I had nearly reached the town, when the young man suddenly said, very slowly, Do you speak English?'
“你會講英語嗎？”
新概念英語第二冊
Lesson 14 Do you speak English
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
adv. 幾乎，差不多;險乎;
?? near接近 + ly ...的 → ad.差不多；密切地
"After roaming around nearly half his life, he finally settled down in Canada."
他過了半輩子的流浪生活, 最后在加拿大定居了下來.
近義：about, approximately, insufficiently, around, loosely, nigh
adv. 意外地，忽然地;奄;勃;霍然;
?? sudden突然的 + ly ...地 → adv.突然地
"Suddenly he found himself awake and fully alert."
突然他發覺自己醒了過來，而且高度警覺。
近義：impromptu, inadvertently, abruptly, offhand, overnight, sharply
反義：progressively, slowly, sparingly, stingily, inchmeal, consecutively
n. 城鎮，市鎮;小村莊;城鎮居民;商業中心;
?? 去 城鎮偷(tow-tou)牛(n)被捉
"The town is under heavy artillery fire."
該市鎮處于密集的炮火之下。
近義：municipality, settlement, village, burg, locality, city
adj. 年幼的;有朝氣的;年輕人的;青年的;
n. 年輕人;幼小的動物，崽;
?? 秧”（諧音）苗當然是 年輕的。有（U）勇(yong)的 年輕人
"His comments have alienated a lot of young voters."
他的言論使許多年輕選民離他而去。
近義：offspring, suckling, youngling, juvenile, unmarried, youthful
反義：antiquated, antique, indigenous, archaic, longstanding, native
adj. [律]上述的;少說為妙;（做）某事有/沒有很多優點（或好處）：某事物有/沒有多少可說的;說到底;
v. 說，講( say的過去式和過去分詞 );表明;念;說明;
"Afterwards she was sorry for what she'd said."
后來她后悔說了那些話。
近義：indicated, spoken, stated, this, aforementioned, aforesaid