Lesson 14 Do you speak English? 阅读理解1. Did the young man speak English?Yes, he was English himself.2. Why did neither of us speak during the journey?We both thought that the other one was French.单词详解1. amusing adj. 好笑的，有趣的（同义词funny，interesting）派生：amused adj. 感到好笑的amuse v. 使开心，使发笑翻译：这个表演使我们很开心。
The performance amused us a lot.派生：amusement n. 开心，愉悦词组：amusement park 游乐场2.experience n. 经历判断下列句子中experience的含义Our trip to Africa is a pleasant experience. 经历He got a lot of valuable experience in that company. 经验表示“经验”“体验”，是不可数名词；而表示“经历”“感受”，通常是可数名词派生：experience v. 经历，体验翻译：那场事故中，我体验到了死亡的感觉。
I experienced the feeling of death in that accident.3. wave v. 招手词组：wave to / at sb. 向某人招手【思考1】wave作名词时是什么意思4. lift n. 搭便车词组：ask for / thumb a lift 要求搭便车give sb. a lift = give sb. a ride 让某人搭便车文化：竖起大拇指在中国表示praise，在美国表示ask for a taxi，在澳大利亚表示rude5. reply v. 回答词组：reply to sb. 回答某人6. language n. 语言词组：native language = mother tongue 母语7. journey n. 旅行（陆上）还学过哪些词表示旅行travel / trip / tour / voyage课文解析1. I had an amusing experience last year. After I had left a small village in the south of France, I drove on to the next town.●时态：过去完成时，表示过去某时或某动作发生之前已经完成的动作或情况。
（详见重点语法）●副词on紧跟在动词后面时表示继续地，不停顿地文化：《泰坦尼克号》主题曲《我心永恒》My heart will go on and on and on and on, and on.2. On the way, a young man waved to me. I stopped and he asked me for a lift.●词组：on the way 在途中呢？e.g. The wind made little waves on the pond.波浪【思考2】reply的同义词有哪些？answer / respond【思考3】journey表示旅行，“去旅行”该怎样说呢？go on a journey【复习】3. As soon as he had got into the car, I said good morning to him in French and he replied in the same language.●结构：as soon as通常表示一……就……，即两个动词之间相隔时间非常短翻译：我一到火车站，车就开走了。
As soon as I (had) arrived at the railway station, the train left.●结构：in + 语言翻译：sing in English 用英语唱歌4. Apart from a few words, I do not know any French at all.●词组：a few words 几句话●区别：除……以外except不包括在内besides包括在内apart from = besides / except①We all went except him. 他没有去。
②We all went besides him. 他也去了。
③We all went apart from him. 都可以5. Neither of us spoke during the journey.●词组：during the journey在途中= on the way●单词：neither ['naiðə, 'ni:ðə] 注意英音与美音的读音不同翻译：我们两个人都不喜欢游泳。
Neither of us likes swimming.我们两个人任意一个都喜欢去参加比赛。
回忆第5课学过的含有way 的短语in the way 挡道by the way 顺便说一句【趣味知识】你知道法语里“你好”怎么说吗？Bonjour! 回答也是Bonjour!Either of us likes taking part in contests.我们两个都喜欢英语。
Both of us like English.6. I had nearly reached the town, when the young man suddenlysaid, very slowly, ‘Do you speak English?’ As I soon learnt, he was English himself!●单词：nearly = almost reach = arrive at / get to●when翻译为：在那时●辨析：I learn 我得知（本来不知道）V.S. I know 我知道（我本来就知道）●句式：As + 主语+ 动词表示“正如……”。
翻译：正如他所说，英语学起来很简单。
As he says, English is easy to learn.●himself反身代词单独放在句尾，起强调作用。
【赏析】请注意作者说这句话时的语气、语音、语调，请你模仿一下。
语法重点过去完成时形式：had done定义：表示过去某一时间或某一动作之前发生的事情、完成的动作或存在的状态，也就是说发生在过去的过去。
（教学说明：老师可以用时间轴说明问题【学生版不出现】）时间状语：already, yet, by the time that (在……之前)e.g. I couldn’t sleep last night because I had drunk four cups of coffee.过去的动作：couldn’t sleep过去的过去：had drunkE.X.1 请在下面的例句中找到“过去的动作”和“过去的过去”：The story of the Titanic was not new to me because I had seen the movie.过去的动作：was 过去的过去：had seenE.X.2 时态填空：1. By the time I came (come) home, my wife and children had had (have) dinner.2. I failed (fail) the test because I had been (be) absent for three weeks.3. When I got (get) to class, the teacher hadn’t collected (not collect) the homework yet.4. They realized (realize) that they had made (make) a big mistake.【Challenge yourself!】【Easy】Complete the sentences according to the given information in Chinese.1. These two boys kept talking loudly during the journey.2. On my way home yesterday, a man gave me a lift.【Medium】Rewrite these sentences without changing their original meanings. 3. The moment she got on the bus, she began to talk loudly with her friend.As soon as she got on the bus, she began to talk loudly with her friend.4. My sister can’t speak French, and I can’t either.Neither of us can speak French.【Hard】Use the given word to combine the sentences below.5. He got to the airport. The plane took off. (By the time)By the time he got to the airport, the plane had taken off.6. Jim’s father mended the car. It was broken. (after)Jim’s father mended the car after it had been broken.。