Упр.3 Unit 1 ГДЗ Enjoy English 11 класс
3 Read the poem. Choose the phrase which best summarises its meaningThe poem is about:• the strange features of English• the beauty of English• learning foreign languagesNo egg in eggplantThere is is no egg in eggplant or ham in hamburger;Neither apple nor pine in pineapple.
Решение #
Приведем выдержку из задания из учебника Биболетова, Бабушис 11 класс, Дрофа:
3 Read the poem. Choose the phrase which best summarises its meaning
The poem is about:
• the strange features of English
• the beauty of English
• learning foreign languages
No egg in eggplant
There is is no egg in eggplant or ham in hamburger;
Neither apple nor pine in pineapple.
English muffins were not invented in England or French fries in France.
Sweetmeats are candies, while sweetbreads, which arentaskt sweet, are meat.
We take English for granted. But If we explore its paradoxes, find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
The plural of tooth is teeth,
Why isntaskt the plural of booth beeth?
One goose, 2 geese.
So, one moose, 2 meese?
One index, two indices?
Is cheese the plural of choose?
Ship by truck and send cargo by ship?
Have noses that run and feet that smell?
Park on driveways and drive on parkways?
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell another?
When a house burns up, it burns down.You fill in a form by filling it out, and an alarm clock goes off by going on. When the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible.