Misadventures① in English
Last week, our forum② asked if you had any funny③ or strange stories about using English.We didn't expect④ to get so many posts！[1]Here are some of our favourites, to remind⑤ us that some of the English we learn in the classroom is rather different from the English in the outside world!
[1]here位于句首引起的倒装句；that引导宾语从句。
Yancy
[2]People say that the British always play safe⑥ with what they eat.Not true! I went to a summer school in Manchester and my English teacher was called Maggie.One day, a different teacher took our class.He told us that Maggie couldn't teach that day COZ she had a frog in her throat⑦.Poor Maggie — but why did she try to eat such a big frog?
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[2]that引导宾语从句；what引导宾语从句。
Sophie
When I first visited New York, I went to a downtown shopping centre to buy some winter boots⑧.[3]At the information desk at the entrance, I asked a lady where the shoe section⑨ was.She said that it was on the first floor.So I went up to the first floor, but couldn't find any shoes.I decided to leave⑩.When I was looking for the exit, I saw that shoes were actually? sold downstairs on the ground floor, not the first floor.Why did she give me the wrong information? X(
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