Lesson 14



Do you speak English?



First listen and then answer the question.



Did the young man 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!'



amusing  [ə'mju:ziŋ]  adj. 好笑的，有趣的


experience  [iks'piəriəns]   n. 经历


wave  [weiv]  v. 招手


lift  [lift]   n. 搭便车


reply  [ri'plai]   v. 回答


language  ['læŋgwidʒ]   n. 语言


journey  ['dʒə:ni]   n. 旅行