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1. The most common letter in English is "e".
) ]3 M) e. r) K; ]9 x1 }1、英语里最常见的字母是“e”。" ^2 K3 I& E! z9 m% x" W2 |% c
2. The most common consonant in English is "r", followed by "t".
. o. {: [) Y* `3 y5 G2、英语里最常见的辅音字母是“r”，接着是“t”。 i* A# n* b& U
3. Only two English words in current use end in "-gry". They are "angry" and "hungry".) a' b3 y- i% x" u+ p) W& C w
3、当代英语只有“angry”和“hungry”两个单词是以“gry”结尾的。
; e6 U' _9 H( Z2 b4. 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.7 O% P3 E2 X" V" y2 B! }3 \) w
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。
/ X; `# @1 W) Y0 z- h5. The word "triskaidekaphobia" means "extreme fear of the number 13". This superstition is related to "paraskevidekatriaphobia", which means "fear of Friday the 13th".
$ Q- k) t3 T5 h+ k5、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”。
' i0 p+ x/ s6 v) C. s6. More English words begin with the letter "s" than with any other letter.
8 k6 @3 F8 H$ |! _2 r6、以“s”打头的单词比其他任何字母打头的单词都要多。
" d4 \# w5 z. A7. A preposition is always followed by a noun (ie noun, proper noun, pronoun, noun group, gerund).
- e/ ]+ t4 E+ Q. k* m7、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）。
, I7 r) p9 d) W0 u( E8. The word "uncopyrightable" is the longest English word in normal use that contains no letter more than once.' Z0 x9 d) @6 v& H5 M# K6 b1 b+ S
8、“uncopyrightable”是英文里最长的无重复字母的常见单词。
/ l$ Y) V% p- r1 n9.A sentence that contains all 26 letters of the alphabet is called a "pangram"." E3 b3 E+ K7 [, r4 g
9、一个包含所有26个字母的句子叫做“pangram”。
$ _" O1 E9 d/ g2 W3 k5 X10. 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.
( b3 |' a( I! D% P, ~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。2 W0 z# H9 B0 B2 \5 s3 L
11. The word "alphabet" comes from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet: alpha, bēta.8 ^1 F3 n: _; b0 {
11、“alphabet”这个单词来源于前两个希腊字母：α和β。% Y* Q r; }1 ?- E( _4 i
12. In English, the @ symbol is usually called "the at sign" or "the at symbol".$ O1 k: I/ j% P U3 G$ X
12、英语中，@符号通常叫做“at标志”、或“at符号”。; E- l7 P$ O0 r S& g% f7 M" ]7 V# V
13. The shortest complete sentence in English is the following. "I am."
: J1 z/ B( V: l. u7 w, z9 g13、英语里最短的完整句子是“I am”。 M/ J8 L( G, P. B6 G. v
14. The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat" meaning "the king is helpless".' c8 w" n" Y( n
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”。
9 e9 g7 u% ?+ I0 @15. The longest English word without a true vowel is "rhythm".
1 w" c+ _: `& [) X" k* o6 V8 M/ a15、英语里最长的没有元音字母的单词是“rhythm”。/ [9 p/ o( r: H/ T0 y
16. The only planet not named after a god is our own, Earth.( s% C3 T, _. i, p/ R8 S4 m8 @
16、唯一一个不以神的名字命名的行星是我们地球。7 ]8 O+ A) f$ z* m& [
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 A; |1 a' X8 _4 y' f$ s: f17、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.
+ y9 {( H* G! C- P" I# `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.6 e: j; F; I, C, |& z
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。
+ ~8 j: w+ S0 D' h: p4 i声明：本双语文章的中文翻译系沪江英语原创内容，转载请注明出处。中文翻译仅代表译者个人观点，仅供参考。如有不妥之处，欢迎指正。/ D, W( m1 v$ I1 q8 a4 I
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