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# p* I- [+ i& U$ E& o+ F1. The most common letter in English is "e".# {+ s B4 C; T
1、英语里最常见的字母是“e”。
3 o" M6 @6 |; z G3 {* u2. The most common consonant in English is "r", followed by "t".* `; U8 J/ l* E, j7 i/ E
2、英语里最常见的辅音字母是“r”，接着是“t”。
* L) B' e' `4 p3. Only two English words in current use end in "-gry". They are "angry" and "hungry".8 G# R/ X2 s- U6 J- N: E
3、当代英语只有“angry”和“hungry”两个单词是以“gry”结尾的。
: O$ s: s6 [( y5 K( y4. 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; E1 k' |* |8 G% @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。
# M9 h. Y3 m( a) l- n4 q) ~+ L5. The word "triskaidekaphobia" means "extreme fear of the number 13". This superstition is related to "paraskevidekatriaphobia", which means "fear of Friday the 13th"./ a; K# `1 J: a4 s# p9 j
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”。
4 Y7 Y& ]8 f5 s" S! m' C; u2 r6. More English words begin with the letter "s" than with any other letter.
8 j1 ?4 q7 l5 o6、以“s”打头的单词比其他任何字母打头的单词都要多。
( b" u4 t" i% T1 M; X! s) N% ]7. A preposition is always followed by a noun (ie noun, proper noun, pronoun, noun group, gerund).% p, s! k, w+ K/ c. P+ c& f5 A
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）。
- h6 E) a% h# v7 J$ f3 L% s/ |# l8. The word "uncopyrightable" is the longest English word in normal use that contains no letter more than once.* `! Y. \' k2 K2 t
8、“uncopyrightable”是英文里最长的无重复字母的常见单词。8 P" I: e3 u- r* q1 X# V) Z
9.A sentence that contains all 26 letters of the alphabet is called a "pangram".
7 k; W4 ^8 |/ \9、一个包含所有26个字母的句子叫做“pangram”。: Y' `* f0 h1 r# q
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% p8 o' L, x0 k( R* J- `+ E% O* a10、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。1 R1 C8 u+ |/ I6 G1 L8 t8 m2 o
11. The word "alphabet" comes from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet: alpha, bēta.0 j+ b' |1 a& [+ N3 y
11、“alphabet”这个单词来源于前两个希腊字母：α和β。
1 j5 B4 {$ c- h& U8 R12. In English, the @ symbol is usually called "the at sign" or "the at symbol".6 z" a( x3 N8 W
12、英语中，@符号通常叫做“at标志”、或“at符号”。
, t) n, n: ]2 o- x4 @& Y13. The shortest complete sentence in English is the following. "I am."6 k$ _, `$ H( r4 S& t
13、英语里最短的完整句子是“I am”。
* w/ w; {5 q8 ~/ J2 ^" g14. The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat" meaning "the king is helpless".
! U! U4 v, R, k$ q' M* w14、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”。
c& z) L, U; M/ f' k, A6 |2 Z) w15. The longest English word without a true vowel is "rhythm".
7 I2 G( R/ R" n: ~% x; N1 ^: W15、英语里最长的没有元音字母的单词是“rhythm”。
8 J9 @" X: x# M8 ?6 f v& S16. The only planet not named after a god is our own, Earth.) l% G6 n/ e# ]$ |3 L: w! V
16、唯一一个不以神的名字命名的行星是我们地球。
) J4 M6 ^4 S4 ^1 n8 Q17.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.! W4 U% r" M) V& i, W
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., W2 d5 I9 B- A* b1 `3 T( B/ Q( @
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., r. J$ i2 ?6 I: E, D& @
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。' t8 c! a( V/ h8 a4 w3 q
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