1. Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch procejt at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, itdeosnt mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng istaht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. Tihs is bcuseae the huamnmnid deos not raed ervey lteter.——>(Original Sentence: According to aresearch project at Cambridge University, it doesn’t matter what order theletters in a word are, the only important thing is that the first and lastletter be in the right place. This is because the human mind does not readevery 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后一個字母的位置。這是因為大腦在閱讀時不會讀到所有字母。
2. WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW. ‘WASITACARORACATISAW’.This is theonly English sentence which even if we read in reverse, it’ll give the samesentence.“WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW”(我看到的是一輛車還是一只貓)這是英語中一種反過來念還是一樣的句子,這種句子稱作回文。
3. “Goodbye” came from “God bye” which came from “God be with you.”英語單詞“Goodbye”來自于“God bye”,原意是“上帝與你同在”。
4. The sentence “The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog.” usesevery letter of the alphabet! “The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog.”(這只敏捷的棕色狐貍跳過了一只懶狗)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 onion is named after the Latin word ‘unio’ meaning largepearl.單詞“onion”(洋蔥)來自于拉丁詞“unio”,意思是大珍珠。