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Chapter 25 English palindrome Chinese palindrome

Dear Xiaowen: Some English is so interesting, have you noticed? eye (eyes) did (past tense of do) Eve (Eve) gag (not allowed to speak) pop (bang) bob (move up and down quickly) The first letter of these words is the same as the last letter. boob (fool) noon (noon) peep (peek) radar (radar) madam (lady, wife) The first letter of these words is the same as the last one, and the second letter is the same as the penultimate one.From the word madam, a sentence can also be conjured, which is also the same as the last letter: Madam, Im A dam. This sentence means: "Ma'am, I am Adam." Adam is Eve's husband, the first man, eating an apple (apple) was blocked by the apple core, so every man has a "throat core", It's called "Adam's apple".There is another sentence, which is also the same as the last letter.

Poor Dam is in a droop. (Poor Dam is in a droop.) There was an emperor in France named Napoleon, who was the best at fighting, but he was captured by Britain and other countries and exiled him to the island of Elba in the west of Italy, so there is the most wonderful sentence Describe him in English: Able was I ere I saw Elba. If you draw this sentence with a dotted line, you will know that reciting it forward is the same as reciting it backwards.This sentence means "I was fine until I saw Elba Island". Able was I is an inverted sentence of I was Able, which can emphasize the tone, ere is an ancient word for before (before), was is the past tense of am, and saw is the past tense of see.If you show the above sentences to your teacher or children, they will be surprised.

This kind of sentence that reads forward and backward is the same, is called "palindrome" in English.Chinese also has palindrome, but the pronunciation is different from English.There is a joke that the teacher gave three students who did not do well in the composition the composition. Among the three students, Those who write badly criticize "shit" (it's people who put up shit, even though the writing is bad, it's still written by people) Worse batch of "dog farts" (dogs sometimes fart) Worst batch of "Fart Dogs" ever written (a dog that always farts)

Dad specially created four sets of palindrome for you last night, read as: you love me or not love me don't love me I don't love, you love? don't love you, love me love you, love me? The following three sets of thoughts are the same: These four groups of palindrome have a common shortcoming, that is, they seem to be arguing with others all the time. Occasionally there are such palindromes on old-fashioned teapots, and the pronunciation is the same as above.It means the function of tea, but this palindrome is not very clever. I wrote too much, so I have to write to grandma next time.

I received your letter dated March 13 yesterday. This picture of you really looks like your mother.Grandma took good photos too. dad March 29, 1974 P.S. Napoleon kept putting his right hand into his clothes, probably there was a bug biting him inside. In the Qing Dynasty, there was a litterateur named Nalan Xingde (Manchurian, surname Nalan, first name Xingde). He had a phrase that reads "Flowers are falling and crows are crowing".
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