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1、连美国人都不知道的英语秘密连美国人都不知道的英语秘密下面是最近在美国流传很广的一篇文章，介绍了许多连美国人都不知道的英语秘密。翻译完拿来和大 家一起分享：SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW EVERYTHING?你以为你什么都知道吗？“Stewardesses“ is the longest word typed with only the left hand and “lollipop“ with your right.Stewardesses（空中小姐）是仅用左手即可在键盘输入全部字母的最长的英文单词，“lollipop“（棒 棒糖）是右手中最长的。No word in the E
2、nglish language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.英语中没有与 month, orange, silver, 或 purple 押韵的单词。“Dreamt“ is the only English word that ends in the letters “mt“.“Dreamt“ 是英语中唯一以 “mt“ 作为结尾的单词。The sentence: “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog“ uses every letter of the alphabet.The qu
3、ick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. 是能够用齐英语中的全部 26 个字母的句子。The words racecar, kayak and level are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).单词 “racecar,“ “kayak“ 和 “level“ 无论从左拼还是从右拼都一样。（回文）There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous“: tre
4、mendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.英语中仅有四个单词是以 “dous“ 结尾的：tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous。There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: “abstemious“ and “facetious.“英语中仅有两个单词里面包含的元音字母是按顺序写出的：“abstemious“ 和 “facetious“。TYPEWRITER is the
5、longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.TYPEWRITER 是仅用键盘的一行就可以输入的最长的单词。Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.Maine（缅因州）是美国唯一一个只有一个音节的州。All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.5 美元钞票背面的林肯纪念堂图案
6、上列出了所有 50 个州的名字。A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.一角硬币边缘共有 118 个齿纹。There are more chickens than people in the world.地球上鸡比人还要多。A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.猫的每只耳朵有 32 块肌肉。A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.金鱼的记忆广度有三秒钟之多。A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.鲨鱼是唯一可以
7、双眼眨眼的鱼。A snail can sleep for three years.蜗牛一次睡眠可以长达三年。An ostrichs eye is bigger than its brain.鸵鸟的眼睛比自己的脑袋还要大。Almonds are a member of the peach family.杏仁按植物分类学不是杏，而是桃属中扁桃亚属的植物。Babies are born without kneecaps. They dont appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.婴儿出生时没有膝盖骨，到 2 至 6 岁时才长出来。Feb
8、ruary 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.1865 年的 2 月份是历史记载中唯一没有满月的一个月。The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.1932 年的冬天冷到尼亚加拉瀑布都完成冻冰。In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.最近的 4000 年里没有新动物再被驯化过。If the population
9、 of China walked past you, 8 abreast, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.如果让所有的中国人按 8 个一排并肩从你身边经过，你将永远不会看到尽头，因为他们的生长率会使 人数连绵不绝。If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will spend an average of 6 months waiting at red lights.如果你是个普通美国人，你一生中将有 6 个月时间是在等待红灯中度过的。
10、Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.达芬奇发明了剪刀。Al Capones business card said he was a used furniture dealer.黑社会大亨阿尔卡邦（Al Capone）名片上写的是旧家具商。On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag.加拿大的 2 元钞票上，国会大楼上飘扬的旗是美国国旗。Peanuts are one of the ingredients o
11、f dynamite!花生是的成分之一。Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.橡胶带冷却时会更耐用。The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.伊丽莎白 2 号游船消耗一加仑柴油才能前进 6 英寸。A “jiffy“ is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.“jiffy“（瞬间）是一个的确被使用的时间单位，表示 1秒。The microwave was inven
12、ted after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.微波是一位科学家在经过电波探测管时发现口袋中的巧克力溶化后发现的。The average persons left hand does 56% of the typing.一般人在打字时左手会承担 56的工作量。Winston Churchill was born in a ladies room during a dance.丘吉尔出生在一个舞会的女厕所里。Our eyes are always the same siz
13、e from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.我们的眼睛与出生时是同样大小的，而鼻子却从出生开始就不断长大。Women blink nearly twice as much as men.女人眨眼是男人的两倍。A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.蜻蜓的寿命只有 24 小时A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue鳄鱼的舌头伸不出来Butterflies taste with their feet.蝴蝶是用脚来感受味觉的Cats can have ove
14、r one hundred vocal sounds .Dogs only have about 10.猫可以发出 100 多种声音，而狗只有十种左右。Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right or left handed. 猫狗和人一样也有左、右撇子之分；The elephant is the only mammal that cant jump! 大象是唯一一种不会跳的哺乳类动物； Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of t
15、he United States! 美国人的姓名中没有“Q”这个字母； The most used letter in the English alphabet is “E”, and “Q”is the least used! 在英语字母表中，“E”是用得最多的字母，“Q”则是被用得最少的； Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, “Gatsby“, 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本名叫加斯比的小说，小说的 5 万个单词中
16、没有一个是有 “E”这个字母的；Every 45 seconds, a house catches on fire in the United States! 在美国，每 45 秒就有一所房子着火。More people use blue toothbrushes, than red ones! 用蓝色牙刷的人比用红色的人多； One quarter of the bones in your body are in your feet! 人体内的骨头有 1/4 集中在双脚上； During your lifetime, youll eat about 60,000 pounds of food, thats the weight of about 6 elephants! 人一生要吃 6 万磅食物，这相当于 6 只大象的重量； Dolphins sleep with one eye open! 海豚睡觉睁一眼闭一眼； A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 m.p.h
