based on p.34-36, ex.7 Complete the text with phrases from the box an American linguistand it is not from Guinealike the airtake the time to listenoften last longer than sixty minutesthe sameother languagepeople create languagesexcept on very cold days English Is a Crazy Language Have you got any problems with English? Does it sometimes seem too difficult or illogical? Richard Lederer,, writes many interesting things about his native language. Here are some of them. Let's face it — English is a crazy language, the most lunatic of all languages. In the crazy English language, blackboards can be green or blue, and blackberries are green, then red and black only in the end. There is no egg in eggplant, no grape in grapefruit, and no room in mushroom, neither pine nor apple in pineapple, and no ham in hamburger. In this English tongue a guinea pig is not a pig . Language is we breathe — we just use it. But when we to what we say, we find that hot dogs can be cold and we can do homework at school. Hours — especially rush hours —, and most bathrooms don't have any baths in them but have showers. Why is it that a king rules a kingdom but a queen doesn't rule a queendom? If the plural of tooth is teeth, shouldn't the plural of booth be beeth? If people make olive oil, what do they make baby oil from? If hard is the opposite of soft, why is hardly not opposite of softly? If harmless actions are the opposite of harmful actions, why are shameful behaviour and shameless behaviour ? Why are pricey objects less expensive than priceless ones? Why is it that when the Sun or the Moon or the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible? And in what can your nose run? To tell the truth, all languages are a little crazy. That's because , not computers. That's why six, seven, eight and nine change to sixty, seventy, eighty and ninety, but two, three, four and five do not become twonty, threety, fourty and fivety. That's why we wear a pair of pants but,, not a pair of shirts. That's why when I wind up my watch, I start it, but when I wind up a speech or an essay, I end it.

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basedonp.34-36, ex.7

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an American linguist
and it is not from Guinea
like the air
take the time to listen
often last longer than sixty minutes
the same
other language
people create languages
except on very cold days

EnglishIsaCrazyLanguage

HaveyougotanyproblemswithEnglish?Doesitsometimesseemtoodifficultorillogical?RichardLederer, [ ], writesmanyinterestingthingsabouthisnativelanguage.Herearesomeofthem.

Let'sfaceit — Englishisacrazylanguage, themostlunaticofalllanguages.InthecrazyEnglishlanguage, blackboardscanbegreenorblue, andblackberriesaregreen, thenredandblackonlyintheend.Thereisnoeggineggplant, nograpeingrapefruit, andnoroominmushroom, neitherpinenorappleinpineapple, andnohaminhamburger.

InthisEnglishtongueaguineapigisnotapig[ ].

Languageis[ ]webreathe — wejustuseit.Butwhenwe[ ]towhatwesay, wefindthathotdogscanbecoldandwecandohomeworkatschool.Hours — especiallyrushhours — [ ], andmostbathroomsdon'thaveanybathsinthembuthaveshowers.

Whyisitthatakingrulesakingdombutaqueendoesn'truleaqueendom?Ifthepluraloftoothisteeth, shouldn'tthepluralofboothbebeeth?

Ifpeoplemakeoliveoil, whatdotheymakebabyoilfrom?Ifhardistheoppositeofsoft, whyishardlynotoppositeofsoftly?Ifharmlessactionsaretheoppositeofharmfulactions, whyareshamefulbehaviourandshamelessbehaviour[ ]?Whyarepriceyobjectslessexpensivethanpricelessones?

WhyisitthatwhentheSunortheMoonorthestarsareout, theyarevisible, butwhenthelightsareout, theyareinvisible?Andinwhat[ ]canyournoserun?

Totellthetruth, alllanguagesarealittlecrazy.That'sbecause[ ], notcomputers.That'swhysix, seven, eightandninechangetosixty, seventy, eightyandninety, buttwo, three, fourandfivedonotbecometwonty, threety, fourtyandfivety.That'swhywewearapairofpantsbut, [ ], notapairofshirts.That'swhywhenIwindupmywatch, Istartit, butwhenIwindupaspeechoranessay, Iendit.

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