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Lesson 14 Do you speak English
你会讲英语吗？
First listen and then answer the question.
听录音，然后回答以下问题。
Did the young man speak English?
那个年轻人会讲英语吗？
I had an amusing experience last year.
去年我有过一次有趣的经历。
After I had left a small village in the south of France, I drove on to the nexttown.
在离开法国南部的一个小村庄后，我继续驶往下一个城镇。
On the way, a young man waved to me.
途中，一个青年人向我招手。
I stopped and he asked me for a lift.
我把车停下，他向我提出要求搭车。
As soon as he had got into the car, I said good morning to him in French and hereplied in the same language.
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。
Apart from a few words, I do not know any French at all.
除了个别几个单词外，我根本不会法语。
Neither of us spoke during the journey.
旅途中我们谁也没讲话。
I had nearly reached the town, when the young man suddenly said, very slowly,'Do you speak English?'
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？”
As I soon learnt, he was English himself!
我很快了解到，他自己就是个英国人！

魔乐岛蒙学•新概念英语第二册（14）