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English is a crazy language. 英语里有许多非常好玩的单词。它们的词意和表明上看起来的完全没有关系。都有哪些个怪词，让我们赶快来瞧一瞧。 There is no egg in eggplant (1)nor ham in hamburger(2); neither apple nor pine in pineapple(3)。 鸡蛋和茄子没什么血缘关系;苹果和凤梨的长相差距很大。 English muffins(4) weren't invented in England or French fries(5) in France。 英式松饼的家乡不是英国;炸土豆条的发源地也不是法国。 Sweetmeats(6) are candies while sweetbreads(7)， which aren't sweet, are meat。 蜜饯(sweetmeats)不是肉，是甜的;杂碎(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。 流沙其实流得很慢;拳击台是方形的;实验用的小豚鼠的老家不是几内亚，长相和猪属于两种型。 If a vegetarian(11) eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian(12) eat? 素食主义者吃蔬菜，人道主义者吃人(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，可后面跟着chance就都变成“机会渺茫了;聪明人(wise man)改一个词，就沦落为自作聪明的人(wise guy)。 | 
