Luyện nghe bài hát English is Cuh-ray-zee

English is the most widely spoken language in the of the planet.
One out of every seven human can speak or read it.
the world's books, 3/4 of the international mail are in English.
It has the vocabulary, perhaps two million words,
And a noble body of literature. But it:
is cuh-ray-zee!

Just a few examples: There's no egg in eggplant, no pine or in pineapple.
Quicksand works slowly; boxing are square.
A writer writes, but do fing?
Hammers don't ham, grocers don't groce. don't haberdash.
is cuh-ray-zee!

If the plural of tooth is teeth, shouldn't the plural of booth be
It's one goose, two geese. Why not one moose, two
If one index, two indices; why not one Kleenex, two Kleenices?
is cuh-ray-zee!

You can comb through the of history, but not just one annal.
You can amends, but not just one amend.
If you a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one, is it an odd or an end?
If the teacher taught, why it true that a preacher praught?
If you wrote a letter, did you also bote your
And if a eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
is cuh-ray-zee!

Why is it that falls but never breaks and day breaks but never falls?
In what other language do people drive on the parkway and on the driveway?
Ship by truck but send by ship? Recite at a play but play at a recital?
noses that run and feet that smell?
is cuh-ray-zee!

How can a slim and a fat chance be the same
When a wise man and a wise guy are very
To something and to oversee something are very different,
But quite a lot and a few are the same.
How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as the next?
is cuh-ray-zee!

You have to marvel at the lunacy of a language in which your can burn down
While it is burning up. You fill out a form by it in.
In which your alarm clock goes off by on.
If pro is the opposite of con, what is the of progress?

Well, English was by people, not computers
And reflects the creativity of the race.
So why when the stars are out, they're visible,
But when the are out, they're invisible.
When I wind up my watch I start it, but when I wind up rap,
I end it. is cuh-ray-zee!