First listen and then answer the question. 聽錄音，然後回答以下問題。

Did the young man speak English?

Text 課文

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. 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!

New words and expressions 生詞和短語

參考譯文

去年我有過一次有趣的經歷。在離開法國南部的一個小村莊後，我繼續駛往下一個城鎮。途中，一個青年人向我招手。我把車停下，他向我提出要求搭車。他一上車，我就用法語向他問早上好，他也同樣用法語回答我。除瞭個別幾個單詞外，我根本不會法語。旅途中我們誰也沒講話。就要到達那個鎮時，那青年突然開瞭口，慢慢地說道：“你會講英語嗎？”

我很快瞭解到，他自己就是個英國人！

Notes 筆記

Text notes 課文筆記

1. After I had left a small village in the south of France, I drove on to the next town. 在離開法國南部的一個小村莊後，我繼續駛往下一個城鎮。
1. in the south of 在法國南部。常見表示地點范圍的介詞有：in 表示大范圍的某個地方（包含關系）；to 表示兩個地方相離（不接壤）；on 表示緊緊相鄰的兩個地方（接壤）。e.g. Beijing is in south of China. Japan is to the east of China. Russia is on the north of China.
2. 副詞 on 緊跟在動詞後面表示“向前，繼續”的意思。e.g. He talked on until everybody had gone. How much longer will this weather go on?
2. I stopped and he asked me for a lift. 我把車停下，他向我提出要求搭車。
1. ask sb. for a lift 向某人要求搭便車去某地，相當於 thumb a lift to somewhere 或 hitchhike to somewhere。
3. Apart from a few words, I do not know any French at all. 除瞭個別幾個單詞外，我根本不會法語。
1. apart from 除瞭……之外。近義詞辨析 apart from, except, except for, except that, but, other than, besides, in addition to：
1. except 和 except for 的賓語都不包括在論及的事務內。但 except 所除外的事物與非除外的事物屬於同一類，而 except for 除外的事物和非除外的事物不屬於同一類。出現在句首時用 except for。e.g. You can all go except Tom. Except for Tom, you can all go. I feel all right except for a slight headache.
2. except that + 從句，表示“隻是……”，“隻不過……”。e.g. I would like to go with you except that it is too far.
3. but，other than 與 except 含義相同，表示除去一部分，後面一般接名詞、代詞和不定式。but 常用於all，no，nobody，who等詞之後，但不能用於句首。e.g. I had nothing left but ten dollars. He had no choice but/other than to wait.
4. besides = in addition to 表示“除……之外，還有……”，可放句首。e.g. Besides/In addtion to John, all of us passed the exam. He can play football besides/in addtion to tennis.
5. apart from 具有多種含義，既可表示except，也可表示except for，還可以表示besides，用法廣泛。e.g. Apart from his face and hands, he broke both legs. Apart from a bit too long, the play was very good.
4. Neither of us spoke during the journey. 旅途中我們誰也沒講話。
1. neither of 兩個都不做某事（完全否定），謂語動詞用單數。
2. either of 兩個中任意一個做某事，謂語動詞用單數。
3. both of 兩個都做某事，謂語動詞用復數。
4. which of 兩個或更多選擇中偏愛哪一個，謂語動詞用單數。e.g. Either of you answers the question. Both of the films are interesting.

Grammer notes 語法筆記

1. 過去完成時。結構：had + done（past participle過去分詞）。用法如下：
1. 表示過去某時或某動作發生之前已經完成的動作或狀態，常與after，before，when，as，as soon as，no…until，by等引導的時間狀語連用。e.g. As soon as the sun had set, the old man returned to the hotel. When he had finished the lunch, he asked a glass of water.
2. 沒有時間狀語時，時間先後關系由上下文確定。e.g. I didn't know he had moved out. They returned earlier than we had expected.
3. 用於特殊句型。
1. 在“It was the first time…”後面。e.g. It was the first time he had gone abroad. It was the first time Tom had broken a world record.
2. 在“no sooner…than…，hardly/scarcely…when…”結構中。e.g. He had no sooner returned than he bought a house. We had hardly begun when we were told to stop.
2. 反身代詞。
1. 反身代詞的形式。反身代詞有myself，yourself，himself，herself，itself，ourselves，yourselves，themselves。
2. 反身代詞做賓語。一般來說，動詞所表示的行為施加到自己身上時，也就是主語和賓語是同一人時，我們用反身代詞做自己的賓語。e.g. Take good care of yourself.
3. 反身代詞其強調作用。反身代詞可強調主語和賓語，因此self要重讀。
1. 強調主語。反身代詞強調句子主語時，此時反身代詞位於主語之後。e.g. Stress itself is not an illness, but prolonged stress can lead to sickness and abscence from work. 壓力本身並不是疾病，但長期的壓力會導致疾病，從而影響工作。
2. 強調賓語。強調賓語的反身代詞隻能跟在賓語後面。e.g. He saw Tom himself. 他看到湯姆本人瞭。
4. 介詞+反身代詞
1. by oneself獨自一人。e.g. I went there by myself.
2. of oneself自動地，自然而然地。e.g. The door opened of itself.