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6 P$ S) |# X/ P' Q1 f$ j! b; R1. The most common letter in English is "e".* k1 E8 \* |4 K; X
1、英语里最常见的字母是“e”。2 Q: K: l9 P( V
2. The most common consonant in English is "r", followed by "t".
. j$ C, P. ~' a1 ]: i' E+ p2、英语里最常见的辅音字母是“r”,接着是“t”。
7 H( G6 R4 R" p( W! S& V3. Only two English words in current use end in "-gry". They are "angry" and "hungry".
$ H w/ R& z1 r, @3、当代英语只有“angry”和“hungry”两个单词是以“gry”结尾的。" P/ c# Z8 g; ` W
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.
; ~' [8 h) r! R" F& ]" r* X4、“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. u m1 T& q K) f8 L
5. The word "triskaidekaphobia" means "extreme fear of the number 13". This superstition is related to "paraskevidekatriaphobia", which means "fear of Friday the 13th".2 {# i; \5 x, D
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”。% L. \! h2 b. R; v
6. More English words begin with the letter "s" than with any other letter.8 E9 l0 e3 n, C( k
6、以“s”打头的单词比其他任何字母打头的单词都要多。; U0 g9 a8 u [- ~8 R0 u
7. A preposition is always followed by a noun (ie noun, proper noun, pronoun, noun group, gerund).- O* t( P/ f- {$ \
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)。# C$ m: `, B& I9 Q2 C0 [
8. The word "uncopyrightable" is the longest English word in normal use that contains no letter more than once.& g8 B/ h7 Z: W0 T' B( x
8、“uncopyrightable”是英文里最长的无重复字母的常见单词。
6 h3 [9 f8 m K9 p9.A sentence that contains all 26 letters of the alphabet is called a "pangram".
8 y) j6 U) @ W! S9、一个包含所有26个字母的句子叫做“pangram”。- s0 K. y# r& S) h& i
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.
# w% q$ ^+ }5 d& ^9 K7 o3 e5 f$ U10、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。+ r5 L. z$ ]! I* L" Z
11. The word "alphabet" comes from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet: alpha, bēta.
. L, u! k3 t. M, G3 h11、“alphabet”这个单词来源于前两个希腊字母:α和β。+ a7 H @* w. f9 f( `" N
12. In English, the @ symbol is usually called "the at sign" or "the at symbol".
# d* s: \& y p- Q, V( M7 f# C12、英语中,@符号通常叫做“at标志”、或“at符号”。
' _ G2 @/ Y4 u/ H% b13. The shortest complete sentence in English is the following. "I am."
2 H# k) w/ L$ V" e/ H3 D13、英语里最短的完整句子是“I am”。
3 T |! d) E" h. i( B14. The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat" meaning "the king is helpless".
$ h. j; s2 J- X& I. }% Q14、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”。
l+ q9 N# [% r: m! D! }15. The longest English word without a true vowel is "rhythm".- o0 s; c8 X/ H9 x9 f- e: }7 n% A) x( |
15、英语里最长的没有元音字母的单词是“rhythm”。
7 f5 F1 l( [( O( n b- n16. The only planet not named after a god is our own, Earth.2 R5 a( n# R$ g m; {
16、唯一一个不以神的名字命名的行星是我们地球。
! x$ ?: Y+ ]7 u8 I: b17.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., }7 t8 E/ ]8 t% t
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.4 J8 C6 R4 P2 I& k/ y& 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.( n/ c' i k: W' O
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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