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1. The most common letter in English is "e"., \0 U: L& y6 Y6 Z! H4 X
1、英语里最常见的字母是“e”。# y+ E% k, U; a) o7 Z4 R! P3 g+ s! m
2. The most common consonant in English is "r", followed by "t".. `6 T! U: a2 d$ X; Y* e
2、英语里最常见的辅音字母是“r”，接着是“t”。
5 X0 l) M7 @% P$ L3. Only two English words in current use end in "-gry". They are "angry" and "hungry".; ^, f. I4 _0 ]! w. ~0 _; f
3、当代英语只有“angry”和“hungry”两个单词是以“gry”结尾的。
) ^+ G& @" [, ]4. The word "bookkeeper" (along with its associate "bookkeeping") is the only unhyphenated English word with three consecutive double letters. Other such words, like "sweet-toothed", require a hyphen to be readily readable.
" R) V' e" l; ]9 I% r4、“bookkeeper”这个单词（还有与之相关的“bookkeeping”）是唯一一个不带连字符、有三对连续重复字母的单词。还有一个类似的单词是“sweet-toothed”，但它需要用连字符连接以确保能读出来。9 C3 k1 G! r/ a' l$ Z$ A5 U. i
5. The word "triskaidekaphobia" means "extreme fear of the number 13". This superstition is related to "paraskevidekatriaphobia", which means "fear of Friday the 13th".* s5 \1 A5 Y$ v; F
5、有个词叫“triskaidekaphobia”，意思是“对数字13的极度恐惧”。这种迷信也和“paraskevidekatriaphobia”这个词有关，意思是“害怕13号正好是礼拜五的那天”。
( C8 H" V: F/ B6 ]( l5 u7 Q. ]6. More English words begin with the letter "s" than with any other letter.1 D+ N7 M) c' Z* ^. [. `1 G$ d' Y* C
6、以“s”打头的单词比其他任何字母打头的单词都要多。
9 e6 n1 `0 t; ?. l$ m- T7. A preposition is always followed by a noun (ie noun, proper noun, pronoun, noun group, gerund).
8 s) h5 |; }3 `5 q! z7、介词后面永远要跟一个名词（或专有名词、代词、名词词组、动名词）。( D1 y$ b! f7 H7 @" _) g% B9 f
8. The word "uncopyrightable" is the longest English word in normal use that contains no letter more than once./ K+ S. ~! N2 M3 c$ i
8、“uncopyrightable”是英文里最长的无重复字母的常见单词。7 D) K5 e7 g$ W, o
9.A sentence that contains all 26 letters of the alphabet is called a "pangram".; f2 f2 k1 @& A: ]" Y8 f t
9、一个包含所有26个字母的句子叫做“pangram”。
! @$ T9 ]. O. D. w+ U" J# h10. The following sentence contains all 26 letters of the alphabet: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." This sentence is often used to test typewriters or keyboards.6 p) ]; G6 r. P8 p- M1 ?, ~
10、下面这个句子就包含所有26个字母“The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.”（敏捷的棕色狐狸跳过了懒狗），这个句子也常被用来测试打字机或键盘。
% Q5 d3 f1 \% q4 K2 P, ~; s11. The word "alphabet" comes from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet: alpha, bēta.
( M1 d6 \3 I& Z) j( c4 E11、“alphabet”这个单词来源于前两个希腊字母：α和β。% O' I4 @. ^- S3 ^
12. In English, the @ symbol is usually called "the at sign" or "the at symbol".4 U' e, Z4 @( Y `' n
12、英语中，@符号通常叫做“at标志”、或“at符号”。
4 f& D3 C0 v+ ]/ J* z5 c, C13. The shortest complete sentence in English is the following. "I am."* W1 h4 b* e! h% e8 i
13、英语里最短的完整句子是“I am”。
O5 d, [. {9 D/ y7 q14. The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat" meaning "the king is helpless".$ O/ m5 I2 U* h8 o$ \9 i
14、象棋里“将军”这个词来源于波斯语“Shah Mat”，意思是“国王束手无策”。, u ` _7 t! l. Y7 u2 W
15. The longest English word without a true vowel is "rhythm".
, k0 o- x# z2 n( J# W7 H15、英语里最长的没有元音字母的单词是“rhythm”。
6 V5 y3 }% z4 Q+ }& l16. The only planet not named after a god is our own, Earth.
0 E1 @; h' `, R$ [16、唯一一个不以神的名字命名的行星是我们地球。; a, T6 N; q, Z1 i! W; M
17.We can find 10 words in the 7-letter word "therein" without rearranging any of its letters: the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein, herein.
) p! s9 {5 z- r# d P, \ k! z0 H3 o17、从“therein”这个由七个字母组成的单词里，能不换字母顺序而找出十个单词：the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein, herein.- }) c8 h/ i& M
18.The "QWERTY keyboard" gains its name from the fact that its first 6 letter keys are Q, W, E, R, T and Y. On early typewriters the keys were arranged in such a way as to minimize the clashing of the mechanical rods that carried the letters.
' ^# h& U7 [& A$ Z18.“QWERTY”键盘是以这种键盘的头六个字母命名的。人们还在用打字机的时候，这么安排字母顺序是为了减小印有字母的机械杆撞到一起的情况。; b* @6 F/ n' t+ k* \1 E( x" h
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