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1. The most common letter in English is "e".
8 k4 x6 ^0 k1 G, a- I7 W! Q! J1、英语里最常见的字母是“e”。2 {! R; Y* q2 X; G: K' d
2. The most common consonant in English is "r", followed by "t".1 ^! {0 Y; C; K& z3 u$ u$ M
2、英语里最常见的辅音字母是“r”，接着是“t”。
1 f" M. B/ M$ J ?5 W3 j3. Only two English words in current use end in "-gry". They are "angry" and "hungry".
: ~) W# O' q: z6 Q. O% ~( ?3、当代英语只有“angry”和“hungry”两个单词是以“gry”结尾的。" @% \' n" I# s0 v: B
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.
, P: {! _1 G. u: L6 \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。
9 f9 F9 h* l* X/ e- j! |2 ^+ v* ]8 M5. The word "triskaidekaphobia" means "extreme fear of the number 13". This superstition is related to "paraskevidekatriaphobia", which means "fear of Friday the 13th".
; N4 w: _1 @3 r5、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”。
9 W! |+ C. u l! |2 t6. More English words begin with the letter "s" than with any other letter.! U* U" v- I& g% a( @$ F# R4 Y
6、以“s”打头的单词比其他任何字母打头的单词都要多。
. q4 W' b# F1 W! ]7. A preposition is always followed by a noun (ie noun, proper noun, pronoun, noun group, gerund).+ O; a' D" Y. ?" t# X& x' i
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）。
) E9 g, Y4 ]! e* i x0 u( m6 l8. The word "uncopyrightable" is the longest English word in normal use that contains no letter more than once.
2 Y1 e. @1 \/ p! m' r" K* i8 r m8、“uncopyrightable”是英文里最长的无重复字母的常见单词。% P* B7 U5 B' C# b: Q- C$ M
9.A sentence that contains all 26 letters of the alphabet is called a "pangram".
: Z9 G4 m( u+ a3 X+ q# M% q9、一个包含所有26个字母的句子叫做“pangram”。2 k# J5 \3 x) E& W" L3 a
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.% N; }8 Y4 d* C& @! F
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。
5 A/ J! z6 ]8 N( J3 K8 k! l11. The word "alphabet" comes from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet: alpha, bēta.
8 L) q7 U) x0 r, i11、“alphabet”这个单词来源于前两个希腊字母：α和β。+ h4 e! d$ A! l3 @7 r
12. In English, the @ symbol is usually called "the at sign" or "the at symbol".1 w# X$ v0 {3 G# C8 ]
12、英语中，@符号通常叫做“at标志”、或“at符号”。4 `2 i; ? S+ a+ H
13. The shortest complete sentence in English is the following. "I am."; B3 n. G8 o$ M( Q/ d' @2 {
13、英语里最短的完整句子是“I am”。0 z9 X% }6 F% Q3 T n# v
14. The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat" meaning "the king is helpless".
3 Z- h* u! T/ f* ^2 n14、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”。
9 o6 X+ Q: z8 \15. The longest English word without a true vowel is "rhythm".
$ @ ~% M; j' P7 @* j! S7 T+ ~! R15、英语里最长的没有元音字母的单词是“rhythm”。9 v) h, T9 D4 {/ U/ m; i' _
16. The only planet not named after a god is our own, Earth.+ `2 Z( Q; r5 Z2 M8 g3 g( o) S0 G6 B
16、唯一一个不以神的名字命名的行星是我们地球。0 U3 U7 M* A1 a0 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.3 Z1 {5 w& D# Z; }5 j
17、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., W% C2 I& i: K% x5 K V# n
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.
) n8 ~( m5 [& k B% j8 f4 w8 A% T18.“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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