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Test answers of the USA-children

Автор Maighdean Mhara, августа 29, 2005, 21:33

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Maighdean Mhara

Wath's wrong? ;-)

"The following excerpts are actual answers given on history tests and in Sunday school quizzes by children between fifth and 6th grade ages. They were collected over a period of three years by two teachers.

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Ancient Egypt was old. It was inhabited by gypsies and mummies who all wrote in hydraulics. They lived in the Sarah Dessert. The climate of the Sarah is such that all the inhabitants have to live elsewhere.
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Moses led the Hebrew slaves to the Red Sea where they made unleavened bread, which is bread made without any ingredients. Moses went up on Mount Cyanide to get the ten commandos. He died before he ever reached Canada but the commandos made it.
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Solomon had three hundred wives and seven hundred porcupines. He was a actual hysterical figure as well as being in the bible. It sounds like he was sort of busy too.
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The Greeks were a highly sculptured people, and without them we wouldn't have history. The Greeks also had myths. A myth is a young female moth.
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Socrates was a famous old Greek teacher who went around giving people advice. They killed him. He later died from an overdose of wedlock which is apparently poisonous. After his death, his career suffered a dramatic decline.
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In the first Olympic games, Greeks ran races, jumped, hurled biscuits, and threw the java. The games were messier then than they show on tv now.
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Julius Caesar extinguished himself on the battlefields of Gaul. The Ides of March murdered him because they thought he was going to be made king. Dying, he gasped out: "Same to you, Brutus."
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Joan of Arc was burnt to a steak and was canonized by Bernard Shaw for reasons I don't really understand. The English and French still have problems.
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Queen Elizabeth was the "Virgin Queen," As a queen she was a success. When she exposed herself before her troops they all shouted "hurrah!" and that was the end of the fighting for a long while.
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It was an age of great inventions and discoveries. Gutenberg invented removable type and the Bible. Another important invention was the circulation of blood.
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Sir Walter Raleigh is a historical figure because he invented cigarettes and started smoking.
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Sir Francis Drake circumcised the world with a 100 foot clipper which was very dangerous to all his men.
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The greatest writer of the Renaissance was William Shakespeare. He was born in the year 1564, supposedly on his birthday. He never made much money and is famous only because of his plays. He wrote tragedies, comedies, and hysterectomies, all in Islamic pentameter.
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Romeo and Juliet are an example of a heroic couple. They lived in Italy. Romeo's last wish was to be laid by Juliet but her father was having none of that that I'm sure. You know how Italian fathers are.
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Writing at the same time as Shakespeare was Miguel Cervantes. He wrote Donkey Hote. The next great author was John Milton. Milton wrote Paradise Lost. Since then no one ever found it.
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Delegates from the original 13 states formed the Contented Congress. Thomas Jefferson, a Virgin, and Benjamin Franklin were two singers of the Declaration of Independence. Franklin discovered electricity by rubbing two cats backward and also declared, "A horse divided against itself cannot stand." He was a naturalist for sure. Franklin died in 1790 and is still dead.
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Abraham Lincoln became America's greatest Precedent. Lincoln's mother died in infancy, and he was born in a log cabin which he built with his own hands. Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves by signing the Emasculation Proclamation.
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On the night of April 14, 1865, Lincoln went to the theater and got shot in his seat by one of the actors in a moving picture show. They believe the assinator was John Wilkes Booth, a supposingly insane actor. This ruined Booth's career.
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Johann Bach wrote a great many musical compositions and had a large number of children. In between he practiced on an old spinster which he kept up in his attic. Bach died from 1750 to the present. Bach was the most famous composer in the world and so was Handel. Handel was half German, half Italian, and half English. He was very large.
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Beethoven wrote music even though he was deaf. He was so deaf that he wrote loud music and became the father of rock and roll. He took long walks in the forest even when everyone was calling for him. Beethoven expired in 1827 and later died for this.
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The nineteenth century was a time of a great many thoughts and inventions. People stopped reproducing by hand and started reproducing by machine. The invention of the steamboat caused a network of rivers to spring up.
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Louis Pasteur discovered a cure for rabbits but I don't know why.
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Charles Darwin was a naturalist. He wrote the Organ of the Species. It was very long people got upset about it and had trials to see if it was really true. He sort of said God's days were not just 24 hours but without watches who knew anyhow? I don't get it.
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Madman Curie discovered radio. She was the first woman to do what she did. Other women have become scientists since her but they didn't get to find radios because they were already taken.
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Karl Marx was one of the Marx Brothers. The other three were in the movies. Karl made speeches and started revolutions. Someone in the family had to have a job, I guess.
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"Бодры" надо говорить бодрее, а "веселы" - веселее!


Maighdean Mhara

I can't say I know the Americans well. So I can't judge about their children.
But there is one of the answers to the topic in the other forum (USA, Canada):

"Hey Larry, I got one better
I was at the Aquarium about 2 yrs back with a friend. We were in the underground part and watching the Walrus' swim and eat. They would come up to  the glass and rub against it and move on.

One father turned to his son (and I swear I couldn't make this up if I tried) he said "Hey son look at the Wooly Mamoth swimming".

My friend and I just looked at each other in shock, unable to process the data. Till this day my brain still hurts when I think about  it."
"Бодры" надо говорить бодрее, а "веселы" - веселее!

Смайлик

I would have to agree that those sound made up, for 5th and 6th graders at least.  But then again, you can encounter some pretty dumb people here.

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Maighdean Mhara

Цитата: СмайликI would have to agree that those sound made up, for 5th and 6th graders at least.  But then again, you can encounter some pretty dumb people here.
Well, IMHO every answer to each topic could be collected from several answers/several children. The teachers have to repeat the questions every year in every class. So they have to listen various curiosities. ;-)
"Бодры" надо говорить бодрее, а "веселы" - веселее!

SS

Rég volt, együtt jártunk még,
Bennem marad a kép, ma is oly szép:
Arcod a szélben szinte száll,
Hallom nevetésed muzsikáját.
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Á É Í Ó Ú Ö Ü Ő Ű
á é í ó ú ö ü ő ű

Maighdean Mhara

I like best of all
"Lincoln's mother died in infancy"
and that
"Miguel Cervantes... wrote Donkey Hote."
I remember at once about Shreck and his friend Donkey. :-D
"Бодры" надо говорить бодрее, а "веселы" - веселее!

SS

Цитата: Maighdean MharaI like best of all
"Lincoln's mother died in infancy"

Maybe "infancy" is an old word and means "безмолвие" in this context? :)
Rég volt, együtt jártunk még,
Bennem marad a kép, ma is oly szép:
Arcod a szélben szinte száll,
Hallom nevetésed muzsikáját.
------------------------------------------------
Á É Í Ó Ú Ö Ü Ő Ű
á é í ó ú ö ü ő ű

makepeace

Цитата: Maighdean MharaWath's wrong? ;-)

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The Greeks were a highly sculptured people, and without them we wouldn't have history. The Greeks also had myths. A myth is a young female moth. - I can't believe even an American could think so!-----------------------------------------------------------------
...They killed him. He later died ... - the same-----------------------------------------------------------------
The greatest writer of the Renaissance was William Shakespeare. He was born in the year 1564, supposedly on his birthday. He never made much money and is famous only because of his plays.  - I enjoyed this comment!  -/color]

Romeo and Juliet are an example of a heroic couple. They lived in Italy. Romeo's last wish was to be laid by Juliet but her father was having none of that that I'm sure. You know how Italian fathers are. -               What does it mean, laid by?----------

Writing at the same time as Shakespeare was Miguel Cervantes. He wrote Donkey Hote. 8)
Beethoven wrote music even though he was deaf. He was so deaf that he wrote loud music and became the father of rock and roll.  8-)
At last I found the reason why I love Beethoven so much! :D

AlefZet

Цитата: makepeace
Romeo's last wish was to be laid by Juliet but her father was having none of that that I'm sure. You know how Italian fathers are. -  [/color]             What does it mean, laid by?----------
Видимо, в данном контексте "убежать вместе с..."

Ah tlamiz noxochiuh ah tlaniz nocuic
In noconehua
Xexelihui ya moyahua

RawonaM

Цитата: AlefZet
Цитата: makepeace
Romeo's last wish was to be laid by Juliet but her father was having none of that that I'm sure. You know how Italian fathers are. -  [/color]             What does it mean, laid by?----------
Видимо, в данном контексте "убежать вместе с..."
Не-е. :? Это, имхо, «переспать».

Drunkie


SS

Цитата: makepeaceRomeo's last wish was to be laid by Juliet
Дословно "Последним желанием Ромео было - быть уложенным около Джульетты" :mrgreen:
Rég volt, együtt jártunk még,
Bennem marad a kép, ma is oly szép:
Arcod a szélben szinte száll,
Hallom nevetésed muzsikáját.
------------------------------------------------
Á É Í Ó Ú Ö Ü Ő Ű
á é í ó ú ö ü ő ű

Wolliger Mensch

Цитата: SS
Цитата: makepeaceRomeo's last wish was to be laid by Juliet
Дословно "Последним желанием Ромео было - быть уложенным около Джульетты" :mrgreen:
Почему "около"? - "Быть уложенным Джульеттой". :)
«Вот интересно, каких лингвистических жемчуг можно найти в море отодвинутых книг», Ян Гавлиш.
«Впредь прошу помнить, что придумал игру не для любых ассоциаций, а для семантически оправданных. Например, чтó это такое: ,,рулетке" — ,,выпечке"?? Тем более, что сей ляпсус я сам совершил...», Марбол
«Ветхий Завет написан на иврите и частично на армейском», Vesle Anne
«МЛ(ять)КО ... ПЛ(ять)NЪ», Тася
«Вот откроет этот спойлер, например, Марго, ничего не подозревая, а потом будут по всему форуму блюющие смайлики...», Авал
«Томан приличный мужчина. Правда по патриархальным меркам слегка голодранец», Vesle Anne
«Возможен ли фонетический переход "ж" в "п с придыханием"», forest

Maighdean Mhara

And what about the author?
То бишь, что говорит сам Вильям Шекспир? У меня нет оригинала.
Они же с Джульеттой собственноручно мёрли. Сначала Джульетта (пнарошку), потому Ромео собрался тоже помереть. И вполне естественно хотел, чтоб его похоронили рядом с ней. По русски тоже двусмысленно получится: "Ромео хотел лечь рядом с Джульеттой, но ее отец был против."
"Бодры" надо говорить бодрее, а "веселы" - веселее!

SS

Цитата: Wolliger MenschПочему "около"?
"by (smb.)" - это же либо "кем-то", либо "около кого-то". Даже в Лингво об этом пишут: "...in Poets' Corner, where he has been buried by Chaucer and Cowley — ...в месте захоронения поэтов, где он был похоронен рядом с Чосером и Коули".
Или как, "был похоронен (кем?) Чосером и Коули"? :mrgreen:

Цитата: Maighdean Mhara"Ромео хотел лечь рядом с Джульеттой, но ее отец был против."
Тоже неплохо :D
Rég volt, együtt jártunk még,
Bennem marad a kép, ma is oly szép:
Arcod a szélben szinte száll,
Hallom nevetésed muzsikáját.
------------------------------------------------
Á É Í Ó Ú Ö Ü Ő Ű
á é í ó ú ö ü ő ű

Wolliger Mensch

Цитата: SS
Цитата: Wolliger MenschПочему "около"?
"by (smb.)" - это же либо "кем-то", либо "около кого-то". Даже в Лингво об этом пишут: "...in Poets' Corner, where he has been buried by Chaucer and Cowley — ...в месте захоронения поэтов, где он был похоронен рядом с Чосером и Коули".
Или как, "был похоронен (кем?) Чосером и Коули"? :mrgreen:
Это я знаю. Просто пошутил. 8-)
«Вот интересно, каких лингвистических жемчуг можно найти в море отодвинутых книг», Ян Гавлиш.
«Впредь прошу помнить, что придумал игру не для любых ассоциаций, а для семантически оправданных. Например, чтó это такое: ,,рулетке" — ,,выпечке"?? Тем более, что сей ляпсус я сам совершил...», Марбол
«Ветхий Завет написан на иврите и частично на армейском», Vesle Anne
«МЛ(ять)КО ... ПЛ(ять)NЪ», Тася
«Вот откроет этот спойлер, например, Марго, ничего не подозревая, а потом будут по всему форуму блюющие смайлики...», Авал
«Томан приличный мужчина. Правда по патриархальным меркам слегка голодранец», Vesle Anne
«Возможен ли фонетический переход "ж" в "п с придыханием"», forest

iopq

Это смешно потому-что означает "переспать" но мне кажется что ребенок имел ввиду другое значение.
Poirot: Я, кстати, тоже не любитель выпить, хоть и русский.
jvarg: Профессионал? ;)

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