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Do you ever wonder why the English have one word for some animals and a different one for their meat?Why do they use pig and pork,cow and beef,and sheep and mutton?To find out,we have to go back to 1066,when the Norman French invaded England and put a French king on the English throne(王位),which not only changed the government but also changed the language.French became the language of the upper classes of society.And it remained that way for 300 years.Only these high society people could afford to eat meat.As a result,French words like porc(pork) and beouf(beef) came into the English language.However,poor English farmers raised the animals.So the English language retained the words pig and cow from the native AngloSaxon.
The Norman French added about 10,000 French words to the English language.Seventyfive percent of them are still in use today.
Language experts estimate that English speakers who have never studied French already know 15,000 French words!Between onethird and twothirds of all English words have French origins.Some words such as possible and avenue are the same in French and English;only the pronunciations change.Other words such as ballet or a la carte(照菜单点菜) retain their French pronunciations in both languages.
In French grammar,nouns have either a male or female gender,so adjectives(形容词) take different forms for each.English has only one adjective that does this,and it came from French.The word blond describes someone with lightcolored hair.Blond is used for men,and blonde describes women.And they are also nouns.
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