新概念第二册第14课课文讲解

Lesson 14 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 do not 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!'

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去年我有过一次有趣的经历。在离开法国南部的一个小村庄后，我继续驶往下一个城镇。途中，一个青年人向我招手。我把车停下，他向我提出要求搭车。他一上车，我就用法语向他问早上好，他也同样用法语回答我。除了个别几个单词外，我根本不会法语。旅途中我们谁也没讲话。就要到达那个镇时，那青年突然开了口，慢慢地说道：“你会讲英语吗？”

我很快了解到，他自己就是个英国人！

【New words and expressions】生词和短语

★amusing adj. 好笑的，有趣的

amused:感到好笑的

amuse v.

动词后面会加人做宾语

The story amused me.

The story is amusing.

I am amused.

interesting:有意思

The book is interesting.

The book is amusing.

funny:好笑的，可以指贬义，开心的，令人开心的

interesting/funny story

★experience n. 经历

经验、体验：不可数名词

经历、感受：可数名词

He has a lot of experience. He has a lot of experiences.

Experience is the best teacher. 经验是最好的老师。

They still lacked experience. 他们经验还不足。

Something about your background and experience. 谈谈你的背景情况和经历。

+s(a/an),经历；原形，经验

experienced:有经验的

He is an experienced doctor.

表示做某事的经验，其后通常不接不定式，而接 in [of] doing sth。

He has had much experience in [of] this kind of work. 他有丰富的经验做这项工作。

experiece in [of] teaching＝teaching experience（教学经验）

experience还可表示“体验”“经历”等，只用作及物动词。

All children will experience fun and excitement in learning and growing up.

在学习和成长中的所有儿童都将感受到快乐和兴奋。

The child had never experienced kindness. 这孩子从未受过善待。

词语扩展：experienced作形容词，表示有经验的。

例句：He is an experienced teacher.

他是一位经验丰富的老师。

★wave vt. 向…挥手示意；使成波浪形

vi. 波动；起伏；挥手示意；摇动；呈波形

wave to sb;向某人招手

The children waved to their teacher. 孩子们向老师招手。

★lift n. 搭便车 vt. 举起；提升

I was a lift.

take a bus/taxi/lift

take a lift:搭便车

I take a list.

The student gave me a lift.

give sb a lift:让某人搭便车 I will give you a lift to the airport.我可以顺便送你去机场。

B wants to take a lift.

A will give

B a lift.

hitch hiker：搭便车的人

lift sb. /sth. up 将某人/某物抬起

He lifted the box. 他举起了箱子。

★reply v. 回答

answer

He answered/replied.

answer sth/reply to sth.

answer the letter：回信

I will reply to the letter.

★language n. 语言

native language：母语

mother tongue

The native language is Chinese.

My mother tongue is Chinese.

★journey n. 旅行

begin a trip：开始一个旅行