英文阅读理解Pa s sage 1The r e a r e st or i es abo ut tw o U.S 、 pres i dents,An d r e w Jackson and Mar t i n V a n Bu ren,whi ch a ttempt to explain the A m e r i can Engli sh te rm O K
W e do n’t know if ei the r story is tr u e,bu t they are both inter e sting
T h e firs t e xplanatio n i s ba sed on t he fa ct tha t Pr e sident Jackson h a d v e r y li tt le e duca tio n
In fa ct,he had difficul t y readi n g a n d w ri t in g
W h en i m porta n t pap e r s came to Jack so n,h e t ri e d to r ead them a n d t h en had h i s assistan t s exp la in what th ey s a i d
If h e approved of a p ap er
he w ould write“all c o r re c t”on it
T he p r oblem wa s t hat h e didn’t know h o w t o s pel l
S o what he rea ll y w r o te w as“ol k o r e kt”
After a whil e,he sh ort e ne d tha t t erm to“OK