Do the English speak English?  §

• The English often talk about the weather.§
• Do the Chinese speak Chinese?
• The Japanese speak Japanese.^{(废话文学)😂}

English 还可以作形容词，表示“英格兰的，英国的，英国人的”等。与 English 相似的单词有French，Chinese，Japanese 等。

I arrived in London at last.

home / there 都是副词， 副词跟动词连用的时候不需要加介词， arrive 也一样^{get/arrive home 到家； get/arrive there 到那}

arrive ^{vi. 到达}

• arrive at ^{小地点(强调整体)}
• arrive in ^{大地点(在xx里面)}
• When will you arrive?

The railway station was big, black and dark. ^{并列的表达方式可以用逗号隔开","} 

black and dark ^{又黑又暗 最后两个用and 连接black 颜色(建筑物)}

• long and thick ^又长又粗
• good and fast ^又好又快
• clean and fresh ^干干净净

I did not know the way to my hotel, so I asked a porter.

know sth. well ^{对…很熟悉}

• I know the boy well.
• I know the way.
• She does not know London very well, and she lost her way.

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

not only ... but ... as well ^{不但...而且也...}

not only 喜欢放在动词的前面，一般遇到实义动词和非实义动词的时候, 习惯放在两者之间。

• I can not only speak Chinese but English as well.^{(更习惯的说法)}
• I not only like my mother but my father as well. ^{我不仅喜欢我的妈妈，也喜欢我的爸爸。}

as well ^{本身的含义是“也、又、还”}

• If you go home tomorrow, I’ll go as well.
• He lent me his pen, and his dictionary as well.

The porter, however, could not understand me.

however ^{adv.然而，可是，不过}

• Last year, however, it came into use.
• The most surprising thing about it, however, is that it can land anywhere: on snow, water, or even on a ploughed field.
• A short while ago, however, he became a bus driver and he has not regretted it.
• The snake, however, continued to 'dance' slowly.
• This morning, however, a fireman accidentally discovered the cause.

He answered me, but he spoke neither slowly nor clearly. ^{(省略相同 neither spoke slowly nor spoke clearly.)}

neither…nor… ^{既不…，也不…}

• Neither the boss nor his secretary is flying to New York.^{老板和他的秘书都不飞往纽约。}
• She seemed neither surprised nor worried. ^{她似乎既不惊讶也不担心。}

My teacher never spoke English like that!

like ^{这里是介词 表示“像，像…一样”}

• There’s no one like you. ^{没有人像你一样。}
• He speaks like a foreigner.
• Someone like you ^{(阿黛尔)《似曾相识》;像你一样的人}

To learn English well is to study hard. ^{要学好英语就要努力学习。}

• To learn English well is study hard. ^{(口语中没 to)}