冷知識(shí)：英語(yǔ)老師都不知道的“英語(yǔ)真相”
1. According to a research project at Cambridge University, 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.
劍橋大學(xué)的研究表明：?jiǎn)卧~中字母的順序如何不重要，重要的是第一個(gè)和最后一個(gè)字母的位置。這是因?yàn)榇竽X在閱讀時(shí)不會(huì)讀到所有字母。
2. More people in China speak English than in the United States.
會(huì)說(shuō)英語(yǔ)的中國(guó)人比會(huì)說(shuō)英語(yǔ)的美國(guó)人還多。
3. "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
英語(yǔ)單詞“Goodbye”來(lái)自于“God bye”，原意是“上帝與你同在”。
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.”（這只敏捷的棕色狐貍跳過(guò)了一只懶狗）這句話用到了字母表中的所有字母！
5. 'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
“Go”是英語(yǔ)中最短的完整句子。
6. The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.
單詞“tips”(小費(fèi))實(shí)際上是“To Insure Prompt Service”(保障快捷的服務(wù))的首字母縮寫(xiě)。
7. The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
單詞“listen”(聽(tīng))和“silent”(安靜的)用到了一樣的字母。
8. Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!
作家厄爾尼斯特•文森特•萊特曾經(jīng)寫(xiě)過(guò)一篇5萬(wàn)字的小說(shuō)《葛士比》，里面沒(méi)有一個(gè)字母“E”!
9. Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
“Stressed”(壓力)倒過(guò)來(lái)拼就是“Desserts”(點(diǎn)心)。
10. The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!
英語(yǔ)中使用最多的字母是“E”，用得最少的是“Q”。