你知道單詞“Goodbye”的由來(lái)是什么嗎?你知道“tips”的本意是什么嗎?你知道英語(yǔ)中最長(cháng)的單詞是怎么來(lái)的嗎?學(xué)累了課本上枯燥的英語(yǔ)語(yǔ)法，不如來(lái)見(jiàn)識一下英語(yǔ)有趣的一面，還有更多有趣的英語(yǔ)知識等待你的發(fā)掘哦!
1. 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. “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?！ ?/span>
2. 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. 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。這是因為大腦在閱讀時(shí)不會(huì )讀到所有字母?！ ?/span>
3. "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you." 英語(yǔ)單詞“Goodbye”來(lái)自于“God bye”，原意是“上帝與你同在”?！ ?/span>
4. The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet! “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(huà)用到了字母表中的所有字母!
5. 'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. “Go”是英語(yǔ)中最短的完整句子?！ ?/span>
6. The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl. 單詞“onion”(洋蔥)來(lái)自于拉丁詞“unio”，意思是大珍珠?！ ?/span>
7. 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. 詞組“rule of thumb”(經(jīng)驗法則)，是從一條古老的英國法律中來(lái)的，即：不能用超過(guò)大拇指粗細的東西打老婆?！ ?/span>
8. The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'. 單詞“tips”(小費)實(shí)際上是“To Insure Prompt Service”(保障快捷的服務(wù))的首字母縮寫(xiě)!
9. The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses! 英語(yǔ)中最長(cháng)的單詞是“pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses”(硅酸鹽沉著(zhù)病)!
10. More people in China speak English than in the United States. 會(huì )說(shuō)英語(yǔ)的中國人比會(huì )說(shuō)英語(yǔ)的美國人還多。
11. The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent." 單詞“l(fā)isten”(聽(tīng))和“silent”(安靜的)用到了一樣的字母?！?/span>
12. Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering. 胡佛真空吸塵器在英國曾經(jīng)非常流行，到現在很多人還把“vacuuming”(吸塵)說(shuō)成“hoovering”(胡佛ing…)?！ ?/span>
13. Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E! 作家厄爾尼斯特·文森特·萊特曾經(jīng)寫(xiě)過(guò)一篇5萬(wàn)字的小說(shuō)《葛士比》，里面沒(méi)有一個(gè)字母“E”!
14. Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards. “Stressed”(壓力)倒過(guò)來(lái)拼就是“Desserts”(點(diǎn)心)?！ ?/span>
15. The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used! 英語(yǔ)中使用最多的字母是“E”，用得最少的是“Q”。
