【词汇大师】国家标点日(2/2)

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你知道吗？9月24日，是美国National Punctuation Day（国家标点日）。
为了这个纪念日，这项活动的组织者号召读者以标点为题写haiku（俳句），其中一位读者写的俳句是这样的：
Are you Brit or Yank? Show me your quotation marks And I’ll tell you which.
TIPS
本篇听写只听写嘉宾的话，主持人的话不需要听写。听仔细些。
主持人的话① "Be consistent here."
主持人的话②"Let me ask you, so now you just marked the third annual National Punctuation Day. As far as you know, did any other Americans mark the day with you?"
HINTS
  'The Elements of Style
apostrophe-s
The Associated PressIn fact, there's some controversy about that. 'The Elements of Style' is ... you add the apostrophe-s. The Associated Press, in its stylebook, has taken off the second s. So, you know, these are two -- I grew up with the AP Stylebook and I use that most times. My advice is to pick a style, since they're both accepted, pick a style and stick with it."
"Be consistent."
"Just my friends and family. But seriously, I did a lot of media interviews and got letters from e-mails from all over the United States. Mostly from teachers, but a lot from older people who remember the way it used to be, when you didn't see mistakes in books, in magazines and newspapers, and when good writing skills and English skills were really taught well in the schools."