新概念英语第二册
Lesson 25
Do the English speak English?
Do you know something about English?
Scotland
Northern
Ireland
England
England castle
University of Cambridge
University of Oxford, Oxon
Scotland plaid skirt
harp
Listen and answer:
Why does the writer not understand the portor?
Do the English speak English?
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 not only spoke English very carefully, but very clearly as well. The porter ,however,could not understand repeated my question several times and at last he answered me, but he spoke neither slowly nor clearly.