趣味英语：大熊猫吃霸王餐 说明标点符号很重要
一只大熊猫去餐馆吃饭，点了N多道菜，全部干光（估计是《功夫熊猫》里的那只）。然后抹抹嘴唇预备走了。
这个时候店小二就过来了，跟他/她说，客官，您还没付账呢。谁知大熊猫从身上掏出一支手枪，BiangBiang就是两声。小二胆颤心惊，不敢多言。店长闻声，就过来质问（应该是个不怕死的），客官怎能吃霸王餐呢。谁知大熊猫扔下一句话：你们去查查吧！就大摇大摆的走了。
气愤之余的店家找来了警察。叙述了事情的大概。负责滴这位刑警看来也是老道至极，嘴里一直念念有词，去查查，去查查？突然，脑袋开窍。叫来了下属去翻百科全书。翻到对大熊猫注释:“... ...” 恍然大悟。（知道书里怎 么讲滴吗？看看：Gaint Panda,lives in China, It Eats, Shoots and Leaves [正确：it eats shoots and leaves.” ）
“It Eats, Shoots and Leaves”是一个书名，事实上这是一本非常特殊的书。这本书意在呼吁人们规范标点符号的用法，书中列举的大量例子向读者说明，英国人不注意标点符号的使用，乱用、误用标点的情况层出不穷。“Eats, Shoots and Leaves”就是作者收集的例子之一。这句话来自某博物馆介绍大熊猫的一份宣传材料，该材料说:“The panda is an animal that lives in China. It eats, shoots and leaves.”（后面还有别的内容，这里不引了。）其实后面一句错误地多用了一个逗号，正确的句子应是:It eats shoots and leaves. “shoots and leaves”不是表示第三人称动词现在时的形式，而是复数名词，是“eats”的宾语。这里shoots的意思是植物的嫩苗幼枝，包括“竹笋” （bamboo shoots）。
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