English puzzles — European sensation of bis

'Ve been told many times, to the outside world, be sure to learn English; grow and speaks in a outlet only half cooked English, swamps, where in Asia; when learned most English I, do prepare to go to Europe, the language is not in the list of my need to prepare.

To Europe, where most people don't speak English.

In Greece, Italy and Switzerland, in addition to airport, railway stations and hotels, tourist frequented by a family place, street 70-80% of people do not speak English.

When you try to talk with them, passionate people, Italy will be poured out to you that for a while, and then look at you puzzled look laugh; France Paris is where English comparative popularity, Sunday we went to visit the Eiffel Tower, jam-packed, visit to line up on the Tower 2 hours, waiting in a queue of suddenly saw a woman of Asian appearance, not ask questions of the visitors: "Can you speak English?" So amazing is that almost all the visitors of the way with his head to answer her, I couldn't help but think of all the visitors will not be English? Paris people very passionate, how such indifference? here is to think that a woman came to me and ask me the same question, so I nodded and said "Yes", imagine she handed me a piece of paper, bow, I saw above in English at her with old, there are small, poor intersection, the siege of Paris, no money home and so on .... now I'm embarrassed to say I only speak English, is actually an illiterate and had to give her a few euros. At that time, just like the original here speak English will have to be paid for; later discovered that their company has a lot of people, in the same way, most visitors will know the secret, so are his head; after that time, I also learned a good, if you have any questions ask, then also not used "Can you speak English?" This sentence.

In Greece the street and finally found a person who can speak English, ask me how to go away, I asked him a question: why most Greece one speak English? "he smiles of Socrates: why we asked me to speak English to Greece? I really can't answer, you can't say you convenience I should learn English? had to smile said: bye-bye.

It is typical of Socrates Exchange to Europe before, gave preparations, read some history books, which have such a period:

Socrates teaching health and never give them a ready-made answer, but to ask and refute method allows students to unknowingly accept his ideas.

For example:

Students: Socrates, what is good?

Socrates: theft, fraud, trafficking in human beings as slaves, the behavior is good or evil?

Students: is evil.

Socrates: deceive the enemy is evil? the enemy of the prisoners to sold as slaves is evil?

Students: this is good.

However, I mean friends rather than enemies. Socrates: as you said, the theft of a friend is evil. However, if a friend to suicide, you stole his prepared from killing tools, this is evil? students: is good.

Socrates: you said is evil to his friends, but deception in war, the Army Commander for morale, the soldiers say, reinforcements is just around the corner.

But virtually no reinforcements, this spoofing is evil?

Students: this is good.

Greece is the cradle of Western civilization, there are after Socrates and Aristotle Euphrates figure, Euphrates schema love self-contained, Aristotle's logic as a young man makes me very mad, now remember one question: is there a Barber, he only to those who do not give their people a haircut, hair asked him not to give himself a haircut?

Back to the hotel, I started thinking, what I was to learn English? School of English is compulsory, not science, and English was very fashionable, English well, students will high reading you.

Work continued to learn because want to go abroad, working abroad, after is not required; all in all I learned not to learn English because got certain benefits, if not good, I might also adhere to today. Is not most people learn English like I do, I do not know; Sage said: the gentleman knows what is right, the villain knows what is profitable, it seems that I am not a gentleman.

English, popular in the world, began to benefit from the United Kingdom's colonial rule; in modern is due to the strong United States, some statistics, 80% of the high-tech terms from English; just think, if the Chinese people learning English skills are used in the development of economic and scientific research that may one day world will wander the learn Chinese.

The EU is self-contained, and not dependent on American, continental Europe and the world aspire to, so they may think that to learn English, learn French, German or Spanish, and so much more affordable.

(The famous red mill, rare English trademark)