一就是万(one), 二却不是两万；十一是一来闻(eleven) 十二却不是二来问。哈哈，这是笑话，不过你自己看看下面的例子。

茄子里面没有任何蛋 There is no egg in eggplant
汉堡里也没什么火腿 Nor ham in hamburger
菠萝即不是苹果也不长在松树上 Neither apple nor pine in pineapple.

英国马粪并不是英国发明的 English muffins weren't invented in England，
炸薯豆条也不是法国开发的 nor French fries in France.

甜肉是糖果Sweetmeats are candies
甜面包却是肉，也不甜 sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.

快沙子可能很慢 quicksand can work slowly,
拳击圈实际上是方的 boxing rings are square
几内亚猪即不是几内亚的，也不是猪 a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

既然写手能写 writers write
为什么指头不指，贩子不贩，锤子不不锤？ fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham?

要是tooth 的复数是teeth, 那为什么booth 不是 beeth?
一只鹅叫goose, 多了就叫geese. 可一只麋鹿是 moose, 两只以上就不是 meese.
可是，一个指数叫index, 两个指数就是 indices.

你可以补好多补丁，you can make amends
但却不能就补一个but not one amend.

你可以有千头万绪，you have a bunch of odds and ends
但不能只剩一个 if only one of them left, what do you call it.

如果teachers taught,
为什么 preachers 不 praught?

如果素食者吃素，If a vegetarian eats vegetables,
那慈善家吃什么 what does a humanitarian eat?

演戏的时候想词recite at a play
排练的时候演戏 and play at a recital.

船运用卡车，Ship by truck
真要运货了就用船 and send cargo by ship.

鼻子能跑，Have noses that run
脚却能闻 and feet that smell.

机会不管是瘦还是肥都是一个意思，a slim chance and a fat chance can be the same, 人精明起来却炯然不同 a wise man and a wise guy are opposites.

房子着火了要烧上去才烧下来 Your house can burn up as it burns down,
填表时只有填出来才能填进去 you fill in a form by filling it out
警报响了就是不响了an alarm goes off by going on.

如果光亮没了，就看不见了when the lights are out, they are invisible,
但星星没了，才能被看见 but stars are out, they are visible.

Driveway 是用来停车的 park on a driveway，

parkway 是用来跑车的 drive on a parkway。
Freeway 并不是因为免费，highway也不是车速高或者高于地面


其他原因鸟语不好学 REASONS WHY THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IS HARD TO LEARN

1) The bandage was wound around the wound.
2) The farm was used to produce produce.
3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4) We must polish the Polish furniture.
5) He could lead if he would get the lead out of his pants.
6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
10) I did not object to the object.
11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
13) They were too close to the door to close it.
14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
18) After a number of injections my jaw got number.
19) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
20) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
21) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
22) Be patient with your patients, doctor.