English language

billzhao

Have you ever wondered why foreigners have trouble with the English Language?
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& b% `- J6 R) u$ HLet's face it
% P  c7 S$ v- Y8 m4 C* h+ HEnglish is a stupid language.
9 X3 G. c$ K& a$ N+ ?7 \There is no egg in the eggplant
7 z- i, F5 S& R: tNo ham in the hamburger
1 r' r5 v& ~* v! `2 T# @! kAnd neither pine nor apple in the pineapple.
* D8 o1 N4 u; D0 L5 uEnglish muffins were not invented in England
+ M4 }+ ^5 h3 ~6 C, U+ r5 ?: YFrench fries were not invented in France.
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; M* H; G) @# M# b: q% YWe sometimes take English for granted
2 B7 `! F. R  |9 h% ]But if we examine its paradoxes we find that
6 v+ E% b, X8 D2 v2 {8 b* aQuicksand takes you down slowly
Boxing rings are square
" l8 y6 X" u" `: X& I! {+ Y3 IAnd a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
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If writers write, how come fingers don't fing.
If the plural of tooth is teeth
Shouldn't the plural of phone booth be phone beeth
If the teacher taught,
3 Q! p" i3 r9 F3 `Why didn't the preacher praught.
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If a vegetarian eats vegetables
What the heck does a humanitarian eat!?
( s# n8 O' z5 k  J' MWhy do people recite at a play
. V, x7 [/ Z7 Y  MYet play at a recital?
Park on driveways and
Drive on parkways

You have to marvel at the unique lunacy
3 z! [5 V6 `' _' T: pOf a language where a house can burn up as
, Q* z! @) H- l5 g* x) AIt burns down
And in which you fill in a form
7 ^+ ~2 C5 E1 {+ P0 DBy filling it out
/ i5 |# {8 ~8 p  kAnd a bell is only heard once it goes!
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" i" a: Y" w# L1 G7 b6 IEnglish was invented by people, not computers
And it reflects the creativity of the human race
(Which of course isn't a race at all)
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" E1 t. u6 x/ K: [That is why
When the stars are out they are visible
But when the lights are out they are invisible
And why it is that when I wind up my watch
It starts
" J  |) p* @6 o) U% }* d9 F& @  K$ ?5 rBut when I wind up this observation,
It ends.

YZSUNNY

suvescape

我看了几行,就看不下去了.
1) 第一行, 为什么用Have? 不用现在时? 直接用现在时表达当前的意思! 用have,现在完成时,是典型的中国教学出来的思维.
- g6 P' q- i( i. [1 E2)还是第一行, 用... trouble in learning English. 你写出你的句子,就是LINK3水平.
3)第二句: Let's face it. 可笑,可笑. 当然意思可以看的懂,但是写出这话, LINK2水平.
4) 下一句: stupid 是太口语话了.如果要讽刺他,又带一些正式文章色彩,可以用not as ... as 来表达.
其他的,我就不看了.好象LZ最近在学习E文. 你贴写文章出来,我帮你修改修改.虽然我也不行,但是可以帮你一些.

suvescape

应该是西方语系中最好学的一门外语了.

没心没肺

billzhao

原帖由 suvescape 于 2008-11-17 21:08 发表
8 @+ m9 E2 P/ m/ t我看了几行,就看不下去了.
1) 第一行, 为什么用Have? 不用现在时? 直接用现在时表达当前的意思! 用have,现在完成时,是典型的中国教学出来的思维.
2)还是第一行, 用... trouble in learning English. 你写出你的句子 ...

6 o/ u3 ^# K  \" {- }4 N$ E谦虚使人进步。不看完怎么知道文章的精髓呢？
: P$ L1 d8 M" G% e实话讲，这个文章还真不是中国人写的。所以并不是只有中国人才犯语法错误

lington

能写出此文的人，一定是深得英文精髓。幽默，有趣。

小柔

我觉得这篇文章还是写的蛮好的。是楼主自己写的吗？如果是转帖应该注明出处吧。

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