閒聊時,話題中總會充斥著一些稀奇古怪的冷知識,你會在當中學到知識,也會在這收穫樂趣。
今天小助手就為大家準備了8個有(mei)意(sha)思(yong)的英語冷知識,讓我們換個角度認識一下天天都在學習的英語!Here we go~!
1.
The most common letter in English is "e".
-英語裡最常見的字母是「e」,在腓尼基語和希伯來語中E是代表窗的象形符號,叫做he,相當於希臘字母E(epsilon),但是 作家厄爾尼斯特·文森特·萊特曾經寫過一篇5萬字的小說《葛士比》,裡面沒有一個字母「 E」!
2.
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
-「敏捷的棕色狐狸跳過了懶狗」這個句子包含所有26個字母,這是出版業用來展示字體顯示效果的一句話,也是以前打字機維修工們每當調試好機器後,都要檢打的一句話。
3.
Only two English words in current use end in "-gry". They are "angry" and "hungry".
-當代英語只有「angry」和「hungry」兩個單詞是以「gry」結尾的。他們很生氣!
4.
.Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.Amzanig!
-之前網絡上流行這樣的分享,就是一段打亂的文字,並沒有造成閱讀障礙。例如,「研表究明打漢亂字順序不影會閱響讀」。這種現象在英語中也是成立的!
5.
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!
6.
WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW?
-我剛剛看到的是只貓還是一輛車?有趣的回文句,這句話把所有字母倒過來還是一樣的意思,類似的額還有:Able was I ere I saw Elba;Live on,Time,emit noevil……
7.
Red Wacky League Antlez Broke the Stereo Neon Tide Bring Back Honesty Coalition Feedback Hand of Aces Keep Going Captain Let’s Pretend Lost State of Dance Paper Taxis Lunar Road Up Down Strange All and I Neon Sheep Eve Hornby Faye BradleyAJ Wilde Michael Rice Dion Watts Matthew Appleyard John Ashurst Lauren Swales Zoe Angus Jaspreet Singh Emma Matthews Nicola Brown Leanne Pickering Victoria Davies Rachel Burnside Gil Parker Freya Watson Alisha Watts James Pearson Jacob Sotheran Darley Beth Lowery Jasmine Hewitt Chloe Gibson Molly Farquhar Lewis Murphy Abbie Coulson Nick Davies Harvey Parker Kyran Williamson Michael Anderson Bethany Murray Sophie Hamilton Amy Wilkins Emma Simpson Liam Wales Jacob Bartram Alex Hooks Rebecca Miller Caitlin Miller Sean McCloskey Dominic Parker Abbey Sharpe Elena Larkin Rebecca Simpson Nick Dixon Abbie Farrelly Liam Grieves Casey Smith Liam Downing Ben Wignall Elizabeth Hann Danielle Walker Lauren Glen James Johnson Ben Ervine Kate Burton James Hudson Daniel Mayes Matthew Kitching Josh Bennett Evolution Dreams.
-以上來自一位英國人的名字,住在哈特普(Hartlepool)的41歲婦女唐·麥克馬納斯(Dawn McManus),和先生一起成立「紅色夢想」(Red Dreams)慈善組織,幫助年輕人從事創意產業工作,為了鼓勵更多人捐款,她以這個慈善組織的名字為她的名(Red)和姓(Dreams),中間加上慈善組織幫助過的人名作為中間名(middle names)。
--世界上最長的英文名,截止時間2018年12月21日。
8.
She sells seashell on the seashore,and the seashell she sells on the seashore are seashell I'm sure.
-英文中最經典的一句繞口令。