Lesson 14   Do you speak English?

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!

去年我有过一次有趣的经历。在离开法国南部的一个小村庄后，我继续驶往下一个城镇。途中，一个青年人向我招手。我把车停下，他向我提出要求搭车。他一上车，我就用法语向他问早上好，他也同样用法语回答我。除了个别几个单词外，我根本不会法语。旅途中我们谁也没讲话。就要到达那个镇时，那青年突然开了口，慢慢地说道：“你会讲英语吗？”

我很快了解到，他自己就是个英国人！

Grammar

过去完成时的定义，提示词，结构和用法。

过去完成时表示过去某一时刻前已经发生的动作或存在的状态。时间是“过去的过去”, 过去完成时标志词有before/ after/ as soon as/ when/ by+过去的时间

Exercise

1. He __________ in the factory for three years before he joined the army.

A. has worked   B. works   C. had worked   D. will work

2. Every morning I try __________, but I’m still late sometimes.

A. not to late      B. to not be late

C. not to be late      D. to be not late

1. 解析：本题考查过去完成时，提示词是before he joined the army，故答案选C。

2. 解析：本题考查的是固定搭配try not to do sth.意为“试图不要做某事”，所以答案为C。