英语幽默 | 你几年前是在部队吧 Were you in the army a few years ago
The barber began. He cut and cut for a long time and then he said to Len, “Were you in the army a few years ago?”
理发师剪了起来。他不停地剪了好长时间，然后他对莱恩说：“你几年前是在部队吧？”
英语词源 | frankfurter 热狗肠，盛产香肠的德国法兰克福市
在英语中这种法兰克福小香肠叫做 frankfurter ，来自法兰克福的名字 Frankfurt 。
英语短篇小说 | A Mysterious Visit 神秘的访问 马克·吐温
The first notice that was taken of me when I "settled down" recently was by a gentleman who said he was an assessor, and connected with the U. S. Internal Revenue Department.
与拉丁词根greg（gather 聚集）相关的英语词汇
gregarious
英 [ɡrɪˈɡeəriəs] 美 [ɡrɪˈɡeriəs]
交际的、合群的；（鸟兽）群居的
习近平主席2022年新年贺词（双语全文）
新年前夕，国家主席习近平通过中央广播电视总台和互联网，发表了二〇二二年新年贺词。全文如下：
区别辨析situate、lie与stand
这些动词均含“位于”之意。
英语幽默 | 琼斯上尉看见一位新女兵 Captain Jones saw a new girlsoldier
The girl was very surprised and said, “But,sir, I can’t sing at all.”
女孩很吃惊，说道：“可是，长官，我一点都不会唱。”
区别辨析sing与hum
这两个动词均含“唱”之意。
英语词源 | fiscal 财政的，古罗马人盛钱的小篮子
英语单词 fiscal 就是从拉丁语 fiscalis 演变而来的，原意是“皇家财库的”，随着社会政治制度的变迁，该词的意思也演变为“国家财政的”之意。
英语短篇小说 | The Stolen White Elephant 白象被盗记 马克·吐温
You know in what reverence the royal white elephant of Siam is held by the people of that country. You know it is sacred to kings, only kings may possess it, and that it is, indeed, in a measure even superior to kings, since it receives not merely honor but worship.
