英文小知识科普 海岛英文小知识( 三 )


剑桥大学的研究表明:单词中字母的顺序如何不重要,重要的是第一个和最后一个字母的位置 。这是因为大脑在阅读时不会读到所有字母 。
2、'WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW'. This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse, it'll give the same sentence 。(我看到的是一辆车还是一只猫)这是英语中唯一一句反过来念还是一样的句子 。
3、"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you" 。英语单词“Goodbye”来自于“God bye”,原意是“上帝与你同在” 。
4、The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog."uses every letter of the alphabet!(这只敏捷的棕色狐狸跳过了一只懒狗)这句话用到了字母表中的所有字母!5、"Go", is the shortest complete sentence in the English language 。“Go”是英语中最短的完整句子 。
6、The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl 。单词“onion”(洋葱)来自于拉丁词“unio”,意思是大珍珠 。
7、The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service' 。单词“tips”(小费)实际上是“To Insure Prompt Service”(保障快捷的服务)的首字母缩写!8、The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb 。
词组“rule of thumb”(经验法则),是从一条古老的英国法律中来的,即:不能用超过大拇指粗细的东西打老婆 。9、The longest word in the English language !英语中最长的单词是“”(硅酸盐沉着病)!10、More people in China speak English than in the United States 。

会说英语的中国人比会说英语的美国人还多 。11、The word "listen" contains the same letters as"silent" 。
单词“listen”(听)和“silent”(安静的)用到了一样的字母 。12、Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering 。
胡佛真空吸尘器在英国曾经非常流行,到现在很多人还把“vacuuming”(吸尘)说成“hoovering”(胡佛ing…) 。13、Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards 。
“Stressed”(压力)倒过来拼就是“Desserts”(点心) 。14、The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and'Q' is the least used!英语中使用最多的字母是“E”,用得最少的是“Q” 。
15、Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", whichcontains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E! 。
让我们了解几个军事英语句型吧 。
1、services and arms need their own maps. 各兵种需要他们自己的地图 。
2、Precision weapons have precise coordinates with them. 精确制导武器都装有精确坐标 。
3、Experts can combine pictures taken from airplanes and satellites with topographical data.专家们能把航空和卫星照片与地形数据结合起来 。
4、We should have our own geographic information systems.我们应该拥有自己的地理信息系统 。
5、The modern weapons are classified as strategic,operational and tactical ones.现代武器分为战略武器、战役武器和战术武器 。
6、Have you seen spy planes, helicopters and space shuttles?你们见过间谍飞机、直升飞机、航天飞机吗?
7、A powerful navy must have smaller ships.一支强大的海军还必须有小型的舰只 。
8、Nuclear weapons include atom bombs, hydrogen bombs and neutron bombs.核武器包括原子弹、氢弹、中子弹 。
9、We saw this kind of missiles on TV.我们在电视上看见过这种导弹 。
10、Please have a look at the models of cruise missiles, anti-ballistic missiles and space rockets.请看看巡航导弹、反弹道导弹和宇宙火箭的模型吧 。
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