Lesson 25 Do the English speak English

I not only spoke English very carefully, but very clearly as well.

我的英語講得不但非常認真，而且咬字也非常清楚。

Lesson 25 Do the English speak English

The porter, however, could not understand me.

然而搬運工卻不明白我的話。

Lesson 25 Do the English speak English

I repeated my question several times and at last he understood.

我把問話重復了很多遍。他終于聽懂了。

Lesson 25 Do the English speak English

he answered me, but he spoke neither slowly nor clearly.

他回答了，但他講得既不慢也不清楚。

Lesson 25 Do the English speak English

'I am a foreigner,' I said.

“我是個外國人，”我說。

Lesson 25 Do the English speak English

Then he spoke slowly, but I could not understand him.

于是他說得慢了，可我還是聽不懂。

Lesson 25 Do the English speak English

My teacher never spoke English like that! The porter and I looked at each other and smiled.

我的老師從來不那樣講英語！我和搬運工相視一笑。

Lesson 25 Do the English speak English

Then he said something and I understood it.

接著，他說了點什么，這回我聽懂了。

Lesson 25 Do the English speak English

'You'll soon learn English!' he said.

“您會很快學會英語的！”他說。

Lesson 25 Do the English speak English

I wonder.In England, each person speaks a different language.

我感到奇怪。在英國，人們各自說著一種不同的語言。

Lesson 25 Do the English speak English

The English understand each other, but I don't understand them! Do they speak English?

英國人之間相互聽得懂，可我卻不懂他們的話！他們說的是英語嗎？

Lesson 26 The best art critics

I am an art student and I paint a lot of pictures.

我是個學藝術的學生，畫了很多畫。

Lesson 26 The best art critics

Many people pretend that they understand modern art.

有很多人裝成很懂現代藝術的樣子，

Lesson 26 The best art critics

They always tell you what a picture is 'about'.

總是告訴你一幅畫的“意思”是什么。

Lesson 26 The best art critics

Of course, many pictures are not 'about' anything.

當然，有很多畫是什么“意思”也沒有的。

Lesson 26 The best art critics

They are just pretty patterns.

它們就是些好看的圖案，

Lesson 26 The best art critics

We like them in the same way that we like pretty curtain material.

我們喜愛它們就像我們喜歡漂亮的窗簾布一樣。

Lesson 26 The best art critics

I think that young children often appreciate modern pictures better than anyone else.

我覺得小孩子們往往比任何人都更能欣賞現代繪畫，

Lesson 26 The best art critics

They notice more.

他們觀察到的東西更多。

Lesson 26 The best art critics

My sister is only seven, but she always tells me whether my pictures are good or not.

我的妹妹只有7歲，但她總能說出我的畫是好還是壞。

Lesson 26 The best art critics

She came into my room yesterday.

昨天她到我房里來了。

Lesson 26 The best art critics

'What are you doing?' she asked.

你在干什么？她問

Lesson 26 The best art critics

'I'm hanging this picture on the wall,' I answered.

我正將圖片掛到墻上去呢，我回答

Lesson 26 The best art critics

'It's a new one.

這是一副新畫嘛

Lesson 26 The best art critics

Do you like it?'

你喜歡它嗎？

Lesson 26 The best art critics

She looked at it critically for a moment.

她認真的看了好一會兒。

Lesson 26 The best art critics

'It's all right,' she said, 'but isn't it upside down?'

是不錯，她說到，但你不覺得有些混亂嗎？

Lesson 26 The best art critics

I looked at it again.

我又看了看那副畫。

Lesson 26 The best art critics

She was right! It was!

她說的對，畫確實如此。

Lesson 27 A wet night

Late in the afternoon, the boys put up their tent in the middle of a field.

傍晚時分，孩子們在田野中央搭起了帳篷。