S2 - Lesson 14 - Do you speak English?

Words

 amusing

 

experience

an amusing experience

 

wave

 

lift

ask sb. for a lift

 

reply v.

reply to sb.

 

 

language

the same language

body language

 

journey 

 

 

Content

 Do you speak English?

I had an amusing experience last year.

After I had left a small village in the south of France, I drove on to the next town.

On the way, a young man waved to me. I stopped and he asked me for a lift.

As soon as he had got into the car, I said good morning to him in French and he replied in the same language.

Apart from a few words, I don't know any French at all.

Neither of us spoke during the journey. I had nearly reached the town, when the young man suddenly said, very slowly, 

'Do you speak English?' As I soon learnt, he was English himself.

 

 

 

 过去完成时

had done

过去的之前

 

When he got there, she was not there. She had left.

 

he finished work. he went home.

After he finished work, he went home.

After he had finished work, he went home.

he went home, after he had finished work. 

 

As soon as the sun had set, we returned to the hotel.

 

 

 neither of... 两者都不

none of... 三者以上都不

 

Neither of the twins liked sleeping during the daytime.

None of the leaves can be green forever.