Do you speak English?
原文
Did the young man speak English?
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!
译文
那个年轻人会说英语吗?
去年我有一段非常有趣的经历。
我继续开车驶向下一个城镇。
我继续开车前往下一个城镇。
路上,一个年轻人向我招手。
我停下车,他问我能否搭个便车。
他一上车,
我用法语向他道了早安,他也用法语回应了我。
除了几个单词之外,
我完全不会说法语。
在旅途中,我们俩都没有说话。
我快到镇上的时候,那个年轻人突然非常缓慢地说:
“你会说英语吗?”
很快我就发现,他本人就是英国人!