英语冷知识25则：有趣有料，还长见识！
1. 英语中的后天可写作 overmorrow。
THE DAY AHER TOMORROW IS CALLED "OVERMORROW".
2. 哈利波特系列图书是从英式英语翻译到美式英语的。
HARRY POTTER BOOKS WERE TRANSLATED FROM BRITISH TO AMERICAN ENGLISH.
3. 英文中的 Long Time No See、 No Go、 No Can Do 等短语都是中文短语的直译。
PHRASES IN ENGLISH SUCH AS "LONG TIME NO SEE", "NO GO" AND "N0 CAN DO" COME FROM LITERAL TRANSLATIONS OF CHINESE PHRASES.
4. 懂英语反而不利于玩英语填字游戏。世界上一些最好的填字游戏玩家是不会英语的泰国人。
UNDERSTANDING ENGLISH ACTUALLY HURTS PROFESSIONAL PLAYERS OF ENGLISH SCRABBLE. SOME OF THE WORLD'S BEST SCRABBLE PLAYERS ARE THAI AND CAN'T SPEAK ENGLISH.
5. 2011年，《牛津英语字典》收录了词语 L0L。
"LOL" WAS FORMALLY RECOGNIZED IN 2011'S UPDATE OF THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY.
6. Ironic 是最经常被用错的英语词语。
"IRONIC" IS THE MOST COMMONLY MISUSED WORD IN ENGLISH SAYS DICTIONARY.COM.
7. idiot、imbecile 和 moron 等词语最初都是形容智力残疾的医学科别。
THE WORDS "IDIOT", "IMBECILE", AND "MORON" WERE ORIGINALLY MEDICAL CATEGORIES FOR INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY.
8. cool 一词源自非洲词语 itutu，是由贩卖奴隶带到美国的。
THE CONCEPT BEHIND THE WORD "COOL" MIGHT COME FROM THE AFRICAN WORD, "ITUTU", BROUGHT TO AMERICA BY SLAVERY.
9. 所有英语书面文字中 90% 的内容只用到 1000 个词。
90% OF EVERYTHING WRIHEN IN ENGLISH USES JUST 1000 WORDS.
10. 最常用的英语名词是 time。
"TIME" IS THE MOST COMMONLY USED NOUN IN ENGLISH.
11. S 打头的英语词语最多。
THERE ARE MORE ENGLISH WORDS BEGINNING WITH THE LEHER "S" THAN WITH ANY OTHER LETTER.
12. 尼日利亚说英语的人比英国要多。
NIGERIA HAS MORE ENGLISH SPEAKERS THAN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
13. 现在的英式口音最初在美国革命期间的伦敦上层社会出现。在此之前，英式口音与美式口语相似。
TODAY'S BRITISH ACCENT FIRST APPEARED AMONG LONDON'S UPPER CLASS AROUND THE TIME OF THE AMERICAN BEVOLUTION. BEFORE THAT, THE BRITISH ACCENT WAS SIMILAR TO TTAT OF AMERICANS.
14. I、we、two、three 等词语是最古老的英语单词，都有几千年历史。
ENGLISH WORDS "I", "WE", "TWO" AND "THREE" ARE AMONG THE MOST ANCIENT, FROM THOUSANDS OF YEARS.
15. 没有元音字母的最长常见英语单词是 rhythms。
THE LONGEST COMMON ENGLISH WORD WITHOUT VOWELS IS "RHYTHMS".
16. 每 98 分钟，就有 1 个新的英语单词诞生。
A NEW WORD IN ENGLISH IS CREATED EVERY 98 MINUTES.
17. 89% 的瑞典人会说英语。
OF PEOPLE IN 89% SWEDEN SPEAK ENGLISH.
18. 英语单词 bride 源于原始日耳曼语，意思是「做饭」。
THE WORD "BRIDE" COMES FROM AN OLD PROTO-GERMANIC WORD MEANING "TO COOK".
19. 80% 的英语书面段落都有 the 这个词。
OF ALL WRITTEN 80% ENGLISH FEATURE THE WORD "THE".
20. 美国有 24 种英语方言。
THERE ARE 24 DIFFERENT DIALECTS OF ENGLISH IN THE US.
21. 把 queue 的后 4 个字母去掉，发音不变。
THE WORD "QUEUE" IS PRONOUNCED THE SAME WAY WHEN THE LAST 4 LETTERS ARE REMOVED.
22. 英语单词 mortgage 源自法语，原意是「死亡合同」。
THE WORD "MORTGAGE" COMES FROM A FRENCH WORD THAT MEANS "DEATH CONTRACT".
23. 英语中最短的完整句子是 "Go."。
THE SHORTEST COMPLETE SENTENCE IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IS "GO".
24. bald eagle (秃头鹰) 中的 bald 是 balde 的变形，而古英语中 balde 是白色的意思。
BAD EAGLES ARE SO NAMED BECAUSE "BALDE IS AN OLD ENGLISH WORD MEANING "WHITE".
25. 地球上有 10 亿人说英语，7 个人中就有 1 个。
1 BILLION PEOPLE SPEAK ENGLISH. THAT'S 1 IN EVERY 7 ON EARTH.
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