新概念英语第二册课程Lesson 14讲解
Lesson 14 Do you speak English?你会讲英语吗？
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！
amusing adj. 好笑的，有趣的.
experience n. 经历
wave v. 招手
lift n. 搭便车
reply v. 回答
language n. 语言
journey n. 旅行
1.As soon as he had got into the car, I said good morning to him in French and he replied in the same language.
as soon as一经...;立即...;一...就...
例句：Come here as soon as you finish the work.
工作一结束你就到这里来。
2.Apart from a few words, I do not know any French at all.
apart from除去，撇开…来说(表示除…以外尚有)，此外，加之
例句：Apart from some spelling mistakes, the composition is fairly good.
除了一些拼写错误, 这篇文章写得很不错。
Apart from that, all goes well.
撇开那一点, 一切顺利。
3.I had nearly reached the town, when the young man suddenly said, very slowly, "Do you speak English?'
nearly和almost的区别
(1) 两者都可用来修饰不定代词、形容词、副词、动词、介词短语等，此时两者常可换用：It’s almost [nearly] impossible. 那几乎是不可能的。He almost [nearly] always arrives late. 他差不多总是迟到。
He fell and almost [nearly] broke his leg. 他摔了一跤，险些摔断了腿。
(2) almost 可用于 any 以及 no, none, nobody, nothing, never 等否定词之前，但 nearly 一般不这样用：Almost any man can do it.
几乎任何人都会做。Almost no one came to the party. 几乎没有人来参加晚会。但是，两者都可用在否定动词之前：
He almost [nearly] didn’t catch the bus. 他差点没赶上公共汽车。
(3) nearly 前可用 very, pretty, not 等词修饰，但 almost 之前不能用这些词：It’s not nearly so difficult as you think. 这远不像你想像的那么难。
【注】not nearly 【注】not nearly 意为“远非”, very [pretty] nearly 意为“几乎”，都是习语。
