Lesson25 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 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 answered 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] [lɑːst]. [ðə] [ˈreɪlweɪ] [ˈsteɪʃən] [wəz] [bɪg], [blæk] [ənd] [dɑːk]. [aɪ] [dɪd] [nɒt] [nəʊ] [ðə] [weɪ] [tə] [maɪ] [həʊˈtɛl], [səʊ] [aɪ] [ɑːskt] [ə] [ˈpɔːtə]. [aɪ] [nɒt] [ˈəʊnli] [spəʊk] [ˈɪŋglɪʃ] [ˈvɛri] [ˈkeəfli], [bət] [ˈvɛri] [ˈklɪəli] [əz] [wɛl]. [ðə] [ˈpɔːtə], [haʊˈɛvə], [kəd] [nɒt] [ˌʌndəˈstænd] [miː]; [aɪ] [rɪˈpiːtɪd] [maɪ] [ˈkwɛsʧən] [ˈsɛvrəl] [taɪmz] [ənd] [ət] [lɑːst] [hi] [ˌʌndəˈstʊd]. [hi] [ˈɑːnsəd] [miː], [bət] [hi] [spəʊk] [ˈnaɪðə] [ˈsləʊli] [nɔː] [ˈklɪəli]. [aɪ] [əm] [ə] [ˈfɒrɪnə],' [aɪ] [sɛd]. [ðɛn] [hi] [spəʊk] [ˈsləʊli], [bət] [aɪ] [kəd] [nɒt] [ˌʌndəˈstænd] [hɪm]. [maɪ] [ˈtiːʧə] [ˈnɛvə] [spəʊk] [ˈɪŋglɪʃ] [laɪk] [ðæt]! [ðə] [ˈpɔːtər] [ənd] [aɪ] [lʊkt] [ət] [iːʧ] [ˈʌðər] [ənd] [smaɪld]. [ðɛn] [hi] [sɛd] [ˈsʌmθɪŋ] [ənd] [aɪ] [ˌʌndəˈstʊd] [ɪt]. [juːl] [suːn] [lɜːn] [ˈɪŋglɪʃ]!' [hi] [sɛd]. [aɪ] [ˈwʌndə]. [ɪn] [ˈɪŋglənd], [iːʧ] [ˈpɜːsn] [spiːks] [ə] [ˈdɪfrənt] [ˈlæŋgwɪʤ]. [ði] [ˈɪŋglɪʃ] [ˌʌndəˈstænd] [iːʧ] [ˈʌðə], [bət] [aɪ] [dəʊnt] [ˌʌndəˈstænd] [ðɛm]! [dʊ] [ðeɪ] [spiːk] [ˈɪŋglɪʃ]?
任务配置：今天的课文长了一点，但难度不大。我有时候怀疑自己这样读有没有用，但坚持吧。试试看。
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