n houses while Frenchmen live in towers . Able was I ere I saw Elbe. 在我看到 Elbe 岛之前我是所向无敌的. Able was I before I saw Elbe. This is a sentence said by Napoleon when he was exiled to the Elbe Island, and it ’ s interesting because it ’ s the same sentence whether it ’ s read from left to right or right to left. example ? British English ~ 1601 ? American English ~ 1831 ? The European renaissance and the printing press brought many new words from Latin and Greek. ? Today we still borrow from Latin and Greek to name new inventions, like video, television and cyberspace. ? After the second World War, America ’ s international status had been raised quickly. ? The economic base determines the superstructure, so American English soon came up from behind.
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