English language

billzhao

Have you ever wondered why foreigners have trouble with the English Language?

" \5 q% v+ Q* Z) ]' o+ |: RLet's face it
English is a stupid language.
There is no egg in the eggplant
No ham in the hamburger
$ b5 @; E8 V3 jAnd neither pine nor apple in the pineapple.
English muffins were not invented in England
French fries were not invented in France.
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We sometimes take English for granted
. r5 N& n9 a5 C. w; `3 YBut if we examine its paradoxes we find that
Quicksand takes you down slowly
* Y8 Z' D7 k6 P8 ^# N& i' `Boxing rings are square
2 ?. q/ o0 O% R$ R8 J5 w$ ]And a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

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,
( N9 t3 V; Z7 R  u& \Why didn't the preacher praught.
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If a vegetarian eats vegetables
What the heck does a humanitarian eat!?
Why do people recite at a play
Yet play at a recital?
8 S% r2 S9 K* ^& @2 c! Q  m, x  u4 \Park on driveways and
Drive on parkways

You have to marvel at the unique lunacy
Of a language where a house can burn up as
2 Q# D+ f: o0 _9 e; E4 X* r5 m7 ?It burns down
And in which you fill in a form
) ^% f* l3 p- F1 O) u' n6 qBy filling it out
# f- V! _. c( \& n6 _7 VAnd a bell is only heard once it goes!

) g% ~4 u0 X" |English was invented by people, not computers
And it reflects the creativity of the human race
; ?" m4 R8 }3 q7 \(Which of course isn't a race at all)

That is why
  p( L' m' D1 ]! r2 wWhen the stars are out they are visible
But when the lights are out they are invisible
" I# W8 L, K% @2 J+ D: y6 a' k+ ~And why it is that when I wind up my watch
1 m; N+ b% A7 sIt starts
But when I wind up this observation,
- M3 `/ h# F: K  }+ GIt ends.

YZSUNNY

suvescape

我看了几行,就看不下去了.
$ e8 L* s* X5 T/ v, L6 Y; A  ^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,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.
3 K' d6 e6 \6 T/ c/ b: D+ ]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
2 N) ]7 S: }( |; w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 ...

. b/ U* h+ C; k7 s8 T: f谦虚使人进步。不看完怎么知道文章的精髓呢？
0 p( ~$ g+ t- S" S3 n! C7 s$ p: r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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