“Long time no see!” is a very interesting sentence．When I first read this sentence from an American friend's email, I laughed．I thought it was a typical 1 of Chinglish．
Obviously it is a word-by-word literal translation of the Chinese greeting with a 2 English grammar and structure! Later on, my friend told me that it is a standard American 3 ．
I was 4 thrilled to believe her．Her words could not convince me at all．So I did a 5 on Google．To my surprise, there are over 60 thousand web pages 6 “Long time no see”．This sentence has been 7 used in emails, letters, newspapers, 8 , or any other possible place．Though it is sort of informal, it is part of the language 9 Americans use daily．However, if you type this phrase in Microsoft Word, the 10 will tell you that the grammar needs to be corrected．
Nobody knows the origin of this Chinglish sentence．Some people believe that it came from Charlie Chan's movies．In 1910s, Hollywood moviemakers successfully created a world wide famous Chinese detective named “Charlie Chan” on wide screens．Detective Chan liked to teach Americans some Chinese wisdom by 11 Confucius(孔子)．“Long time no see” was his trademark．Soon “Long time no see” became a 12 phrase in America thanks to the popularity of these movies．
Some people 13 America to a huge melting pot(大熔炉)．All kinds of culture are mixed in the pot together, and they 14 the color and taste of each other．American Chinese, though a minority ethnic group in the United States, is also contributing some changes to be 15 in the mixed pot．
People often fall ill because of me． 1 , they can hardly blame me; it is largely their own 2 ．A tired person may get 3 , especially when he goes to crowded places with polluted air．A sudden change in 4 is another factor．In hot summer, people turn on the air-conditioner upon returning home．They will catch a cold easily．
My latest victim is an energetic student．After school, he played football hard for two hours．Though 5 ．He still went to the cinema．Then he got back home and took a cold shower immediately．
I seized this golden chance to 6 him．He reacted, trying to 7 me, but I was already 8 deep in his throat．He kept sneezing(打喷嚏)and his nose was running． 9 he put on some warm clothes, it didn't work, for there were too many of us．Besides, his sore throat kept 10 him, and he developed a cough to force me and my family out, but 11 ．
The next day he couldn't go to 12 ．He had lost his appetite and was not as 13 as before．His mother made him orange juice every few hours for more vitamin C, which would help his 14 ．
For two days he was 15 by his mother．As he rested more, his defense strengthened and I began lo feel the 16 ．I knew I had to 17 him before long．But I am not the one who gives up easily, and I made every effort to fight back． 18 , it was my turn to feel 19 now, for his defense system was starting an all-out attack against me．I became 20 and finally my time was over．
