不說還真不知道:15條有趣的英語小知識大綱

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1. 劍橋大學的研究表明：單詞中字母的順序如何不重要，重要的是第一個和最後一個字母的位置。這是因爲大腦在閱讀時不會讀到所有字母。

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”（我看到的是一輛車還是一隻貓）這是英語中唯一一句反過來念還是一樣的句子。

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

3. 英語單詞“Goodbye”來自於“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.”（這隻敏捷的棕色狐狸跳過了一隻懶狗）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）來自於拉丁詞“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）實際上是“To Insure Prompt Service”（保障快捷的服務）的首字母縮寫！

8. 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.

8. 詞組“rule of thumb”（經驗法則），是從一條古老的英國法律中來的，即：不能用超過大拇指粗細的東西打老婆。

9. The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!

9. 英語中最長的單詞是“pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses”（硅酸鹽沉着病）！

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

10. 會說英語的中國人比會說英語的美國人還多。

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

11. 單詞“listen”（聽）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曾經非常流行，到現在很多人還把“vacuuming”（吸塵）說成“hoovering”（胡佛ing…）。

13. Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.

13. “Stressed”（壓力）倒過來拼就是“Desserts”（點心）。

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

14. 英語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 over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!

15. 作家厄爾尼斯特·文森特·萊特曾經寫過一篇5萬字的小說《葛士比》，裏面沒有一個字母“E”！