I had nearly reached the town, when the young man suddenly said, very slowly, Do you speak English?'
“你会讲英语吗？”
新概念英语第二册
Lesson 14 Do you speak English
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
adv. 几乎，差不多;险乎;
💡 near接近 + ly ...的 → ad.差不多；密切地
"After roaming around nearly half his life, he finally settled down in Canada."
他过了半辈子的流浪生活, 最后在加拿大定居了下来.
近义：about, approximately, insufficiently, around, loosely, nigh
adv. 意外地，忽然地;奄;勃;霍然;
💡 sudden突然的 + ly ...地 → adv.突然地
"Suddenly he found himself awake and fully alert."
突然他发觉自己醒了过来，而且高度警觉。
近义：impromptu, inadvertently, abruptly, offhand, overnight, sharply
反义：progressively, slowly, sparingly, stingily, inchmeal, consecutively
n. 城镇，市镇;小村庄;城镇居民;商业中心;
💡 去 城镇偷(tow-tou)牛(n)被捉
"The town is under heavy artillery fire."
该市镇处于密集的炮火之下。
近义：municipality, settlement, village, burg, locality, city
adj. 年幼的;有朝气的;年轻人的;青年的;
n. 年轻人;幼小的动物，崽;
💡 秧”（谐音）苗当然是 年轻的。有（U）勇(yong)的 年轻人
"His comments have alienated a lot of young voters."
他的言论使许多年轻选民离他而去。
近义：offspring, suckling, youngling, juvenile, unmarried, youthful
反义：antiquated, antique, indigenous, archaic, longstanding, native
adj. [律]上述的;少说为妙;（做）某事有/没有很多优点（或好处）：某事物有/没有多少可说的;说到底;
v. 说，讲( say的过去式和过去分词 );表明;念;说明;
"Afterwards she was sorry for what she'd said."
后来她后悔说了那些话。
近义：indicated, spoken, stated, this, aforementioned, aforesaid