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 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 173 1．English is a Crazy Language英语是一种疯狂的语言 1．Let’s face it——English is a crazy language. 让我们接受现实吧——英语是一种疯狂的语言。 There is no egg in eggplant nor pineapple．茄子(eggplant，字面意为鸡蛋植物)里并没有鸡蛋，汉堡包(’t invented in England nor French fries in France．松饼(English muffin，字面意为英式松饼)并不是英国人发明的，而炸薯条(French fries，字面意为法式油炸食品)也不是法国人的发明。 Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads，which aren’t sweet，are meat． “甜肉”(sweetmeat)指的是蜜饯，而“甜面包”(sweetbread)不是甜的，它指的是牛杂碎。 2．We take English for granted. 我们理所当然地接受了英语的一切。 But if we explore its paradoxes，we find that quicksand can work slowly，boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig．但是如果我们分析一下英语中似是而非的情况，我们马上就会发现“快的沙子”(quicksand，流沙，也指陷阱，困境)往往走得很慢，“拳击的圆圈”(boxing rings，拳击场)是方的，“几内亚猪”(guinea pig，天竺鼠)既不是来自几内亚，也不是猪。 And why is it that writers write but fingers don’t fing．grocers don’t groce and ’t ’t the plural of booth beeth ? 如果牙齿的复数是teeth，那为什么售货亭的复数不是beeth? If you ’t it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend, or that you can comb through the annals of ’t preachers praught? 如果教师教学是taught，那为什么传教士传教不是praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables，what does a eat?如果素食主义者(vegetarian)吃蔬菜(vegetables)，那人道主义者()吃什么? 5．Sometimes I think all the English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane．有时候我觉得根据英国人说话时疯狂的用词可以将他们送进精神病院。 In what other language do people recite at a play and play at a recital; ship by truck and send cargo by ship； and feet that smell；park on driveways and drive on parkways?哪一种语言人们可以在一出戏中朗诵，在朗诵中玩(分别指演戏和开独唱会)?用卡车运船，用船运货(分别指用卡车运输和用船运输)?鼻子可以跑而脚可以闻味道(分别指流鼻涕和脚有臭味)?车可以停在驾驶路上，而且在停车路上驾驶(driveway从字面上理解是驾驶路，parkway从字面上理解是停车路)。 6．How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same，while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites，and quite a lot and quite a few are alike? 为什么一个苗条的机会(slim chance，指没机会)和一个肥胖的机会(fat chance，也指没机会)意思是一样的，而一个聪明的人(wise man，聪明人)和一个聪明的家伙(wise guy，自作聪明的人)却意思相反?为什么相当多(quite a lot)和相当少(quite a few)意思一样?(实际上quite a lot和quite a few都是相当多的意思。) How can the