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2 [3 d- a+ e2 g p8 y# k% t$ n) m1. The most common letter in English is "e".
- j% W k7 A) c3 w2 J& o6 I1、英语里最常见的字母是“e”。. ]% ~! D& k, m' G# z' q w3 \+ b* x
2. The most common consonant in English is "r", followed by "t".
% X8 W6 `, H6 T- b g) \9 H2、英语里最常见的辅音字母是“r”，接着是“t”。
2 N; \6 I4 F! k% J7 r/ P3. Only two English words in current use end in "-gry". They are "angry" and "hungry".+ C9 A2 t3 ~/ Z
3、当代英语只有“angry”和“hungry”两个单词是以“gry”结尾的。
4 S0 E H3 A5 _) q3 [% }0 S# d; t4. 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.
. b8 D" b! U* E% u4 z8 ~1 e6 h4、“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。( U" E1 {- ^' T+ V7 `5 q# y
5. The word "triskaidekaphobia" means "extreme fear of the number 13". This superstition is related to "paraskevidekatriaphobia", which means "fear of Friday the 13th".
5 [1 n9 m; F6 \$ u5、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”。
1 p1 s( o, N' J# W% c6. More English words begin with the letter "s" than with any other letter.! \" x. b# Q5 T) f
6、以“s”打头的单词比其他任何字母打头的单词都要多。* U5 ~: T! v3 O$ A; G
7. A preposition is always followed by a noun (ie noun, proper noun, pronoun, noun group, gerund).! @" C! ^4 I( U3 Q8 i. e+ V
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）。; ]- T5 `! A( J# m+ U
8. The word "uncopyrightable" is the longest English word in normal use that contains no letter more than once.$ k5 M) Y O. J4 o
8、“uncopyrightable”是英文里最长的无重复字母的常见单词。: P( G" h& ~1 k
9.A sentence that contains all 26 letters of the alphabet is called a "pangram".
. Y, N' v( l# f8 b- U. @9、一个包含所有26个字母的句子叫做“pangram”。( L, h$ z% P% ^: }! c3 ~
10. 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.4 z/ P9 Q- R R
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。. q" d& q$ n S |5 c6 Q5 F
11. The word "alphabet" comes from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet: alpha, bēta.! ^& R b/ r1 w, ~5 J# P7 p
11、“alphabet”这个单词来源于前两个希腊字母：α和β。
: t8 B+ K& `/ g( `- V. [12. In English, the @ symbol is usually called "the at sign" or "the at symbol".6 \; o( r& P0 a
12、英语中，@符号通常叫做“at标志”、或“at符号”。
$ v& U& Z7 ^ M7 @# O13. The shortest complete sentence in English is the following. "I am."
* Y* O( w8 n6 ]% {5 u! S13、英语里最短的完整句子是“I am”。+ `0 q# ]9 v; v
14. The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat" meaning "the king is helpless". x+ Y2 w2 I4 v- D$ n M/ k8 F
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”。
- I( [1 D6 `9 n, j15. The longest English word without a true vowel is "rhythm".
" b0 Q. R: m6 X* B15、英语里最长的没有元音字母的单词是“rhythm”。
3 M3 `5 Z8 U- |' l16. The only planet not named after a god is our own, Earth.9 T/ c$ Z1 h. r
16、唯一一个不以神的名字命名的行星是我们地球。
# ?8 ?7 m$ l9 K) S/ K' X( ~% B! ]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.
8 k; ?/ K8 e, h8 |" D8 G7 W. [2 I17、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., b4 @& c2 M# u8 F
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.
7 K* z6 r2 ]( m% z' H" s18.“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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