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1. The most common letter in English is "e". E1 z: d0 V- S( c1 i
1、英语里最常见的字母是“e”。
2 S9 S( s1 e; O" R4 |2. The most common consonant in English is "r", followed by "t".
3 U$ u: H. w; ]3 {7 ^ t2 @2、英语里最常见的辅音字母是“r”，接着是“t”。
, f0 ~3 [5 C- r9 I3. Only two English words in current use end in "-gry". They are "angry" and "hungry".
8 N# J" C4 @1 f. }* w9 m N7 L3、当代英语只有“angry”和“hungry”两个单词是以“gry”结尾的。: B" E3 i* @; ?- i
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.% J0 C3 D$ @4 i7 A
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。
: p3 r) c; P# I# _% O6 x5. The word "triskaidekaphobia" means "extreme fear of the number 13". This superstition is related to "paraskevidekatriaphobia", which means "fear of Friday the 13th".
$ a/ V9 c4 M5 _: x: H9 s5、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”。
7 L8 O1 p0 x9 u& G: p6. More English words begin with the letter "s" than with any other letter.
6 a3 x0 N# I4 |. f* F6、以“s”打头的单词比其他任何字母打头的单词都要多。2 g, K+ {- S6 G& _; m7 l
7. A preposition is always followed by a noun (ie noun, proper noun, pronoun, noun group, gerund).
: {& v; l# Y4 j7、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）。
/ L" T5 [! G6 F# O$ m5 l5 O8. The word "uncopyrightable" is the longest English word in normal use that contains no letter more than once.; y, H. l! Y6 M5 F5 E& @
8、“uncopyrightable”是英文里最长的无重复字母的常见单词。
) D9 H) e+ K: t1 d9.A sentence that contains all 26 letters of the alphabet is called a "pangram".) a% a6 K/ t7 H1 J+ l" o
9、一个包含所有26个字母的句子叫做“pangram”。; d* b# p; W: l; O9 r V/ L8 ~
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." l# S: i& k% Q$ A$ H! W; y
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。
* s) U- p( c- G) ]8 ]11. The word "alphabet" comes from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet: alpha, bēta.
8 ~5 z( n- ?' _/ t2 {11、“alphabet”这个单词来源于前两个希腊字母：α和β。
5 K5 v6 `: G: W. D12. In English, the @ symbol is usually called "the at sign" or "the at symbol".* O1 o" v' g- g4 _) M& C
12、英语中，@符号通常叫做“at标志”、或“at符号”。
$ S! p/ c; V( e3 I& C) _& }13. The shortest complete sentence in English is the following. "I am."
2 b+ b B8 b' c4 K9 O13、英语里最短的完整句子是“I am”。0 s& r/ z! r: g! R
14. The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat" meaning "the king is helpless".
$ M! f8 I8 L7 n9 Q! i% q Y14、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”。( y/ }4 t4 }8 o/ J2 ]3 v
15. The longest English word without a true vowel is "rhythm".
% `1 g7 o* @: Q/ n+ q15、英语里最长的没有元音字母的单词是“rhythm”。4 ]' N! C1 X6 i6 G+ r7 x# p8 g
16. The only planet not named after a god is our own, Earth.
6 Q; B0 W* a' M16、唯一一个不以神的名字命名的行星是我们地球。# _5 S2 q2 X% k8 E/ \6 Z; r
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.
4 C% J3 g) v# ~! 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.
( m' t' D6 a% ]# B18.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.
" {" [6 V6 A+ m! s, D8 A, |18.“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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