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休閑時(shí)光：趣味英語(yǔ)小知識(shí)
1. Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch procejt at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosnt mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter.——>(Original Sentence: According to a research project at Cambridge University, it doesn’t matter what order the letters in a word are, the only important thing is that the first and last letter be in the right place. This is because the human mind does not read every letter)
1. 劍橋大學(xué)的研究表明：?jiǎn)卧~中字母的順序如何不重要，重要的是第一個(gè)和最后一個(gè)字母的位置。這是因?yàn)榇竽X在閱讀時(shí)不會(huì)讀到所有字母。
2. WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW.. ‘WASITACARORACATISAW’.. This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse, it’ll give the same sentence.
2. “WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW”(我看到的是一輛車(chē)還是一只貓)這是英語(yǔ)中唯一一句反過(guò)來(lái)念還是一樣的句子。
3. “Goodbye” came from “God bye” which came from “God be with you.”
3. 英語(yǔ)單詞“Goodbye”來(lái)自于“God bye”，原意是“上帝與你同在”。
4. The sentence “The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog.” uses every letter of the alphabet!
4. “The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog.”(這只敏捷的棕色狐貍跳過(guò)了一只懶狗)這句話用到了字母表中的所有字母!
5. ‘Go’, is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
5. “Go”是英語(yǔ)中最短的完整句子。
6. The onion is named after the Latin word ‘unio’ meaning large pearl.
6. 單詞“onion”(洋蔥)來(lái)自于拉丁詞“unio”，意思是大珍珠。
7. The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for ‘To Insure Prompt Service’.
7. 單詞“tips”(小費(fèi))實(shí)際上是“To Insure Prompt Service”(保障快捷的服務(wù))的首字母縮寫(xiě)!
8. The phrase ‘rule of thumb’ is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn’t beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
8. 詞組“rule of thumb”(經(jīng)驗(yàn)法則)，是從一條古老的英國(guó)法律中來(lái)的，即：不能用超過(guò)大拇指粗細(xì)的東西打老婆。
9. The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
9. 英語(yǔ)中最長(zhǎng)的單詞是“pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses”(硅酸鹽沉著病)!
10. More people in China speak English than in the United States.
10. 會(huì)說(shuō)英語(yǔ)的中國(guó)人比會(huì)說(shuō)英語(yǔ)的美國(guó)人還多。
11. The word “l(fā)isten” contains the same letters as “silent.”
11. 單詞“l(fā)isten”(聽(tīng))和“silent”(安靜的)用到了一樣的字母。
12. Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
12. 胡佛真空吸塵器在英國(guó)曾經(jīng)非常流行，到現(xiàn)在很多人還把“vacuuming”(吸塵)說(shuō)成“hoovering”(胡佛ing…)。
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