英语学习者的“告白”
概述：在学习英语的过程中，你有没有遇到过一些因误解而造成的搞笑尴尬的场景呢，说来一起听听吧，听了这篇文章，我们不禁感慨学英语的孩纸伤不起呀。Hints:
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Confessions of an English Learner
Octave
Kigali, Rwanda
J.C. Morales
Houston, Texas
McDonald's
Alex
Ukraine
Los Angeles
Subway
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答疑：大爱柯南http://t1.g.hjfile.cn/listen/201206/20120618011107485876.mp3We started something new this week at voaspecialenglish.com. We call it Confessions of an English Learner. It's a place for you to share funny or not-so-funny stories about language misunderstandings.
For example, Octave from Kigali, Rwanda, tells about a meeting where somebody was talking about a bridge between two districts. Instead of saying the bridge that those two districts are sharing, he said "The bridge that those two districts are shelling." That person was the chairman of the meeting!
J.C. Morales from Houston, Texas, remembers an experience after coming to the United States 25 years ago. J.C. writes, I was working at a McDonald's restaurant as a manager trainee. We were getting ready to celebrate a birthday for a customer's child. We ran out of balloons for the party, so the store manager asked me to go to a nearby store to buy some "globes" for that purpose. I followed her instructions, and I requested some gloves. When I got back to the restaurant, everybody was laughing at me. I felt ashamed for the misunderstanding. That is very common for non-native English speakers.
Alex from Ukraine also found himself in a misunderstanding, only he was not the one who misunderstood. Alex says, Last summer I visited Los Angeles. When I asked a policeman, "Help me, please, where is the nearest subway station?" he thought that I meant a fast-food Subway restaurant. But I was searching for an underground station.本周我们在慢速VOA网站（voaspecialenglish.com）上开辟了一个新的板块。我们把它叫做英语学习者的自白。在那里你可以分享关于英语语言误解方面的有趣和一般的故事。
例如，卢旺达基加利市的奥克塔夫讲述了一个关于会议的故事，人们在会议上讨论两个地区间的一座桥，他说“那两个地区正在蜕皮的桥”。那个人正是会议的主席。
德克萨斯州休斯顿的J.C.莫拉莱斯回忆起了一次25年前来到美国之后的经历。J.C.写道，我当时在一家麦当劳餐厅做管理培训生。我们正准备为一个客人的孩子庆祝生日。
因为那次聚会我们用完了气球，所以店长让我去附近的商店买一些“球”（"globes"）回来。我按照她的指示买回来了些手套（"gloves"）。当我回到餐厅，所有人都在笑我。因为这个误解我当时觉得很羞愧。这对于非土生土长的说英语的人是很平常的事情。
乌克兰的亚历克斯也发现自己有一次误解的情况，不过他不是唯一误解的人。亚历克斯说，去年夏天我到洛杉矶旅游。当我问一个警察“请问，最近的地铁站在哪”时，他以为我在问赛百味快餐店。但是我找的是地下车站。
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