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1、你知道英语中最长的单词是怎么来的吗?你知道单词“Goodbye”的由来是什么吗?你知道“tips”的本意是什么吗?学累了课本上枯燥的英语语法,不如来见识一下英语有趣的一面,还有更多有趣的英语知识等待你的发掘哦!1.Aoccdrnig to a rseearch procejt at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy,it deosntmttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are,the olny iprmoatnt tihng is tahtthe frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae.Tihs
2、 is bcuseae the huamnmnid deos not raed ervey lteter.剑桥大学的研究表明:单词中字母的顺序如何不重要,重要的是第一个和最后一个字母的位置。这是因为大脑在阅读时不会读到所有字母。(小编注:大家在读上面这句看起来有点乱码的句子时,有注意到单词字母的顺序吗?)2.WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW.WASITACARORACATISAW.This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse,itllgive the same sentence.“WA
3、S IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW”(我看到的是一辆车还是一只猫)这是英语中唯一一句反过来念还是一样的句子。3.Goodbye came from God bye which came from God be withyou.英语单词“Goodbye”来自于“God bye”,原意是“上帝与你同在”。4.The sentence The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog.uses everyletter of the alphabet!“The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog.”(这只敏捷的棕
4、色狐狸跳过了一只懒狗)这句话用到了字母表中的所有字母!5.Go,is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.“Go”是英语中最短的完整句子。6.The onion is named after the Latin word unio meaning large pearl.单词“onion”(洋葱)来自于拉丁词“unio”,意思是大珍珠。7.The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for To Insure PromptService.单词“tips”(小费)实际上是“T
5、o Insure Prompt Service”(保障快捷的服务)的首字母缩写!8.The phrase rule of thumb is derived from and old English law whichstated that you couldnt beat your wife with anything wider than yourthumb.词组“rule of thumb”(经验法则),是从一条古老的英国法律中来的,即:不能用超过大拇指粗细的东西打老婆。9.ThelongestwordintheEnglishlanguageispneumonoultramicroscop
6、icsilicovolcanoconioses!英语中最长的单词是“pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses”(硅酸盐沉着病)!FUNNY10.More people in China speak English than in the United States.会说英语的中国人比会说英语的美国人还多。11.The word listen contains the same letters as silent.单词“listen”(听)和“silent”(安静的)用到了一样的字母。12.Hoover vacuum cleaners were
7、so popular in the UK that many peoplenow refer to vacuuming as hoovering.胡佛真空吸尘器在英国曾经非常流行,到现在很多人还把“vacuuming”(吸尘)说成“hoovering”(胡佛 ing)。13.Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.“Stressed”(压力)倒过来拼就是“Desserts”(点心)。14.The most used letter in the English alphabet is E,and Q is the leastused!英语中使用最多的字母是“E”,用得最少的是“Q”。15.Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel,Gadsby,which contains over50,000 words-none of them with the letter E!作家厄尔尼斯特文森特莱特曾经写过一篇 5 万字的小说葛士比,里面没有一个字母“E”!
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