Death by Rote Memorization
A joke from a Chinese magazine:
一位在国内熟背某英语口语书的人出国留学，某日驾车坠悬崖身负重伤，警察赶到，冲着悬崖底下喊：“How are you？” 英语高才生一听太简单了，立马答：“Fine，thank you！ And you？” 警察就走了。。。。
A Chinese student who spent a lot of time memorizing phrases from books on spoken English went abroad to study. One day while driving, he went over a cliff and suffered grave injury. A policeman got to the scene and yelled down, "How are you?" The straight-A student didn't need to think before answering this simple question, "Fine, thank you! And you?" The policeman went away....
一位在国内熟背某英语口语书的人出国留学，某日驾车坠悬崖身负重伤，警察赶到，冲着悬崖底下喊：“How are you？” 英语高才生一听太简单了，立马答：“Fine，thank you！ And you？” 警察就走了。。。。
A Chinese student who spent a lot of time memorizing phrases from books on spoken English went abroad to study. One day while driving, he went over a cliff and suffered grave injury. A policeman got to the scene and yelled down, "How are you?" The straight-A student didn't need to think before answering this simple question, "Fine, thank you! And you?" The policeman went away....