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"In 1877 the Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli (1835-1910) observed
* F. g3 Y' T; S" Q6 l3 a6 b" ]0 csome markings on the planet Mars which he referred to as canali. This was : D2 l' d0 R3 n; @
mistranslated into English as canals, suggesting man-made structures and
. w# h4 S3 [9 i2 ]! ]0 k) @, qthe existence of intelligent life on Mars, instead of channels, which occur 5 ^7 X. q" r4 ]( h9 t0 M8 H
naturally. The idea of canals appealed to the imaginations of scientists and
; m- K; q; o* O# K: gnovelists alike. The astronomer Percival Lowell used it as the basis for his '
e; [: ?7 E6 Q: c J. Kscientific observations', recorded in such works as Mars and its Canals
! @% b8 Y& j! @6 Y (1908). The novelist H.G. Wells was inspired to write his powerful story " n) g# [ Y+ S3 q3 v; x
about the invasion of the earth by Martians, The War of the Worlds (1898).
0 @* g* G7 c2 o7 k3 ^( k+ kIn 1938, a simulated newscast of this novel was broadcast, describing the
1 b" x) J" N, YMartian invasion of New Jersey, whichreduced millions of listeners to a
- m+ c6 H! T$ i, G ?6 L' |, _state of near panic. The idea of Martians was not exploded till 1965 when
$ Y' F% t8 M' h6 S" J0 E) N$ R7 sthe US spacecraft Mariner 4 sent back close-up pictures of Mars, which q& P, ]& `* m- b5 \0 y+ u+ f& S
proved conclusively that there were nocanals and no little green men!& z* _4 A: y9 _1 x. v
The story shows how powerfully mother tongue interference can affect our - r! b; g, s& w$ C
understanding of a foreign language, with unpredictable consequences. It
* ?/ X# A9 O; ~also shows how we have to suppress our own language if we want to & a+ ^, Y+ C9 _* B) \
acquire a foreign language. " |
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