I was discussing compound nouns with my class. “They're made up of two or more nouns,” I explained. “For example, downtown or ballroom. Can anyone think of another one?” One boy raised his hand and offered, “Asphalt.”
我正在給學生講合成名詞。我解釋說:“合成名詞是由兩個或兩個以上的名詞組成的。比如:市中心、跳舞廳等。你們誰能想出另外一個例子?”一個男孩舉手說:“瀝青?!保ㄗⅲ篴sphalt這個字不是由asp(蝮蛇)和halt(停止)組成的。)