[學東西] 學語言就是得不要臉

Jack in the world
Nov 8 · 4 min read

在【基度山恩仇記】裡面,長老神父教導主角艾德蒙,也就是後來的基度山伯爵,他說要學習語言,只需要記得1000個字彙就可以讓人聽懂意思了.(1000個字彙很多,好嗎?!)
這令我想起在補習托福的時候,講師舉了一個例子,說如果你忘記sit這個英文字,但是要請人坐下的時候,可以說「Please put your ass on the chair.」

也就是說,可以依靠排列組合你已經知道的字彙,去表達一個你不知道的字彙.
反正只要意思能讓人聽懂,那就可以了.

有個人去美國旅遊,他只會講很簡單的英文.突然之間,在他面前發生了一樁車禍,於是他去打公共電話報警.
他說:
「One car come, one car go, two car 碰碰.
One man in car 唉呦唉呦.
One man out car sit…

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Jack in the world

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Where in the world is Jack? 在這個世界上, 我們都在找尋自己的所在. 寫程式是我的嗜好和工作, 好好地生活在這個世界是我的日常, 學習新知識是我的快樂.

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