English language

billzhao

Have you ever wondered why foreigners have trouble with the English Language?
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Let's face it
English is a stupid language.
4 D4 ^; ~8 Q/ U2 PThere is no egg in the eggplant
No ham in the hamburger
; ?% o. d7 e8 _; `& aAnd neither pine nor apple in the pineapple.
English muffins were not invented in England
& X4 s( L- B6 ?- l3 p4 ^- ^- g; oFrench fries were not invented in France.

( r& U3 u7 k/ a- `  g8 W% X+ _' P% u0 HWe sometimes take English for granted
( U& ^  W( p+ z" T6 nBut if we examine its paradoxes we find that
Quicksand takes you down slowly
Boxing rings are square
, R5 _; I/ h4 Z8 Q4 r8 {! A7 gAnd 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.
0 j  n5 p: U( g* Z* o( S7 V7 KIf the plural of tooth is teeth
Shouldn't the plural of phone booth be phone beeth
If the teacher taught,
Why didn't the preacher praught.

: `  n/ ]0 h  i( p+ t+ |/ L( JIf a vegetarian eats vegetables
7 X! E6 [4 p( C1 ^What the heck does a humanitarian eat!?
$ m% n; U" {% j; A' C8 a# zWhy do people recite at a play
Yet play at a recital?
Park on driveways and
Drive on parkways
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You have to marvel at the unique lunacy
Of a language where a house can burn up as
  ?6 I& t( i+ aIt burns down
And in which you fill in a form
By filling it out
  O; C; ^$ W* u* P6 G1 \4 sAnd 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)

That is why
When the stars are out they are visible
, P$ b; o  n1 V1 f+ W$ s% F  iBut when the lights are out they are invisible
' y+ o# t* [, P- h+ t0 A+ C( J/ {And why it is that when I wind up my watch
$ A* X( r; e9 b1 `8 aIt starts
$ A- I6 [7 S7 U% z. l3 gBut when I wind up this observation,
. P* C$ n* ?. n& }* U& |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.
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.
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
我看了几行,就看不下去了.
8 H: G! V9 J0 N2 _  Z; A! T1 ]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.
" y& d7 a. L3 h/ v2)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？
, q+ b4 ]7 z" l) n' G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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