英语学习的有趣小知识( 六 )


或时间就是生命,节省时间,就是延长生命)7. Time spent in vice or folly is doubly lost.(消磨于恶习或愚行的时间是加倍的损失) (二) 时间是风,去而不返8. Time undermines us.(光阴暗中催人才 。或莫说年纪小人生容易老)9. Time and tide wait for no man.(岁月不待人)10. Time cannot be won again.(时间一去不再来)11. Time is , time was , and time is past.(现在有时间,过去有时间,时间一去不复返)12. Time lost can not be recalled.(光阴一去不复返)13. Time flies like an arrow , and time lost never returns.(光阴似箭,一去不返) (三)时间是尺,万物皆检14. Time tries friends as fire tries gold.(时间考验朋友,烈火考验黄金)15. Time tries truth.(时间检验真理)16. Time is the father of truth.(时间是真理之父)17. Time will tell.(时间能说明问题)18. Time brings the truth to light.(时间使真相大白 。
或时间一到,真理自明 。)19. Time and chance reveal all secrets.(时间与机会能提示一切秘密)20. Time consecrates: what is gray with age becomes religion.(时间考验一切,经得起时间考验的就为人所信仰)21. Time reveals(discloses) all things.(万事日久自明)22. Time tries all.(时间检验一切) (四)时间是秤,衡量权质23. There is no time like the present.(现在正是时候)24. Take time by the forelock.(把握目前的时机)25. To choose time is to save time.(选择时间就是节省时间)26. Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today.(今日事,今日毕)27. Procrastination is the thief of time.(拖延为时间之窃贼)28. One of these days is none of these days.(拖延时日,终难实现 。
或:改天改天,不知哪天)29. Tomorrow never comes.(明天无尽头,明日何其多)30. What may be done at any time will be done at no time.(常将今日推明日,推到后来无踪迹) (五)时间是水,淘金流沙31. Time works wonders.(时间可以创造奇迹或时间的效力不可思议)32. Time works great changes.(时间可以产生巨大的变化)33. Times change.(时代正在改变) 。
1、According to a research project at Cambridge Uiversity, it doesn't matter what order the letters in a word are, the only important thing is that the first and last letter be in the right place. This is because the human mind does not read every letter 。
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 ispneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!英语中最长的单词是“pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses”(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” 。

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