背誦為王第四冊第16課
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學習英語
我們原以為我們是會英語的，在西伯利亞的時候，我們曾經把一整本書從英語翻譯成了俄語。我是在監(jiān)獄的時候通過自學教程學習英語的，但是從沒有聽到過有人講一個活生生的英語單詞。幾年之后，我們來到了倫敦，卻發(fā)現(xiàn)自己一個單詞也聽不懂，也沒有人能聽懂我們說的英語。開始的時候這非常滑稽。雖然我丈夫拿這個開玩笑，但他也很快開始認認真真地學起了這門語言。
我們開始去參加各種各樣的會議。我們站在前排，仔細地觀察講話者的口型。我們經常去海德公園，那里演講者會對著路過的人群就不同的主題高談闊論。我們特別喜歡聽其中一位演講者。他說話帶有愛爾蘭口音，對我們來講更容易聽懂。離他不遠，一位救世軍軍官在歇斯底里地呼喚著萬能的主。再遠一點，一位店員在滔滔不絕地講著在大商店里做店員的奴役般的工作……。
通過聽這些活生生的英語，我們學到了很多。后來，我丈夫通過做廣告找到了兩位希望交換學習的英國人，并開始勤奮地和他們一塊兒學習。他把英語這門語言學得非常好。
Lesson16 Learning English
We thought we knew the English language, having even translated a whole book from English into Russian, when we were in Siberia. I learnt English in prison from a self-instructor, but had never heard a single live English word spoken. Several years later when we arrived in London we found we could not understand a single word, and nobody understood us. At first this was very comical, but although my husband joked about it, he soon got down to the business of learning the language.
We started going to all kinds of meetings. We stood in the front row and carefully studied the orator's mouth. We went fairly often to Hyde Park, where speakers harangued the passing crowds on diverse themes. We were particularly keen on listening to one speaker of this kind. He spoke with an Irish accent, which was easier for us to understand. Nearby a Salvation Army officer uttered hysterical shouts in appeal to God Almighty, while a little further on a shop-assistant was holding forth on the hours of servitude of assistants in the big stores...
We learnt a great deal by listening to spoken English. Afterwards, by means of an advertisement, my husband found two Englishmen desirous of exchanging lessons, and began studying assiduously with them. He got to know the language fairly well.
Siberia 西伯利亞
orator 演講者
harangue 對...高談闊論
hold forth 滔滔不絕地表達，訴說
servitude 苦役, 苦役
desirous 渴望的
assiduously 勤勉地, 懇切地
We thought we knew the English language, having even translated a whole book from English into Russian, when we were in Siberia. I learnt English in prison from a self-instructor, but had never heard a single live English word spoken. Several years later when we arrived in London we found we could not understand a single word, and nobody understood us. At first this was very comical, but although my husband joked about it, he soon got down to the business of learning the language.
We started going to all kinds of meetings. We stood in the front row and carefully studied the orator's mouth. We went fairly often to Hyde Park, where speakers harangued the passing crowds on diverse themes. We were particularly keen on listening to one speaker of this kind. He spoke with an Irish accent, which was easier for us to understand. Nearby a Salvation Army officer uttered hysterical shouts in appeal to God Almighty, while a little further on a shop-assistant was holding forth on the hours of servitude of assistants in the big stores...
We learnt a great deal by listening to spoken English. Afterwards, by means of an advertisement, my husband found two Englishmen desirous of exchanging lessons, and began studying assiduously with them. He got to know the language fairly well.
Siberia 西伯利亞
orator 演講者
harangue 對...高談闊論
hold forth 滔滔不絕地表達，訴說
servitude 苦役, 苦役
desirous 渴望的
assiduously 勤勉地, 懇切地
