有趣的英语单词来历 有趣的英语单词小知识

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 。
【有趣的英语单词来历 有趣的英语单词小知识】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! 。
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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 。
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WASITACARORACATISAW..'WASITACARORACATISAW'..,it'llgivethesamesentence.

“WASITACARORACATISAW”(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 。
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"Goodbye"camefrom"Godbye"whichcamefrom"Godbewithyou."
英语单词“Goodbye”来自于“Godbye”,原意是“上帝与你同在” 。
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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!
趣味英语小知识a)Ten animals I slam in a net. 我把十只动物一网打尽 你注意到这句话有什么特别之处吗?对了,无论从左到右,还是从右到左,字母排列顺序都是一样的,英语把这叫做Palindromes 回文(指顺读和倒读都一样的词语),关于动物的回文还有以下的例子 Otto saw pup ; pup was Otto. (奥托看见了小狗,小狗的名字叫奥托) Was it a car or a cat I saw ?Was it a rat I saw ? (我刚才看见的是条老鼠?) b)the bee's knees 又来形容最好的至高无上的东西 。
[例] She is a very poor singer but she thinks she's the bee's knees. (她五音不全却自认为是高高在上的一流歌手 。) 该表现起源于20年代的美国,仅仅因为bee's 和 knees押韵,琅琅上口,迅速得到流传,直到现在,还在日常生活非正式场合的对话中经常使用 。
和时间有关的英语趣味小知识(一)时间是金,其值无价 Time is money.(时间就是金钱或一寸光阴一寸金) Time flies.(光阴似箭,日月如梭) Time has wings.(光阴去如飞) Time is a file that wears and makes no noise.(光阴如锉,细磨无声) Time stays not the fool's leisure.(时间不等闲逛的傻瓜) Time and I against any two.(和时间携起手来,一人抵两人) Time is life and when the idle man kills time, he kills himself.(时间就是生命,懒人消耗时间就是消耗自己的生命 。或时间就是生命,节省时间,就是延长生命) 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 Time undermines us.(光阴暗中催人才 。

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