Name: 【TED-Ed】「真實」的真實故事 The true story of 'true' - Gina Cooke
Uploaded: 2014-02-05T12:06:40.000Z
Duration: 4 min 28 s

基礎被動語態

You see, just as we can look at a story's plot,

它也向我們展示 屬於我們自身的歷史意境

Compared to languages like Greek or Chinese

相比於其他語言，比如 那些可以上溯數千年的

English is just a sapling in the lexical forest.

英語只不過是 詞彙森林中的一株幼樹罷了

often start long before English itself took root.

通常在英語形成之前，就開始生根了

其中一個令人熟悉的詞彙是「True」

were associated with the uprightness of an oak,

是與橡樹挺拔的樣貌 聯繫在一塊兒的

and the fidelity of an orchard baring fruit

but trees are the oldest living organisms

Some that would have been called treow long ago

一些很久以前 本來叫做 treow 的生物

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