Lesson 25 Do they speak English? 英国人讲的是英语吗?

1. 单词讲解

• railway n.铁路
  railway station

• porter n.搬运工

• several quantifier 几个
  several times
  several people

• foreigner n.外国人
  foreign adj.外国的,外国人的
  a foreign language

• wonder v.感到奇怪
  feel surprised

2. 语法讲解

• I arrived in London…
  arrive at the airport
  arrive on the scene
  at last 最好终于 / in the end / finally / eventually

• I did not know the way to my hotel, so I asked a porter.
  句子的分类 : 简单句 / 并列句 / 复合句
  They walked into the room. They sat down.
  They walked into the room and they sat down.
  They walked into the room and sat down.
  She is very beautiful. She is very smart.
  She is not only very beautiful but she is very smart as well.
  She is not only very beautiful but very smart as well.
  He can not read. He cannot write.
  He can neither read nor write.

• I not only spoke English very carefully, but very clearly as well.

• I repeated my question … ,and … he understood.
• …, but he spoke neither slowly nor clearly.
• The he said … and I understood …
• The English understand … , but I don’t understand …

3. 知识扩展

• 并列句
  并列句的并列连词
  I washed my shirt, but it didn’t get clean.
  She was hungry and ate on the way home.
  Who did this? Did you do it, or did Bob do it?
  并列句的省略
  I am a student and I major(主修) in English.
  I am a student and major in English.