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2020年6月大学英语四级听力美文第21篇:English as a Crazy Language

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　　2020年6月大学英语四级听力美文100篇

　　英语四级听力美文第21篇:English as a Crazy Language

　　Let’s face it — English is a crazy language.There is neither egg in eggplant nor ham inhamburger;neither apple nor pine in pineapple.English muffins weren’t invented in England orFrench 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 workslowly,boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.If theplural of tooth is teeth,why isn’t the plural of booth beeth?One goose, two geese.So one moose, two meese?Doesn’t it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend,that youcomb through annals of history but not a single annal?If you have a bunch of odds and endsand get rid of all but one of them,what do you call it? Sometimes I think all the Englishspeakers should be committed to an asylumfor the verbally insane. In what language dopeople recite at a play and play at a recital?Ship by truck and send cargo by ship?Have nosesthat run and feet that smell?Park on driveways and drive on parkways? How can a slim chanceand a fat chance be the same,while a wise man and wise guy are opposite?How can the weatherbe hot as hell one day and cold as hell another?English was invented by people, notcomputers,and it reflects the creativity of the human race.That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible,but when the lights are out, they are invisible.And why, when I wind up mywatch, I start it, but when I wind up this essay, I end it.

　　2020年6月大学英语四级听力美文100篇

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