新概念英语美音版第二册:Lesson 25 Do the English speak English?

Lesson 25 Do the English speak English?
英国人讲的是英语吗？
First listen and then answer the question.
听录音，然后回答以下问题。
Why does the writer not understand the porter?
I arrived in London at last.
我终于到了伦敦。
The railway station was big, black and dark.
火车站很大，又黑又暗。
I did not know the way to my hotel, so I asked a porter.
我不知道去饭店的路该怎么走，于是向一个搬运工打听。
I not only spoke English very carefully, but very clearly as well.
我的英语讲得不但非常认真，而且咬字也非常清楚。
The porter, however, could not understand me.
然而搬运工却不明白我的话。
I repeated my question several times and at last he understood.
我把问话重复了很多遍。他终于听懂了。
he answered me, but he spoke neither slowly nor clearly.
他回答了，但他讲得既不慢也不清楚。
'I am a foreigner,' I said.
“我是个外国人，”我说。
Then he spoke slowly, but I could not understand him.
于是他说得慢了，可我还是听不懂。
My teacher never spoke English like that!
我的老师从来不那样讲英语！
The porter and I looked at each other and smiled.
我和搬运工相视一笑。
Then he said something and I understood it.
接着，他说了点什么，这回我听懂了。
'You'll soon learn English!' he said.
“ 您会很快学会英语的！”他说。
I wonder. In England, each person speaks a different language.
我感到奇怪。在英国，人们各自说着一种不同的语言。
The English understand each other, but I don't understand them!
英国人之间相互听得懂，可我却不懂他们的话！
Do they speak English?
他们说的是英语吗？