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新概念英语第二册 Lesson 25
练习材料（每天自己打写一遍熟悉文章）：
Lesson twenty-five Do the English speak English? First listen and then answer the question: why does the writer not understand the porter?
[ˈlɛsən] [ˈtwɛnti]-[faɪv] [dʊ] [ði] [ˈɪŋglɪʃ] [spik] [ˈɪŋglɪʃ]? [fɜrst] [ˈlɪsən] [ənd] [ðɛn] [ˈænsər] [ðə] [ˈkwɛsʧən]: [waɪ] [dəz] [ðə] [ˈraɪtər] [nɑt] [ˌʌndərˈstænd] [ðə] [ˈpɔrtər]?
I arrived in London at last. The railway station was big, black and dark. I did not know the way to my hotel, so I asked a porter. I not only spoke English very carefully, but very clearly as well. The porter, however, could not understand me; I repeated my question several times and at last he understood. He aswered me, but he spoke neither slowly nor clearly. "I am a foreigner," I said. Then he spoke slowly, but I could not understand him. My teacher never spoke English like that! The porter and I looked at each other and smiled. Then he said something and I understood it. "You'll soon learn English!" he said. I wonder. In England, each person speaks a different language. The English understand each other, but I don't understand them! Do they speak English?
[aɪ] [əˈraɪvd] [ɪn] [ˈlʌndən] [ət] [læst]. [ðə] [ˈreɪlˌweɪ] [ˈsteɪʃən] [wəz] [bɪg], [blæk] [ənd] [dɑrk]. [aɪ] [dɪd] [nɑt] [noʊ] [ðə] [weɪ] [tə] [maɪ] [hoʊˈtɛl], [soʊ] [aɪ] [æskt] [ə] [ˈpɔrtər]. [aɪ] [nɑt] [ˈoʊnli] [spoʊk] [ˈɪŋglɪʃ] [ˈvɛri] [ˈkɛrfəli], [bət] [ˈvɛri] [ˈklɪrli] [əz] [wɛl]. [ðə] [ˈpɔrtər], [ˌhaʊˈɛvər], [kəd] [nɑt] [ˌʌndərˈstænd] [mi]; [aɪ] [rɪˈpitɪd] [maɪ] [ˈkwɛsʧən] [ˈsɛvrəl] [taɪmz] [ənd] [ət] [læst] [hi] [ˌʌndərˈstʊd]. [hi] [ˈænsərd] [mi], [bət] [hi] [spoʊk] [ˈniðər] [ˈsloʊli] [nɔr] [ˈklɪrli]. "[aɪ] [əm] [ə] [ˈfɔrənər]," [aɪ] [sɛd]. [ðɛn] [hi] [spoʊk] [ˈsloʊli], [bət] [aɪ] [kəd] [nɑt] [ˌʌndərˈstænd] [hɪm]. [maɪ] [ˈtiʧər] [ˈnɛvər] [spoʊk] [ˈɪŋglɪʃ] [laɪk] [ðæt]! [ðə] [ˈpɔrtər] [ənd] [aɪ] [lʊkt] [ət] [iʧ] [ˈʌðər] [ənd] [smaɪld]. [ðɛn] [hi] [sɛd] [ˈsʌmθɪŋ] [ənd] [aɪ] [ˌʌndərˈstʊd] [ɪt]. "[jul] [sun] [lɜrn] [ˈɪŋglɪʃ]!" [hi] [sɛd]. [aɪ] [ˈwʌndər]. [ɪn] [ˈɪŋglənd], [iʧ] [ˈpɜrsən] [spiks] [ə] [ˈdɪfərənt] [ˈlæŋgwəʤ]. [ði] [ˈɪŋglɪʃ] [ˌʌndərˈstænd] [iʧ] [ˈʌðər], [bət] [aɪ] [doʊnt] [ˌʌndərˈstænd] [ðɛm]! [dʊ] [ðeɪ] [spik] [ˈɪŋglɪʃ]?
任务配置：L0 + L4
知识笔记：
单词/词组：
- English, “英语；英格兰人（有时误用以指包括苏格兰、威尔士和北爱尔兰人在内的英国人）“
- at last, ”终于，最终“
- railway, 火车，也可以叫 train；另外，地铁: subway, underground, metro；香港地铁 MTR (Mass Transit Railway)；
- porter, ”（尤指火车站、机场或旅馆）行李员，搬运工；（尤指卧铺车厢的）列车服务员“
- not only... but as well,
- In England. 如下图，England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland，实际上England是英格兰,只是英国的一部分。威尔士、苏格兰、英格兰合称Great Britain 就是常说的大不列颠。Great Britain再加上北爱就是United Kingdom 即大不列颠即北爱尔兰联合王国－英国。
- I wonder, "我想知道；我试问；我不知道"
朗读重点：
- foreigner, [ˈfɔrənər] / [ˈfɑrənər] / [ˈfɔrnər] / [ˈfɑrnər]
音标发音:
练习感悟：
Answer: Because the porter spoke a different English that the writer's teacher never spoke, the writer did not undertand at all.
Thoughts: 每日精进就是确认自己的朗读首先自己挑不出问题了（朗读+复述）。
通过每天课文的一些细节，深入发掘下去还能了解不同地方的情况，何乐不为～