M=Mom J=Johnny

M：It seems you did not sleep yesterday. What's so interesting that made you stay up all night

J：I was reading an interesting book about word origin.

M：Tell me about it.

J：Do you know why the word breakfast is called breakfast

M：Not a clue.

J：Let me tell you. If we divide this word into two parts, it will become “break fast”, meaning start eating. That is when we sleep, we cannot eat but fast. Therefore, when we have our first meal after the long sleep, it is like breaking the fast. That is how the word came from.

M：That's interesting. Then you must learn a lot of English words after reading the book.

J：You bet.



M=媽媽 J=強尼

媽媽：你看來好像昨天沒睡覺。是什麼有趣的事，讓你熬夜一整晚？

強尼：我在讀一本關於字的來源的書。

媽媽：跟我說說這本書在講些什麼？

強尼：妳知道為什麼英文的早餐是「breakfast」嗎？

媽媽：不知道。

強尼：讓我來告訴妳吧。如果我們把這個字拆成二部分，它就成為「break」與「fast」，意思就是「開始進食」。也就是當我們睡覺的時候，我們無法進食，只能禁食。所以在睡了一覺之後，我們開始吃第一餐，就好像長期齋戒過後開齋一樣。這就是這個字的由來。

媽媽：真有趣。那你讀了這本書之後，也一定學了很多的英文字囉。

強尼：那是當然的囉。

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