atlast,hesucceededinhisbusiness.intheend:强调一种结果•e.g.Theybrokeupseveraltimes,butmarriedintheendfinally:一种次序上的最后firstly,secondly,finallyTherailwaystationwasbig,blackanddark.•dark：adj.•①黑暗的——light•②皮肤黝黑的——fair(white)•③深的：darkblue——light•④忧郁的：darkexpression•⑤坏的：lookonthedarkside•lookonthebrightsideTherailwaystationwasbig,blackanddark.•n.铁路(BrE)=railroad(AmE)•表示道路的单词：highway,freeway,motorway,expressway,•highway:公路•motorway(BrE)=freeway(AmE):高速公路(主要指城市与城市之间的)•express:v.表达adj.表示快速的、特快的e.g.expressservice:快递服务EMS•expressmailservice•expressway快速通道(主要指城市内的，例如高架桥)highwayfreewayrail:n.扶手，栏杆，围栏•出轨:Jumptherail•楼梯的扶手：•stairrails•ridetherails•逃火车票•火车站•railwaystation•BrEAmE•火车站railwaystationtrainstation•地铁站undergroundsubway/tubestation•加油站petrolstationgasstation•Porter:n.（火车站等）行李搬运工•旅客、俱乐部的服务员•bellboy(AmE)/pageboy(BrE)Ididnotknowthewaytomyhotel,soIaskedaporter.•thewayto:to是介词，介词短语充当theway的定语，类似的如：•房门的钥匙：thekeytothedoor•问题的答案：theanswertothequestion•大楼的入口：theentrancetothebuilding•都表示一种由此及彼的方向。InotonlyspokeEnglishverycarefully,butveryclearlyaswell.•notonly……but……aswell•==notonly……but(also)•这个句子我们可以换成：•InotonlyspokenEnglishverycarefully,butalsoveryclearly.•e.g.Heisnotonlyclever,butalsodiligent.•Heisnotonlyclever,butdiligentaswell.Theporter，however，couldnotunderstandme.Irepeatedmyquestionseveraltimesandatlastheunderstood.①morethanthreebutfewerthanmany.修饰可数名词复数e.g.Irepeatedmyquestionsseveraltimes.②各自的Severalmen,severalminds.人各有志Question4_____didyourepeatyourquestion?Severaltimes.•a)Howmanytimes•b)Howmany•c)Howmuch•d)HowaQuestion8Irepeatedmyquestionseveraltimes.Irepeatedit_____times•a)much•b)anumberof•c)onlyafew•d)threebQuestion9Atlastheunderstood.Heunderstood_____.•a)intheend•b)atleast•c)lastly•d)atthefinishaHeansweredme,buthespokeneitherslowlynorclearly.neither...nor...:表示两者都不e.g.Ihaveneithertimenormoneytotravel.Shelikesneitherbutternorcheese.当neither...nor...连接两个主语时，也应遵循就近原则。e.g.Neitherdadnormumisathometoday.NeitheryounorIamin.若将neither...nor...句型变为肯定句，只需把neither...nor...改为both...and...即可，同时谓语动词必须用复数形式。e.g.Bothdadandmumareathometoday.今天父母都在家。Question5Hedidn'tspeakslowlyandhedidn'tspeakclearly_____.•a)neither•b)either•c)too•d)norb‘Iamaforeigner,’Isaid.Thenhespokeslowly,butIcouldnotunderstandhim.e.g.ablue-eyedforeigner蓝眼睛外国人entertainforeigners款待外国人foreign:adj.①外国的，海外的外国留学生：foreignstudents洋货：foreigngoods外交事务：foreignaffairs外交政策：foreignpolicy②陌生的e.g.Thesubjectisforeigntous.Adj.+er→n.strange→strangerforeign→foreignerlight→lighter(打火机)Question10Icomefromabroad.Iam_____.•a)foreigner•b)strange•c)overseas•d)abroadaMyteacherneverspokeEnglishlikethat!•like:prep.像•Heisverylikehisfather.•她一定也不像她的妈妈•Shelooksnothinglikehermother.•Likefather,likeson.•有其父必有其子Question11Myteacher____meEnglish.•a)learnt•b)trained•c)instructed•d)taughtdTheporterandIlookedateachotherandsmiled.英语当中一般都把第一人称“我”放在并列主语后面,与中文刚刚相反。e.g.MyfriendandIwenttothetheatreyesterday.Question6TheporterandIlookedateachother._____bothsmiled.•a)I•b)He•c)We•d)TheycQuestion7HesaidsomethingandIunderstoodit.Hesaidsomething____Iunderstood.•a)who•b)whose•c)whom•d)whichdThenhesaidsomethingandIunderstoodit.‘You'llsoonlearnEnglish!'hesaid.Iwonder.n.奇观世界七大奇观：thesevengreatwondersintheworld•Whatawonder!多么奇妙•It’sawonderthathesurvivedtheplanecrash.•短语：No/littlewonderNowonderthat……=It'snowonderthat……e.g.She'sjumpingtherail.Nowonderherhusbanddumpedher.Awonderlastsbutninedays.奇闻只存在九天→anine-daywonder:一时的轰动却很容易被人忘却e.g.Asapopstarsheisanine-dayswonder:sheonlymadeonesuccessfulrecord.v.觉得奇怪，不明白①+atsthe.g.Shewondersatherownstupidity.②+从句(从句用陈述句的语序)e.g.I’mwonderingwhatIshoulddo.Iwonderwhoheis.礼貌地提问或请求别人做某事e.g.I’mwonderingwhetherIcouldaskyouout.I’mwonderingifyoucouldhelpme.Wonderful:adj.奇妙的，精彩的，极好的e.g.Iwouldbeawonderfulwife.Question12‘You'llsoonlearnEnglish!'hesaid.Iwonder.I_____.•a)amnotsure•b)amsure•c)wander•d)knowatohelptotakeagreedprotectingbeenawarde