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/ F1 Y- ~8 P' n) {" p1. The most common letter in English is "e".( I$ J( b: I8 b
1、英语里最常见的字母是“e”。1 H0 o- o) h6 S4 q
2. The most common consonant in English is "r", followed by "t".
$ G* ~7 g: _% X3 `% v( C' K" ]2、英语里最常见的辅音字母是“r”,接着是“t”。
: n- w9 Q c3 k1 T/ z q2 h7 o3. Only two English words in current use end in "-gry". They are "angry" and "hungry"., f: E; k( p; v* ?
3、当代英语只有“angry”和“hungry”两个单词是以“gry”结尾的。
5 B3 Q# T p( r: x2 F% B4. 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.2 E" R( {( o# d/ X7 j
4、“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。1 O5 [- T8 w# i2 x% \" B
5. The word "triskaidekaphobia" means "extreme fear of the number 13". This superstition is related to "paraskevidekatriaphobia", which means "fear of Friday the 13th".
; P6 ]" }: |$ L5、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”。, f- w( W# Z/ j. ]
6. More English words begin with the letter "s" than with any other letter.9 K6 N3 y6 \. V2 S5 a! w A
6、以“s”打头的单词比其他任何字母打头的单词都要多。
* J9 e; M- v' _, D' {! A* j7. A preposition is always followed by a noun (ie noun, proper noun, pronoun, noun group, gerund).& ?* q: Z4 `$ Q% J' [
7、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)。
% y2 P! A ~' `0 w3 \% M6 ~( p8. The word "uncopyrightable" is the longest English word in normal use that contains no letter more than once.3 H$ }% x( L' @ R0 m5 s6 f2 C
8、“uncopyrightable”是英文里最长的无重复字母的常见单词。7 f9 G) T5 ^" x! X. J
9.A sentence that contains all 26 letters of the alphabet is called a "pangram".
; X4 R: ?: N1 G. B5 A9、一个包含所有26个字母的句子叫做“pangram”。
9 g* h/ T! o* o- z10. 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.2 O4 B4 B; N) p2 `- s2 k
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。/ B. m! d" F0 l& z! Y/ x: A
11. The word "alphabet" comes from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet: alpha, bēta." M' C& y A- O: {$ G, ], W
11、“alphabet”这个单词来源于前两个希腊字母:α和β。
9 r+ Y9 ]+ f- o6 c' {12. In English, the @ symbol is usually called "the at sign" or "the at symbol".- H1 P0 _9 J) Q1 o% B* _
12、英语中,@符号通常叫做“at标志”、或“at符号”。 N8 d. u( [! X# D& N H2 r: K
13. The shortest complete sentence in English is the following. "I am."( q' M8 w( ~, @5 F
13、英语里最短的完整句子是“I am”。
6 R* u5 q- P1 s+ Y. O$ w8 d14. The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat" meaning "the king is helpless".
3 x# n$ s7 m* ]8 {+ S, t6 \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”。
' L2 \) K# C. f3 o15. The longest English word without a true vowel is "rhythm".
0 l3 |3 N4 Q+ v6 w% P" E' ?/ ?15、英语里最长的没有元音字母的单词是“rhythm”。6 L0 u4 C8 ?3 E" j" k! Z0 x2 V8 g `
16. The only planet not named after a god is our own, Earth.
. j; ^) M8 L& s+ @6 t3 [2 H. m16、唯一一个不以神的名字命名的行星是我们地球。, L, C$ n% v/ X8 q4 ]0 ^- ?
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.
& J& _ l8 p3 A4 E7 t( c17、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.5 ?1 q7 U; ]- r
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.
+ y8 B* |9 |0 _4 N! j18.“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。
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