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1. The most common letter in English is "e".
3 N/ i) j' X# {% R% `1、英语里最常见的字母是“e”。+ ]# j" f; |& G. {- V$ y& `- t2 _
2. The most common consonant in English is "r", followed by "t".- T: r/ e' k4 n% o& f: {
2、英语里最常见的辅音字母是“r”，接着是“t”。
- e5 e) \$ s% O3. Only two English words in current use end in "-gry". They are "angry" and "hungry".+ z% ^+ ~) N+ g0 }2 s! B) C
3、当代英语只有“angry”和“hungry”两个单词是以“gry”结尾的。 m/ R) Z0 i2 {2 A
4. The word "bookkeeper" (along with its associate "bookkeeping") is the only unhyphenated English word with three consecutive double letters. Other such words, like "sweet-toothed", require a hyphen to be readily readable.
* C3 c& J) [+ g' x4、“bookkeeper”这个单词（还有与之相关的“bookkeeping”）是唯一一个不带连字符、有三对连续重复字母的单词。还有一个类似的单词是“sweet-toothed”，但它需要用连字符连接以确保能读出来。6 `9 @) f' S3 S
5. The word "triskaidekaphobia" means "extreme fear of the number 13". This superstition is related to "paraskevidekatriaphobia", which means "fear of Friday the 13th".3 h* V) j( H/ U) X) D& D' p
5、有个词叫“triskaidekaphobia”，意思是“对数字13的极度恐惧”。这种迷信也和“paraskevidekatriaphobia”这个词有关，意思是“害怕13号正好是礼拜五的那天”。
; P0 i( Z: \# g, j0 t t' s" P6. More English words begin with the letter "s" than with any other letter.( D" L* l* w c) u* h
6、以“s”打头的单词比其他任何字母打头的单词都要多。0 w/ q( Q9 X) y$ k
7. A preposition is always followed by a noun (ie noun, proper noun, pronoun, noun group, gerund).* H, \1 Z5 s0 R7 B0 c+ D
7、介词后面永远要跟一个名词（或专有名词、代词、名词词组、动名词）。
' O+ V% j& n5 R8. The word "uncopyrightable" is the longest English word in normal use that contains no letter more than once./ v7 j7 F+ ~$ h3 t/ s# Q
8、“uncopyrightable”是英文里最长的无重复字母的常见单词。
3 K4 X# u8 m+ o6 H% f$ K6 ^7 y- K) p9.A sentence that contains all 26 letters of the alphabet is called a "pangram".
" C0 o: m% m, k& t9、一个包含所有26个字母的句子叫做“pangram”。
9 u, d. W$ ^) I$ A10. The following sentence contains all 26 letters of the alphabet: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." This sentence is often used to test typewriters or keyboards.
4 [3 B# K9 c" ^, `& p) V' `10、下面这个句子就包含所有26个字母“The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.”（敏捷的棕色狐狸跳过了懒狗），这个句子也常被用来测试打字机或键盘。' v, `4 j9 L4 z4 Q- V4 u+ _6 J
11. The word "alphabet" comes from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet: alpha, bēta.) U' D1 K1 n6 c0 ^/ G- \& D5 ?
11、“alphabet”这个单词来源于前两个希腊字母：α和β。
! p7 Q2 T/ |8 W" S" @8 O" r12. In English, the @ symbol is usually called "the at sign" or "the at symbol".
- q7 ^* ~* G6 A6 u1 K, M5 _12、英语中，@符号通常叫做“at标志”、或“at符号”。 v- s' `# E( \- W3 P
13. The shortest complete sentence in English is the following. "I am."
3 F$ s' L* r9 I9 Y. G' j13、英语里最短的完整句子是“I am”。0 ^7 R$ W0 e4 ]- `- H& s) j" s" Z
14. The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat" meaning "the king is helpless".1 i& M6 ?+ k1 L+ c
14、象棋里“将军”这个词来源于波斯语“Shah Mat”，意思是“国王束手无策”。
/ k3 S1 M6 u/ Z7 w7 u' E- g! r15. The longest English word without a true vowel is "rhythm".
J1 O: e0 T1 u6 D8 m" L15、英语里最长的没有元音字母的单词是“rhythm”。 b7 Y G9 j$ c( W' z4 }
16. The only planet not named after a god is our own, Earth.9 ?' `( V: D" Y; l3 i7 F$ J" ~
16、唯一一个不以神的名字命名的行星是我们地球。3 z! t* Z4 E1 a4 V% A
17.We can find 10 words in the 7-letter word "therein" without rearranging any of its letters: the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein, herein.; w9 L" p8 R3 F! B1 I
17、从“therein”这个由七个字母组成的单词里，能不换字母顺序而找出十个单词：the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein, herein.
: J- q$ v; B7 A" P1 {, P18.The "QWERTY keyboard" gains its name from the fact that its first 6 letter keys are Q, W, E, R, T and Y. On early typewriters the keys were arranged in such a way as to minimize the clashing of the mechanical rods that carried the letters.' _6 T4 p' q) B. e6 E/ Y2 V6 t, R
18.“QWERTY”键盘是以这种键盘的头六个字母命名的。人们还在用打字机的时候，这么安排字母顺序是为了减小印有字母的机械杆撞到一起的情况。
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