趣味英語

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.

單詞中字母的順序如何不重要，重要的是第一個和最后一個字母的位置。這是因為人們在閱讀時不會注意所有字母順序。

“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—WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW.

“我看到的是一輛車還是一只貓”，這是英語中唯一一句反過來念還是一樣的句子。

“Go” is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

“Go”是英語中最短的完整句子。

The onion is named after the Latin word “unio” meaning large pearl.

單詞“onion”（洋蔥）來自于拉丁語中的 “unio”，意思是大珍珠。

The word “tips” is actually short for “To Insure Prompt Service”.

單詞“tips”（小費）實際上是“To Insure Prompt Service”（保障服務(wù)快捷）的首字母縮寫。

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

會說英語的中國人比會說英語的美國人還多。

The word “l(fā)isten” contains the same letters as “silent”.

單詞“l(fā)isten”（聽）和“silent”（安靜的）用到了同樣的字母。

“Stressed” is “desserts” spelled backwards.

“Stressed”（壓力）倒過來拼寫就是“desserts”（點心）。

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”。

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)寫過一篇5萬字的小說《葛士比》，其中沒有一個單詞帶有字母“E”！