| [ EnglishOnly ] in KIDS 글 쓴 이(By): hongcho (홍이) 날 짜 (Date): 2005년 3월 31일 목요일 오전 10시 18분 08초 제 목(Title): [JOKE] What's up with up? > > You lovers of the English language might > >enjoy this . . . > > > > There is a two-letter word that perhaps > > has more meanings than any other > > two-letter word, and that is "UP." > > > > It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward > > the sky or at the top of the list, but when we > > awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP? At a > > meeting, why does a topic come UP? Why do we speak > > UP and why are the officers UP for election and why > > is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report? > > > > > > We call UP our friends. And we use it to > > brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver, we warm UP > > the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP > > the house and some guys fix UP the old car. At > > other times the little word has real special > > meaning. People stir UP trouble, line UP for > > tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses. > > To be dressed is one thing but to be dressed UP is > > special. > > > > > > And this UP is confusing: A drain must be > > opened UP because it is stopped UP. We open UP a > > store in the morning but we close it UP at night. > > > > We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP! > > To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, > > look the word UP in the dictionary. In a desk-sized > > dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4th of the page and > > can add UP to about thirty definitions. If you are > > UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the > > many ways UP is used. It will take UP a lot of your > > time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with > > a hundred or more. When it threatens to rain, we > > say it is clouding UP. When the sun comes out we say > > it is clearing UP. > > > > When it rains, it wets the earth and often > > messes things UP. > > > > When it doesn't rain for awhile, things > > dry UP. > > > > One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it > > UP, for now my time is UP, so......... Time to shut > > UP.....! > > > > Oh...one more thing: > > > > What is the first thing you do in the > > morning & the last thing you do at night? U-P |