Q.2 This spelling system とは具体的にどのようなことですか。
Mike: I don't know. Let's ask Mr. Smith.
elgm
(Emi is studying for an English vocabulary test.)
Emi: Late, date, but wait. Peach, teach, but speech. This
spelling system is crazy!
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英語のつづりが覚えにくいのはなぜなのでしょうか。
Vocabulary
voukdébjplen
peach[pit|)
crazy (krétva)
struggle (stin
Mike: I know. We Americans struggle with it, too. We even
have a joke about it. What do you think this is?
5
ghoti
gee [dzi:]
Emi: G..h o t i Gee, I have no idea.
Mike: It's fish.
Emi: No kidding! How so?
Mike: The g-h in enough is f, the o in women is i, and
the t-i in nation is sh. So g-h-o-t-i can spell fish.
Emi: Amazing! Your spelling system is very confusing!
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nation [néijan)
Mike: It is. In fact, it is so confusing that there are
confusing
[kantjú:zig)
many Americans who cant read English well. But
nothing effective has been done about the current
SG
system.
effective@
[iféktiv]
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Emi: Why not?
current@
[ká:rant
4 struggle with ~ ~に四苦八苦する
6gee (驚きなどを表して)
もくわからない