趣味英語冷知識精選2017

知道單詞Goodbye的由來是什麼嗎?你知道tips的本意是什麼嗎?學累了課本上枯燥的英語語法，不如來見識一下英語有趣的一面，還有更多有趣的英語知識等待你的發掘哦!

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.

劍橋大學的研究表明：單詞中字母的順序如何不重要，重要的是第一個和最後一個字母的位置。這是因為大腦在閲讀時不會讀到所有字母。

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

會説英語的中國人比會説英語的美國人還多。

3. "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."

英語單詞“Goodbye”來自於“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.”(這隻敏捷的棕色狐狸跳過了一隻懶狗)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)實際上是“To Insure Prompt Service”(保障快捷的服務)的首字母縮寫!

7. The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."

單詞“listen”(聽)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•萊特曾經寫過一篇5萬字的小説《葛士比》，裏面沒有一個字母“E”!

9. Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.

“Stressed”(壓力)倒過來拼就是“Desserts”(點心)。

10. The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!

英語中使用最多的字母是“E”，用得最少的是“Q”。