Moses in English

by mosesliang on 2008-06-05 22:27:38

The most difficult, important, and time-consuming part of English learning is memorizing words. But, when you have spent a great deal of time remembering some words, do you truly understand these words? Have you really remembered them? Do you want to make a leap in your English level within a year?

Did you know that the small white area under each of our fingernails has an actual English word for it - lunula - and etymologically, it is related to the moon? Did you know that the # key on the phone has its own name - octothorpe - and from the root word perspective, it is associated with the eight-legged octopus - octopus? Did you know that the fertile Mesopotamian Plain - mesopotamia - and the hippopotamus - hippopotamus - can simply be considered as cognate words? Do you know how to easily memorize pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, a word with over 40 letters? Do you know why the word diabetes for diabetes and the word acrobat for acrobat are related? Did you know that the word theobromine for cocoa alkaloid literally means food of the gods? Do you know why in so many languages, such as English star, Persian sitareh, Hindi tara, Greek aster all mean star and their spellings are so similar?

You may have never thought about questions like these because most likely, during the long process of English learning, we never encountered situations where we needed to discover and think for ourselves. All we seemed able to do was mechanically memorize words, study grammar, read articles, and listen to broadcasts... Stop! It's time to end this way of learning. Here, at Moses English, you will find answers to the above questions and discover a whole new world.