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干货厉害了4步带你听懂80%的英语(这15个英语冷知识)(1)

WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW. This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse, it'll give the same sentence.

译文

WAS 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。

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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."

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英语单词“Goodbye”来自于“God bye”,原意是“上帝与你同在”。

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The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog."uses every letter of the alphabet!

译文

The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog.”

(这只敏捷的棕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!

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'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

译文

“Go”是英语中最短的完整句子。

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The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.

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单词“onion”(洋葱)来自于拉丁词“unio”,意思是大珍珠。

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The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.

译文

单词“tips”(小费)实际上是

“To Insure Prompt Service”(保障快捷的服务)的首字母缩写!

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The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

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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。

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The longest word in the English language is

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!

译文

英语中最长的单词是 :

“pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses”

(硅酸盐沉着病)!

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More people in China speak English than in the United States.

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会说英语的中国人比会说英语的美国人还多。

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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."

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单词“listen”(听)和“silent”(安静的)用到了一样的字母。

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Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.

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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…)。

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Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.

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“Stressed”(压力)倒过来拼就是 “Desserts”(点心)。

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The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!

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英语中使用最多的字母是“E”,用得最少的是“Q”.

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Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!

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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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Aoccdrnig to a research 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.

剑桥大学的研究表明:单词中字母的顺序为何不重要,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

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