Do you speak English

原文

I had an amusing experience last year. After I had left a small village in the south of France, I drove on 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!

译文

我去年遇到一个很搞笑的事情。在我离开法国南部的一个镇，我开着车前往下一个小镇。在路上，我看到一个年轻男人向我招手。我停下车他请求我载他一程。接着他就钻进车里，我用法语和他打招呼，他用相同的语言回复我。除了会几个单词，我根本不会法语。我们一路没有交谈。在我快要到达那个小镇，这个男人开始说道，说的很慢，“你会说英语吗？” 原来，他是一个英国人。