English is a crazy
language.英語裡有許多非常好玩的單詞。它們的詞意和表明上看起來的完全沒有關系。都有哪些個怪詞，讓我們趕快來瞧一瞧。
There is no egg in eggplant (1)nor ham in hamburger(2); neither apple nor pine in pineapple(3).
雞蛋和茄子沒什麼血緣關系；苹果和鳳梨的長相差距很大。
English muffins(4) weren't invented in England or French fries(5) in France.
英式松餅的家鄉不是英國；炸土豆條的發源地也不是法國。
Sweetmeats(6) are candies while sweetbreads(7), which aren't sweet, are meat.
蜜餞(sweetmeats)不是肉，是甜的；雜碎(sweetbreads)是肉，不是甜的。
We find that quicksand(8) can work slowly, boxing rings(9) are square and a guinea pig(10) is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
流沙其實流得很慢；拳擊臺是方形的；實驗用的小豚鼠的老家不是幾內亞，長相和豬屬於兩種型。
If a vegetarian(11) eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian(12) eat?
素食主義者吃蔬菜，人道主義者吃人(human)？
How can a slim chance(13) and a fat chance(14) be the same, while a wise man(15) and wise guy(16) are opposites?
胖瘦截然相反，可後面跟著chance就都變成『機會渺茫』了；聰明人(wise man)改一個詞，就淪落為自作聰明的人(wise
guy)。
How can overlook(17) and oversee(18) be opposites, while quite a lot(19) and quite a few(20) are alike?
Look和see是近義詞，但oversee監視，overlook意思怎麼就是忽視呢；A lot和a
few是反義詞，但與quite連用，怎麼都表示很多的意思呢！
When the stars are out(21), they are visible, but when the lights are out(22), they are invisible.
星星出來了，我們能看到它們；燈滅了，我們就什麼也看不見了。
When you wind up your watch(23), you start it, but when you wind up an essay(24), you end it?
給表上發條，表就開始走了；wind up一篇文章，哈哈，文章到此結束啦。
