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1、你知道英语中最长的单词是怎么来的吗？你知道单词“Goodbye”的由来是什么吗？你知道“tips”的本意是什么吗？学累了课本上枯燥的英语语法，不如来见识一下英语有趣的一面，还有更多有趣的英语知识等待你的发掘哦！1. According to a research project at Cambridge University, it doesnt 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
2、. This is because the human mind does not read every letter.剑桥大学的研究表明：单词中字母的顺序如何不重要，重要的是第一个和最后一个字母的位置。这是因为大脑在阅读时不会读到所有字母。2. WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW. WASITACARORACATISAW. This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse, itll give the same sentence.“WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW”（
3、我看到的是一辆车还是一只猫）这是英语中唯一一句反过来念还是一样的句子。3. Goodbye came from God bye which came from God be with you.英语单词“Goodbye”来自于“God bye”，原意是“上帝与你同在”。4. 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.”（这只敏捷的棕色狐狸跳过了一只懒狗）这句话用到了字母表中的
4、所有字母！5. Go, is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.“Go”是英语中最短的完整句子。6. The onion is named after the Latin word unio meaning large pearl.单词“onion”（洋葱）来自于拉丁词“unio”，意思是大珍珠。7. The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for To Insure Prompt Service.单词“tips”（小费）实际上是“To Insure Prompt S
5、ervice”（保障快捷的服务）的首字母缩写！8. The phrase rule of thumb is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldnt beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.词组“rule of thumb”（经验法则），是从一条古老的英国法律中来的，即：不能用超过大拇指粗细的东西打老婆。9. The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsil
6、icovolcanoconioses!英语中最长的单词是“pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses”（硅酸盐沉着病）！10. More people in China speak English than in the United States.会说英语的中国人比会说英语的美国人还多。11. The word listen contains the same letters as silent.单词“listen”（听）和“silent”（安静的）用到了一样的字母。12. Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popu
7、lar in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.胡佛真空吸尘器在英国曾经非常流行，到现在很多人还把“vacuuming”（吸尘）说成“hoovering”（胡佛ing）。13. Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.“Stressed”（压力）倒过来拼就是“Desserts”（点心）。14. The most used letter in the English alphabet is E, and Q is the least used!英语中使用最多的字母是“E”，
8、用得最少的是“Q”。15. Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, Gadsby, which contains over 50,000 words - none of them with the letter E!作家厄尔尼斯特文森特莱特曾经写过一篇5万字的小说葛士比，里面没有一个字母“E”！玫瑰I put down my dignity, personality and obstinacy for the sake of someone who I am unable to give up. 我放下尊严，放下个性，放下固执，都只因为放不下一个人.玫瑰Som
9、etimes there is no next time, no second chance, no time out. Sometimes it is now or never.有时候，没有下一次，没有机会重来，没有暂停继续.有时候，错过了现在，就永远永远的没机会了.玫瑰True friends will always find a way to help you. Fake friends will always find an excuse.真心朋友总会找机会帮你，假意朋友总会找借口不帮.爱心【关于cool的常用俚语】1. Im cool=Im fine. 如：A: How you be
10、en? B: Im cool, man. 我挺好的老兄。 2. play it cool不动声色，冷静，如：If the boss walks in, just play it cool. 老板进来的时候要表现得若无其事的样子。玫瑰A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world. Joseph Addison 知足是人生在世最大的幸事.爱迪生玫瑰How much truth of heart in ones life is told in a joke?一辈子有多少真心话是以玩笑的方式说了出去.玫瑰
11、The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past; You cant go forward in life until you let go of your past failures.最光明的未来，总是建立在遗忘的过去之上；只有忘掉过去的失败，你才能勇往直前.太阳【各种价格】reasonable price合理价格;fair price公平价格;favorable price优惠价;competitive price竞争价;highest price最高价;lowest price最低价; tag price零售价;w
12、holesale price批发价;fixed price固定价;a reduced price折扣价; import price进口价;market price市场价;玫瑰I put down my dignity, personality and obstinacy for the sake of someone who I am unable to give up. 我放下尊严，放下个性，放下固执，都只因为放不下一个人.玫瑰Sometimes there is no next time, no second chance, no time out. Sometimes it is now
13、 or never.有时候，没有下一次，没有机会重来，没有暂停继续.有时候，错过了现在，就永远永远的没机会了.玫瑰True friends will always find a way to help you. Fake friends will always find an excuse.真心朋友总会找机会帮你，假意朋友总会找借口不帮.爱心【关于cool的常用俚语】1. Im cool=Im fine. 如：A: How you been? B: Im cool, man. 我挺好的老兄。 2. play it cool不动声色，冷静，如：If the boss walks in, just
14、 play it cool. 老板进来的时候要表现得若无其事的样子。愉快亲们！做个小调查，你们比较喜欢我发文字消息还是图文消息呢？玫瑰Most of the problems in life are because of two reasons: We act without thinking or we keep thinking without acting.人生中绝大多数问题都源于：行而不思，思而不行。玫瑰Im not perfect, I make mistakes, I hurt people. But when I say sorry, I mean it. 我不完美，我会犯错，也
15、会伤害到别人。但当我说对不起的时候，我是真心的。玫瑰No, I am not single. I am in a long distance relationship because my boyfriend lives in the future. 不，我不是单身。我在谈一场很远的恋爱，因为我的男朋友住在未来。礼物【打包带走】的常用表达：1. Two hot dogs and a cup of coffee to go. 两个热狗一杯咖啡打包。 2. Could you wrap this up, please? 能帮我把这个打包一下吗？3. Could I have the rest of
16、 this to go, please? 我能把剩下的这个打包带走吧？愉快亲们，单身节快乐礼物玫瑰玫瑰I miss you not because of my loneliness but I do feel lonely when I miss you. Only when I miss you deeply I feel so lonely. 不是因为寂寞才想你，是因为想你才寂寞。孤独的感觉之所以如此之重，只是因为太想你。玫瑰 Its a great and terrible life. Dont take it too seriously because none of us get o
17、ut alive. 生活既美好又糟糕。别太认真，因为没有人能活着离开这个世界。玫瑰 Everyone goes through emotional problems, some people are just better at hiding it than others.每个人都会心情不好，有些人只是比别人更会隐藏而已。太阳【跟dog有关的趣味表达】work like a dog 拼命工作，忙得跟狗似的; in the dog house 受到冷遇; put on the dog 炫耀、摆阔；go to the dogs 一蹶不振；yellow dog 卑鄙可耻的小人； ead a dogs
18、 life 活得很不快乐; You lucky dog! 你真走运.玫瑰Promise less or do more. 要么，少承诺一点，要么，多付诸行动一点。玫瑰In life, people are not obliged to treat you damn well, even if theyre your family. Show your gratitude to those whore nice to you and cherish them as much as you can.生活中，就算是你的家人也没有义务无条件的对你好，所以，感激那些善待你的人，尽可能的珍惜他们.玫瑰Ea
19、t to live, but not live to eat.人吃饭是为了活著，但活著不是为了吃饭。太阳【自作多情英语怎么说】1. 名词wishful thinking一厢情愿的想法，也即自作多情的想法例如：I guess its just my wishful thinking.2. flatter oneself带有“自大”意味的自作多情，He flattered himself that 3. 有时我们把一个人想得太多也称作自作多情，故think too much也可以用。He doesnt love you. Its just your wishful thinking. 他根本不爱你
20、，这只是你一厢情愿的想法罢了玫瑰You dont want to do but have to do in life, this is responsibility; In life there are many you want to do but cant do, this is fate. 生命里你不想做却不能不做的事，这就是责任；生命中有许多你想做却不能做的事，这就是命运。玫瑰If two people are meant to be together, eventually theyll find their way back. 如果两个人注定要在一起，他们最终还会回到彼此身边。玫瑰
21、If youre talking about me behind my back, that just means my life is obviously more interesting than yours. 如果你们在背后议论我，那只能说明，我活的明显要比你们精彩许多。太阳【不同的room】bathroom 浴室；bedroom 卧室；living /sitting room 客厅；waiting room 会客室；gentlemens/mens room 男士洗手间；ladies/womens room 女士洗手间；smoking room 吸烟室。玫瑰Dear pillow, so
22、rry for all the tears.抱歉了枕头，留给你那么多的泪水。玫瑰Its okay to be happy, and its okay to be sad. Just remember that neither one lasts forever.开心也好，伤心也罢，记住这些都只是过眼云烟。玫瑰No amount of sleep in the world could cure the tiredness I feel.世界上已经没有哪种睡眠能治愈我的疲倦了。爱心Whenever you feel sad, just remember that there are billion
23、s of cells in your body and all they care about is you. 无论何时你感到伤心了，记住，你的身体里有数十亿的细胞都只关心你一个人。玫瑰Whatever happens to you, make it either a good memory, or a good lesson. 不管发生了什么，要不就当做美好的回忆，要不就当做深刻的教训。玫瑰If time being of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality.如果时间是最宝贵的
24、东西，浪费时间应是最大的挥霍。玫瑰When you have nothing to lose, its time to gain.当你没什么可失去的时候，就是你开始得到的时候。 太阳【表达怀疑】1.It sounds fishy to me.听起来很可疑. 2.I dont buy it.我才不相信。3.You cant be serious! 开玩笑的吧？4.Believe it or not. 信不信由你。5.I doubt it.我深表怀疑.6. Its too good to be true. 哪里有这么好的事!7. I wasnt born yesterday.我又不是三岁小孩.玫瑰
25、Hurt me with the truth but never comfort me with a lie.宁可被真相伤害也不愿因谎言开怀。玫瑰I am sorry for the pain Ive caused you. And I know I cant take it back, but I wanna try and make it up to you, even if it takes me the rest of my life.很抱歉让你如此痛苦，我知道我无以挽回，但我想尽力补偿你，哪怕是用尽我的余生。玫瑰Im not afraid to try again. Im just
26、afraid of getting hurt for the same reason.我不怕再试一次，我只怕为同样的原因受伤。爱心【时尚俚语】next to nothing, very little or almost nothing 中文意思是：几乎没有，接近于零；例句：1. This cars worth next to nothing. 这辆车几乎一文不值。2. She knows next to nothing about computer. 她对电脑几乎一无所知。玫瑰Thinking too much can only cause problems.想得太多，麻烦越多。玫瑰Life
27、doesnt always have to suck,it is all up to you. 生活不总得这么糟糕，其实一切都取决于你自己。玫瑰No amount of sleep in the world could cure the tiredness I feel.世界上已经没有哪种睡眠能治愈我的疲倦了.晚安玫瑰There is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction.世界上并没有什么失败，所谓的失败不过是生活想让我们换一种方向走走而已。玫瑰Faking a
28、 smile is so much easier than explaining why you are sad. 假装微笑比解释为何伤心简单多了。玫瑰Its so hard to forget pain, but its even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace. 伤痛很难忘怀，可我们似乎更难回忆起甜蜜。幸福很容易表现，可我们也很少从幸福的平静里学会什么。【实用口语】1.Dont keep everything to yours
29、elf.别把什么事儿都憋在心里；2.Do you need some time off?你需要请假休息下么？3.You gotta talk her out of it.你必须得阻止她！4.I know thats a lot to ask.我知道我的要求很过分；玫瑰Life is not if, only the consequences and results. 人生没有如果，只有后果和结果。玫瑰The past is the past, looking back at it will only damage the present, leaving the future on hold.
30、过去的就过去了，一直回头看只会毁掉现在，阻碍未来。玫瑰Dont hate, its too big a burden to bear. - Martin Luther King. 别恨，恨是一个难以承受的巨大负担。足球【足球术语-球技】kick-off 开球；bicycle/overhead kick倒钩球；corner kick 角球；penalty kick 点球；goal kick 球门球；Throw-in 掷界外球；handball 手球；header 头球；free kick 任意球；place kick 定位球；own goal 乌龙球；hat-trick 帽子戏法；pass 传球
31、；shoot 射门；slide tackle 铲球玫瑰We will all have times of sufferings in life, when there is nothing to do but bravely face the feelings. 我们生命中都有一段时间，充满痛苦，可是除了勇敢面对，我们别无选择。玫瑰life goes on, within you and without you生命在继续，不管有你还是没你爱心I will never have any regret, or say that I wish Id never met you, because on
32、ce upon a time, you were exactly what I needed. 对你，我从不后悔，也从不会说出希望我们从未相识的话，因为曾经，你是我的真爱。足球续【足球术语球队】coach教练，head coach主教练；referee裁判；Assistant Referee边裁；captain/skipper队长；forward/striker前锋；（defensive，centre，attacking, wide）midfielders中场球员；defenders/backs后卫（含centre-back，sweeper，right/left-back，wingbacks）
33、；goalkeeper守门员玫瑰All of life is an act of letting go, but what hurts the most is not taking a moment to say goodbye. 人生也许就是不断地放下，然而令人痛心的是，我都没能好好地与他们道别。玫瑰Your life doesnt get better by chance, it gets better by change. 生活变得美好不是偶然，而是我们努力改变的结果。玫瑰Enjoy life now. This is not a rehearsal. 享受现在，因为人生没有彩排。爱心【关于房租基本表达】1. How much is the rent? 房租多少钱？ 2. Your rent is due. 你的房租到期了。 3. Your rent is already a month late. 你的房租已经过期一个月了。 4. The electricity is included in the rent. 电费包含在房租里。 5. Can you give me my deposit back? 你能把押金退给我吗？