Words
railway
railway station
train station
foreigner
foreign
porter
wonder
feel surprised
want to know
several
several times
Content
Do the English speak English?
I arrived in London at last. the railway station was big, black and dark.
I did not know the way to my hotel, so I asked a porter.
I not only speak English very carefully but very clearly as well.
The porter, however, could not understand me.
I repeated my question several times and at last he understood.
He answered me, but he spoke neither slowly nor clearly.
'I am a foreigner,' I said. Then he spoke slowly, but I could not understand him.
My teacher never spoke English like that.
The porter and I looked at each other and smiled.
Then he said something and I understood it.
'You'll soon learn English' he said.
I wonder.
In England, each person speaks a different language.
The English understand each other, but I don't understand them.
Do they speak English?