English language

billzhao

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

8 q; L7 l1 @' HLet's face it
English is a stupid language.
There is no egg in the eggplant
No ham in the hamburger
And neither pine nor apple in the pineapple.
- |& K( L7 v8 k1 p: X9 fEnglish muffins were not invented in England
French fries were not invented in France.

We sometimes take English for granted
But if we examine its paradoxes we find that
. f, J. p2 H3 [. ]" eQuicksand takes you down slowly
Boxing rings are square
6 @4 ^, m" s0 s4 x: dAnd a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
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$ C3 Z/ x6 `. j5 }  \If writers write, how come fingers don't fing.
If the plural of tooth is teeth
! o6 ^( S; d# bShouldn't the plural of phone booth be phone beeth
$ i0 t0 i) k# f4 O3 U$ lIf the teacher taught,
0 b3 d* h" B( q3 E: bWhy 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?
Park on driveways and
) U- z: j1 Y1 r- W+ N: v4 JDrive on parkways
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5 g7 ?  `4 v0 p4 @. J9 \You have to marvel at the unique lunacy
Of a language where a house can burn up as
; O# F+ a- _* p" j5 EIt burns down
And in which you fill in a form
/ Q7 Z) _1 b+ N1 aBy filling it out
5 U, Z, d- K& x( I8 l3 ]& TAnd a bell is only heard once it goes!

English 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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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
$ m3 ]4 n5 K0 I5 mBut when I wind up this observation,
! p( ^, y2 I* e* V: O) aIt 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.
# v0 S, L( W/ ?: b/ T. |+ Y$ T2)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.
) _, h4 W& X1 k' x% r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
$ W2 ~0 o+ I* Z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 ...

谦虚使人进步。不看完怎么知道文章的精髓呢？
3 }* A, Y( i9 O) P# A6 S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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