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英语翻译English is the most widely-used language in the history

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英语翻译
English is the most widely-used language in the history of our planet.One in every seven human beings can speak it.More than half of the world's books and three-quarters of international mail are in English.Of all languages,English has the largest vocabulary-perhaps as many as two million words-and one of the noblest bodies of literature.
Nevertheless,let's face it :English is a crazy language.There is no egg in eggplant,neither pine nor apple in pineapple and no ham in a hamburger.Sweetmeats are candy,while sweetbreads,which aren't sweet,are meat.
We take English for granted.But when we explore its paradoxes,we find that quicksand can work slowly,boxing rings are square,public bathrooms have no baths in them.
and why is it that a writer writes,but fingers don't fing,grocers don't groce,and hammers don't ham?If the plural of tooth is teeth,shouldn't the plural of booth be beeth?One goose,two geese-so one moose,two meese?
If the teacher taught,why isn't it true that the preacher praught?If a horsehair mat is made from the hair of horses and a camel-hair coat from the hair of camels,from what is a mohair coat made?If a vegetarian eats vegetables,what does a humanitarian eat?
in that other language do people drive on a parkway and park in a driveway?ship by truck and send cargo by ship?Have noses that run and feet that smell?
英语是地球上有史以来使用最为广泛的语言,平均每七个人中就有一个人会说英语,世界上一多半的书籍和四分之三的国际邮件都是英语的.英语所有语言中词汇量最大的,共二百万个,同时是文学领域中高度使用的语言.
不过,我们还是要正视它:英语是一门疯狂的语言.茄子里并不长鸡蛋(虽然茄子这个词含有有鸡蛋这个词),苹果派里没有松树(虽然苹果派这个词包含松树这个词),汉堡包里也没有火腿(虽然汉堡包这个词中有火腿这个词),同时sweetbread也不是糖,而是肉.
我们认为英语本就如此,然而我们探寻一下它的自相矛盾之处,就不难发现”流沙“其实运动得很慢,“拳击场地”其实是正方形的,还有浴室里根本没有“澡盆”.
为什么作家写字,而手指不“fing”?杂货店不“groce”?牙齿的复数为“teeth”,那么电话亭的复数为什么不是“beeth”?
要是老师教课的话,那么牧师为什么不“praught”?如果马鬃垫子是用马毛制成,驼毛衣服使用骆驼的毛制成的话,那么羊毛衣服使用什么制成的呢?
如果一个素食者吃素菜的话,那么人道主义者吃什么?
在其他语言里面人们也说在公园车道上驾驶和把车停在车道上吗?用卡车运船还是用船运卡车?会跑的鼻子和有味道的脚?