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早点
Earlier
安妮：“你们中国人的确是一个勤奋的民族。”
秘书：“怎见得？”
安妮：“每当我早晨经过街道，常常可以看到路旁的招牌写着‘早点’两个大字，提醒过路上班的人，不要迟到。”
Anne: Your Chinese people are really diligent.
Secretary: For what?
Anne: When I went through the street in the morning, I always saw “earlier”on the signboards of the wayside, reminding working people passing by of-Don’t be late!
After reading this short dialogue, you may be confused, you may ask:is it humorous? Chinese is profound indeed,especially Chinese characters.Characters“早点”has two meanings,the one is the breakfast,the other one is earlier,and the meaning here is the breakfast.Hence,a humor is made. The story teaches us a lesson that when we learn Chinese,we should be careful to different meaning of a character or a word,even a sentence. |
