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”. Th e s e cond e x p l a nati o n is ba s e d on the place whe re Pr esi d e nt Van Buren was b o r n,K i nd e rh o ok,New Yor k.Va n Bnren’s friends organi zed a club t o help h im bee Pr e sident They can ed the clu b the Old Kinderhook C l ub,an d an yone w ho supp or t e d Van Bure n wa s called“OK”.3 1.T h e author A、 beli e ve s b oth of th e st o rie s B.d o esn’t believe a word of the s t o r ies C.i s n o t s ur e w h ethe r th e storie s a r e t ru e D、 is telling the s to r ies j ust for fun32. A ccor d i n g to t he pa s sage,Pre ...