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发帖数: 323 | 1 From Advanced Workshop in Writing for Science and
Engineering; English as a Second Lagguage --J.Dunphy, Fall
2000, MIT.
Author unknown.
Let's face it -- English is a crazy language. There is no
egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine
in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England or
French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies while
sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.
We take English for granted. But if we explore its
paradoxes, we find that quicksand can |
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