课文
Do the English speak English?「英国人讲的是英语吗？」
I arrived in London at last. The railway station was big, black and dark. I did not know the way to my hotel, so I asked a porter. I not only spoke English very carefully, but very clearly as well. The porter, however, could not understand me; I repeated my question several times and at last he understood. He answered me, but he spoke neither slowly nor clearly. ‘I am a foreigner,’ I said. Then he spoke slowly, but I could not understand him. My teacher never spoke English like that! The porter and I looked at each other and smiled. Then he said something and I understood it. ‘You’ll soon learn English!’ he said. I wonder. In England, each man speaks a different language. The English understand each other, but I don’t understand them! Do they speak English?
译：
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？”
词
railway：**n.铁路**railway/train station「火车站」
bus station「公交车站」
subway station「地铁站」
**quantifier「限定词」，几个「后跟可数名词复数」**
several times「几次」
several people「几个人」
数量上several比many少
foreign「adj.外国的，外国人的」
a foreign language「一门外语」
TOEFL「托福，Test of English as a Foreign Language」
句子
并列句
定义：多个简单句、同样重要、用并列连词「conj.」连接起来
转折
but/yet「但是」
连接
and
both…and…「两者都」
not only…but…as well/not noly…but also…/not only…but…「不但…而且」
选择
or「或者」
either…or…「或者…或者…」
neither…nor…「既不…也不… 」
独有的特点：相同的可以省略，余下的可以保持不变
课文句子
Do the English speak English?「英国人讲的是英语吗」
指人时English前加冠词，语言则不加：
The English often talk about the weather.「英国人经常谈论天气」
Do you speak English?「你会讲英语吗？」
I arrived in London at last.「我终于到了伦敦」
arrive in London「in，到…里」
arrive at the airport「到达机场，at（把地方当成一个整体，到达某地）」
arrive on the scene「到现场，on（到…上）」
at last「最后，终于」
in the end
finally
eventually