1. “Goodbye” came from “God bye”， which came from “God be with you.”

“Goodbye”來(lái)自于“God bye”，原意是“上帝與你同在”。

2. 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(huà)用到了字母表中的所有字母！

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

“Go”是英語(yǔ)中最短的完整句子。

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

“onion”（洋蔥）來(lái)自于拉丁語(yǔ)“unio”，意思是“大珍珠”。

5. The word “Tips” is actually an acronym standing for “To Insure Prompt Service”.

“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)。

6. The phrase “rule of thumb” is derived from old English law which stated that you couldn’t beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

“rule of thumb”（經(jīng)驗(yàn)法則）源自一條古老的英國(guó)法律，即不能用超過(guò)大拇指粗細(xì)的東西打老婆。

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

英語(yǔ)中最長(zhǎng)的單詞是“pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses”（硅酸鹽沉著?。?！

8. 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。

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

“l(fā)isten”和“silent”用到了一樣的字母。

10. Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.

“胡佛真空吸塵器”在英國(guó)曾經(jīng)非常流行，到現(xiàn)在很多人還把“vacuuming”（吸塵）說(shuō)成“hoovering”。

11. Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.

“Stressed”（壓力）倒過(guò)來(lái)拼就是“Desserts”（點(diǎn)心）。

12. The most used letter in the English alphabet is “E”， and “Q” is the least used!

英語(yǔ)字母表中使用最多的字母是“E”，用得最少的是“Q”。

13. Ernest Vincent Wright (1872—1939) 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)一部5萬(wàn)字的小說(shuō)《葛士比》，里面字母“E”一個(gè)都沒(méi)有！

Vocabulary

acronym n. 首字母縮略詞

derive v. 源自

state v. 表明

contain v. 包含

vacuum n. v. 真空；用真空吸塵器清掃