1、15条有趣英条有趣英语小知小知识第1页你知道单词Goodbye由来是什么吗?你知道tips本意是什么吗?你知道英语中最长单词是怎么来吗?学累了书本上枯燥英语语法,不如来见识一下英语有趣一面,还有更多有趣英语知识等候你发掘哦!第2页1.WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW.WASITACARORACATISAW.This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse,itll give the same sentence.“WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW”(我看到是一辆车还是一
2、只猫)这是英语中唯一一句反过来念还是一样句子。2.Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch procejt at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy,it deosnt mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are,the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae.Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter.剑桥大学研究表明:单词中字母次序怎样不主要,主要
3、是第一个和最终一个字母位置。这是因为大脑在阅读时不会读到全部字母。第3页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!“The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog.”(这只灵敏棕色狐狸跳过了一只懒狗)这句话用到了字母表中全部字母
4、5.Go,is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.“Go”是英语中最短完整句子。第4页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 phrase rule of thumb is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldnt beat your wife with anyth
5、ing wider than your thumb.词组“rule of thumb”(经验法则),是从一条古老英国法律中来,即:不能用超出大拇指粗细东西打老婆。8.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”(保障快捷服务)首字母缩写!第5页9.The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcano
6、conioses!英语中最长单词是“pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses”(硅酸盐从容病)!10.More people in China speak English than in the United States.会说英语中国人比会说英语美国人还多。11.The word listen contains the same letters as silent.单词“listen”(听)和“silent”(平静)用到了一样字母。第6页12.Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK t
7、hat 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.Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel,Gadsby,which contains over 50,000 words-none of them with the letter E!作家厄尔尼斯特文森特莱特曾经写过一篇5万字小说葛士比,里面没有一个字母“E”!第7页14.Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.“Stressed”(压力)倒过来拼就是“Desserts”(点心)。15.The most used letter in the English alphabet is E,and Q is the least used!英语中使用最多字母是“E”,用得最少是“Q”。第8页