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经历分享：你不得不知道的英语小知识经历分享：你不得不知道的英语小知识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开掘哦！经历分享：你不得不知道的英语小知识1、 According to a research project at Cambridge Uiversity, 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剑桥大学的研究说明：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2、 '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。

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 with you"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 every letter of the alphabet!(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!5、"Go", is the shortest plete sentence in the English languageGo”是英语中最短的完好句子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 Prompt Service'。

单词“tips”(小费)实际上是“To Insure Prompt Service”(保障快捷的效劳)的首字母缩写!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词组“rule of thumb”(经历法那么)，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、 The longest word in the English language ispneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!英语中最长的单词是“pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses”(硅酸盐沉着病)!10、 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 so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering胡佛真空吸尘器在英国曾经非常流行，到如今很多人还把“vacuuming”(吸尘)说成“hoovering”(胡佛ing…)13、 Stressed is Desserts spelled backwardsStressed”(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 least used!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", whichcontains over 50,000 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”!》》论坛活动进展中<<#开学福利 爆照即送# 英语网论坛真人秀火爆来袭！精巧英语绘本限量赠送！来晚的就木有啦！第 页 共 页。