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The English language is different from any other language. Yet English words do not 1 the same. As time goes by,it is always 2 The world is changing,too. People need new words 3 new inventions and new ideas. Different words come into use or old words are used in a new way.
English can change by 4 words from other languages. The word “ tomato ” was borrowed from Mexico,the word “ coffee ” from Turkey, “ tea ” from 5 ,and so on. Now new space and science words are being borrowed from other countries,too. New words are also made by putting two words 6 . The words
“strawberry”,“ postman” and “blackboard” are made up of two words.
Sometimes new words are 7 forms of old words. The word “photo” was made from‘‘photograph ” by cutting off the 8 of the long word. The word “plane” was made by cutting off the 9 part of “ airplane ”,while “ smog ” was made by using only the first two letters of “smoke” and cutting off the front part of “frog”. And products can become new words. Our “sandwich” was named after a man 10 Sandwich,and “jelly (果冻)”was a name made up by the company that first made this product.
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