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!' 参考译文 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...
