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"In 1877 the Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli (1835-1910) observed
/ K3 i: E- k- b: usome markings on the planet Mars which he referred to as canali. This was
$ u7 ]8 X/ M% gmistranslated into English as canals, suggesting man-made structures and
5 h4 J- A9 s8 ?" w2 @, c5 othe existence of intelligent life on Mars, instead of channels, which occur 1 D$ O4 f) O; B v1 M) o
naturally. The idea of canals appealed to the imaginations of scientists and
3 `( E. C' V# {% u, j+ b( q% Snovelists alike. The astronomer Percival Lowell used it as the basis for his '
4 i7 T# Y( f0 Y5 q9 ?scientific observations', recorded in such works as Mars and its Canals2 g$ S, A1 a. T: B- F) X- |
(1908). The novelist H.G. Wells was inspired to write his powerful story , P1 |+ C6 W3 h2 o' N
about the invasion of the earth by Martians, The War of the Worlds (1898). 7 u/ I5 q. w; P" E
In 1938, a simulated newscast of this novel was broadcast, describing the
% W0 l V, S, I) h# Z8 xMartian invasion of New Jersey, whichreduced millions of listeners to a 4 \! f' W2 n. L8 @ a
state of near panic. The idea of Martians was not exploded till 1965 when $ d' k) r- w. \. O- L5 m. i H0 S
the US spacecraft Mariner 4 sent back close-up pictures of Mars, which
) R2 H5 l5 a: V0 @" a: Y$ Zproved conclusively that there were nocanals and no little green men!
' N# N2 g( W4 G: b* HThe story shows how powerfully mother tongue interference can affect our
& J7 O7 Q3 ]6 T3 Q0 runderstanding of a foreign language, with unpredictable consequences. It & r: T3 J( b# v9 S; S
also shows how we have to suppress our own language if we want to
; |$ m& p' k3 @; Q" Macquire a foreign language. " |
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