1. Aoccdrnig to a rseearch 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.

剑桥大学的研讨标明：单词中字母的次序如何不重要，重要的是第一个和最终一个字母的方位。这是因为大脑在阅览时不会读到一切字母。

(修改注：我们在读上面这句看起来有点乱码的语句时，有留心到单词字母的次序吗?)

2. WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW.. ‘WASITACARORACATISAW’.. This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse, it’ll give the same sentence.

“WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW”(我看到的是一辆车仍是一只猫)这是英语中仅有一句反过来念仍是相同的语句。

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“天主与你同在”。

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.”(这只灵敏的棕色狐狸跳过了一只懒狗)这句话用到了字母表中的一切字母!

5. ‘Go’, is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

“Go”是英语中最短的无缺语句。

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)实践上是“To Insure Prompt Service”(保证便利的效能)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”(经历规则)，是从一条陈旧的英王法令中来的，即：不能用跨越大拇指粗细的东西打老婆。

9. The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!

英语中最长的单词是“pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses”(硅酸盐镇定病)!

10. More people in China speak English than in the United States.

会说英语的我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”(恬静的)用到了相同的字母。

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早年非常盛行，到如今许多人还把“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!

英语中运用最多的字母是“E”，用得最少的是“Q”。

15. 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·莱特早年写过一篇5万字的小说《葛士比》，里边没有一个字母“E”!

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