15个你不常见的英语小常识

学累了课本上枯燥的英语语法句式，烦透了背也背不完的英语单词，一起走进你或许不知道的，英语有趣的一面，希望给各位苦练英语的同学们带来一刻开心，缓解学习压力。

1. Aorccding to a rseaerch prjeoct at Cbrmaigde Uneirvtisy, it dosent mtater waht oerdr the lteteers in a wrod are, the olny ipmroatnt tinhg is taht the frist and lsat lteter be in the rghigt plclae. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed erevy Iteter.

剑桥大学一份研究项目表明: 单词中字母的顺序正确与否并不重要，重要的是**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。(混乱的字母顺序是否并没有影响大家对句子的理解呢？)

2.The longest word in the Engllsh language is

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses.

英语中最长的单词是

“pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses",意为硅酸盐沉着病/矽肺病。(你记得住这个单词吗?)

3.The word Tipsis actually an acronym standing for To Insure PromptService'.

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!

4."WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW. ”This is the only English sentence whicheven if wei readlin reverselitill give the same sentence.

“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**一句反过来念还是一样的句子

5."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”。

6. Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains 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”!

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

“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! (快看看究竟是不是呢？)

8. 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。

9. 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。

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

“Go”是英语中最短的完整句子。

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

胡佛牌的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”。

12. 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。

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

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。

14. Stressed is Desserts spelled ba ckwards.

“Stressed”(压力) 倒过来是“Desserts”( 点心)。

15. 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”。

是不是很有趣呢？英语学习不一定要死记硬背，经常阅读英语时文，英语笑话等课外题材不仅能在潜移默化中增加你的词汇量，增强语感，还能开阔自己的眼界，同时也舒缓学习压力。

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