Lesson 79

  (a)round dhe about 

1. lëvizje rrethore etj. 
   
   

Në anglishten britanike, round përdoret zakonisht për lëvizjen ose për qëndrimin përgjatë ose brenda një rrethi ose një kurbe 

• She walked round the old part of the town. 
• We all set round the table. 
• ‘Where do you live?’  ‘Just round the corner.’ 

2. duke shëtitur; shpërndarje 
   
   

Britanikët e përdorin fjalën round gjithashtu edhe për të përshkruar vajtjen në të gjitha pjesët e një vendi (ose në shumicën e tyre) – ‘vërdallë’ , ose për shpërndarjen e gjërave pjestarëve të një grupi – ‘dorë më dorë’. 

• We walked round the old part of the town. 
• Can I look round? 
• Could you pass the cups round, please? 

3. lëvizje e papërcaktuar dhe vend-ndodhje 
   
   

Around ose about përdoren për të përshkruar lëvizjet ose vend-ndodhjet që nuk janë shumë të qarta ose që nuk janë të saktësuara mirë: ‘vërdallë’ , ‘rrotull’ , ‘këtu rrotull’ , ‘diku në…’ dhe ide të tjera të ngjashme. 

• The children were running around / about everywhere. 
• Stop standing around / about and do some work. 

• ‘Where’s John?’  ‘Somewhere around / about.’ 
• I like doing odd jobs around / about the house. 
  
  

Këto përdoren për të folur edhe për humbje kohe ose për veprime të pamend. 

• Stop fooling around / about. We’re late. 
  
  

Around / about mund të përdoren për të thënë ‘afërsisht’ , ‘jo  saktësisht’ , ‘rreth’. 

• There were around / about fifty people there. 
• ‘What time shall I come?’  ‘Around / About eight.’ 

4. anglishtja amerikane 
   
   

Duhet pasur parasysh që në anglishten amerikane, about përdoret më tepër për të thënë ‘rreth’ , ‘afërsisht’ , ‘me përafërsi’ , ‘jo saktësisht’ ; për kuptimet e tjera të trajtuara në paragraphët 1-3 amerikanët përdorin zakonisht around. 

The same thing day after day 

People are ill with boredom, 

Weary of life, 

The house is full, 

The table is loaded with food. 

There’s never a ‘new’ day. 

Everything stays the same , day after day. 

The walls are thick, always cold. 

New life never enters in. 

People are ill with boredom. 

They no longer even see the flowers or the birds. 

Their parakeets and their overfed dogs 

Are as dead as they are. 

People go out at night 

Till the early hours of the morning, 

Then sleep when the sun shines. 

They go to the doctor, 

To the psychiatrist. 

They never feel really good. 

Lesson 78

Have you ever heard the word deduction?

Here is the meaning:" the process of reaching a decision or answer by thinking about the known facts, or the decision that is reached." 

Through a process of deduction, the detectives discovered the identityof the killer.All we can do is make deductions from the available facts.

We can use ‘can’t’ for deduction. The opposite of ‘can’t’ in this context is ‘must’.

• You can’t be hungry. You’ve just eaten.

• You must be hungry. You haven’t eaten anything all day.;

• He was in London one hour ago when I spoke to him. He can’t be here yet. 

The Wild Boar & the Fox

A Wild Boar was sharpening his tusks busily against the stump of a tree, when a Fox happened by. Now the Fox was always looking for a chance to make fun of his neighbors. So he made a great show of looking anxiously about, as if in fear of some hidden enemy. But the Boar kept right on with his work.

"Why are you doing that?" asked the Fox at last with a grin. "There isn't any danger that I can see."

"True enough," replied the Boar, "but when danger does come there will not be time for such work as this. My weapons will have to be ready for use then, or I shall suffer for it."

Preparedness for war is the best guarantee of peace.