1.英语生活小贴士50条,（必须50条）
A bad beginning makes a bad ending.不善始者不善终。
A bad thing never dies.遗臭万年。 A bad workman always blames his tools.不会撑船怪河弯。
A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。 A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.吹牛与说谎本是同宗。
A bully is always a coward.色厉内荏。 A burden of one's choice is not felt.爱挑的担子不嫌重。
A candle lights others and consumes itself.蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。 A cat has 9 lives.猫有九条命。
A cat may look at a king.猫也可以打量国王，意为人人平等。 A close mouth catches no flies.病从口入。
A constant guest is never welcome.常客令人厌。 Actions speak louder than words.事实胜于雄辩。
Adversity leads to prosperity.穷则思变。 Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.逆境出人才。
A fair death honors the whole life.死得其所，流芳百世。 A faithful friend is hard to find.知音难觅。
A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.吃一堑，长一智。 A fox may grow gray, but never good.江山易改，本性难移。
A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难见真情。 A friend is easier lost than found.得朋友难，失朋友易。
A friend is never known till a man has need.需要之时方知友。 A friend without faults will never be found.没有十全十美的朋友。
'After you' is good manners.“您先请”是礼貌。 A good beginning is half done.良好的开端是成功的一半。
A good beginning makes a good ending.善始者善终。 A good book is a good friend.好书如挚友。
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.一本好书，相伴一生。 A good conscience is a soft pillow.不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。
A good fame is better than a good face.美名胜过美貌。 A good husband makes a good wife.夫善则妻贤。
A good medicine tastes bitter.良药苦口。 A good wife health is a man's best wealth.妻贤身体好是男人最大的财富。
A great talker is a great liar.说大话者多谎言。 A hedge between keeps friendship green.君子之交淡如水。
A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend.戏谑不能化敌为友，只能使人失去朋友。 A leopard cannot change its spots.积习难改。
A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。 A light heart lives long.静以修身。
A little body often harbors a great soul.浓缩的都是精品。 A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.一知半解，自欺欺人。
A little pot is soon hot.狗肚子盛不得四两油。 All are brave when the enemy flies.敌人逃窜时，人人都成了勇士。
All good things come to an end.天下没有不散的筵席。 All rivers run into sea.海纳百川。
All roads lead to Rome.条条大路通罗马。 All that ends well is well.结果好，就一切都好。
All that glitters is not gold.闪光的不一定都是金子。 All things are difficult before they are easy.凡事总是由难而易。
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.只会用功不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。 A man becomes learned by asking questions.不耻下问才能有学问。
A man can do no more than he can.凡事都应量力而行。 A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.一心不能二用。
A man is known by his friends.什么人交什么朋友。 A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.光说空话不做事，犹如花园光长刺。
A man without money is no man at all.一分钱难倒英雄汉。 A merry heart goes all the way.心旷神怡，事事顺利。
A miss is as good as a mile.失之毫厘，差之千里。 A mother's love never changes.母爱永恒。
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.一天一苹果，不用请医生。 A new broom sweeps clean.新官上任三把火。
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.以眼还眼，以牙还牙。 An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.一日之计在于晨。
An old dog cannot learn new tricks.老狗学不出新把戏。 An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom.聪明才智，不如运气。
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.预防为主，治疗为辅。 A rolling stone gathers no moss.滚石不生苔，转业不聚财。
As a man sows, so he shall reap.种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。 A single flower does not make a spring.一花独放不是春，百花齐放春满园。
A snow year, a rich year.瑞雪兆丰年。 A sound mind in a sound body.健全的精神寓于健康的身体。
A still tongue makes a wise head.寡言者智。 A stitch in time saves nine.小洞不补，大洞吃苦。
A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.身正不怕影子斜。 A wise head makes a close mouth.真人不露相，露相非真人。
A word spoken is past recalling.一言既出，驷马难追。 A year's plan starts with spring.一年之计在于春。
A young idler, an old beggar.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。 Bad news has wings.好事不出门，坏事传千里。
Barking dogs seldom bite.吠犬不咬人。 Beauty lies in the love's eyes.情人眼里出西施。
Be 。
2.英语生活小贴士50条
1. Actions speak louder than words. 百说不如一干。
2. All roads lead to Rome. 条条大路通罗马。
3. Honesty is the best policy. 诚实为上策。
4. Look before you leap. 三思而后行。
5. A burden of one's choice is not felt. 爱挑的担子不嫌重。
6. Adversity leads to prosperity. 逆境出人才。
7. A stitch in time saves nine. 小洞不补，大洞吃苦。
8. Easier said than done. 说起来容易，做起来难。
9. Eat to live, but not live to eat. 人吃饭是为了活着，但活着不是为了吃饭。
10. pride goes before, and shame comes
3.英文生活小常识
1、Business Hours 营业时间
2、Office Hours 办公时间
3、Entrance 入口
4、Exit 出口
5、Push 推
6、Pull 拉
7、Shut 此路不通
8、On 打开 （ 放）
9、Off 关
10、Open 营业
11、Pause 暂停
12、Stop 关闭
13、Closed 下班
14、Menu 菜单
15、Fragile 易碎
16、This Side Up 此面向上
17、Introductions 说明
18、One Street 单行道
19、Keep Right/Left 靠左/右
20、Buses Only 只准公共汽车通过
21、Wet Paint 油漆未干
22、Danger 危险
23、Lost and Found 失物招领处
24、Give Way 快车先行
25、Safety First 安全第一
26、Filling Station 加油站
27、No Smoking 禁止吸烟
28、No Photos 请勿拍照
29、No Visitors 游人止步
30、No Entry 禁止入内
31、No Admittance 闲人免进
32、No Honking 禁止鸣喇叭
33、Parting 停车处
34、Toll Free 免费通行
35、F.F. 快进
36、Rew. 倒带
37、EMS （邮政）特快专递
38、Insert Here 此处插入
39、Open Here 此处开启
40、Split Here 此处撕开
41、Mechanical Help 车辆修理
42、“AA”Film 十四岁以下禁看电影
43、Do Not Pass 禁止超车
44、No U Turn 禁止掉头
45、U Turn Ok 可以U形转弯
46、No Cycling in the School校内禁止骑车
47、SOS 紧急求救信号
48、Hands Wanted 招聘
49、Staff Only 本处职工专用
50、No Litter 勿乱扔杂物
4.英文生活小常识
1、Business Hours 营业时间 2、Office Hours 办公时间 3、Entrance 入口 4、Exit 出口 5、Push 推 6、Pull 拉 7、Shut 此路不通 8、On 打开 （ 放） 9、Off 关 10、Open 营业 11、Pause 暂停 12、Stop 关闭 13、Closed 下班 14、Menu 菜单 15、Fragile 易碎 16、This Side Up 此面向上 17、Introductions 说明 18、One Street 单行道 19、Keep Right/Left 靠左/右 20、Buses Only 只准公共汽车通过 21、Wet Paint 油漆未干 22、Danger 危险 23、Lost and Found 失物招领处 24、Give Way 快车先行 25、Safety First 安全第一 26、Filling Station 加油站 27、No Smoking 禁止吸烟 28、No Photos 请勿拍照 29、No Visitors 游人止步 30、No Entry 禁止入内 31、No Admittance 闲人免进 32、No Honking 禁止鸣喇叭 33、Parting 停车处 34、Toll Free 免费通行 35、F.F. 快进 36、Rew. 倒带 37、EMS （邮政）特快专递 38、Insert Here 此处插入 39、Open Here 此处开启 40、Split Here 此处撕开 41、Mechanical Help 车辆修理 42、“AA”Film 十四岁以下禁看电影 43、Do Not Pass 禁止超车 44、No U Turn 禁止掉头 45、U Turn Ok 可以U形转弯 46、No Cycling in the School校内禁止骑车 47、SOS 紧急求救信号 48、Hands Wanted 招聘 49、Staff Only 本处职工专用 50、No Litter 勿乱扔杂物。
5.想要一些生活小常识,要简短一点,还要有英文版,望各位帮忙,先谢
1.Eyes into the dust, close your eyes and cough , the dust will run out.
眼睛进了小灰尘，闭上眼睛用力咳嗽几下，灰尘就会自己出来。
2.If you have a small area of skin have beed damage or burn,you can wipe a few toothpaste ,it will be able to reduce pain and stop bleeding
若有小面积皮肤损伤或者烧伤、抹上少许牙膏，可立即止血止痛
3. you have been bitten by a mosquito just, Soap coated in the somewhere and won't itch after a while.
刚刚被蚊子咬完时，涂上肥皂就不会痒了
4.When you play hiccup ,then ,drink some vinegar, the effect is very good.
打打嗝时就喝点醋，效果很好.
6.英文生活小常识
Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。
Praise is not pudding.恭维话不能当饭吃。 Praise makes good men better, and bad men worse. 好人越夸越好，坏人越夸越糟。
Prefer loss to unjust gain.宁可吃亏，不贪便宜。 Prevention is better than cure.预防胜于治疗。
Pride goes before, and shame comes after.骄傲使人落后。 Promise is debt.一诺千金。
Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.谚语是日常经验的结晶。 Pull the chestnut out of fire.火中取栗。
Put the cart before the horse.本末倒置。 Put your shoulder to the wheel.鼎力相助。
Reading enriches the mind.开卷有益。 Reading is to the mind while exercise to the body.读书健脑，运动强身。
Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you.要人尊敬，必须自重。 Rome is not built in a day冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。
Saying is one thing and doing another.言行不一。 Seeing is believing.眼见为实。
Seek the truth from facts.实事求是。 Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him. 智者当差，不用交代。
Set a thief to catch a thief.以贼捉贼。 Short accounts make long friends.好朋友勤算账。
Something is better than nothing.聊胜于无。 Soon learn, soon forgotten.学得快，忘得快。
Soon ripe, soon rotten.熟得快，烂得快。 Speech is silver, silence is gold.能言是银，沉默是金。
Still water run deep.静水常深。 Strike the iron while it is hot.趁热打铁。
Success belongs to the persevering.坚持就是胜利。 Take things as they come.既来之，则安之。
Talking mends no holes. 空谈无补。 Talk of the devil and he will appear.说曹操，曹操就到。
Tall trees catch much wind.树大招风。 Teach others by your example.躬亲示范。
The best hearts are always the bravest.无私者无畏。 The best man stumbles.伟人也有犯错时。
The cat shuts its eyes when stealing.掩耳盗铃。 The danger past and God forgotten.过河拆桥。
The darkest hour is nearest the dawn.黎明前的黑暗。 The darkest place is under the candlestick.烛台底下最暗。
The devil knows many things because he is old.老马识途。 The devil sometimes speaks the truth魔鬼有时也会说真话。
The die is cast.木已成舟。 The early bird catches the worm.早起的鸟儿有虫吃。
The end justifies the means.只要目的正当，可以不择手段。 The end makes all equal.死亡面前，人人平等。
The eye is bigger than the belly.贪多嚼不烂。 The farthest way about is the nearest way home.抄近路反而绕远路。
The finest diamond must be cut.玉不琢，不成器。 The fire is the test of gold, adversity of strong man.烈火验真金，艰难磨意志。
The first step is the only difficulty.迈出第一步是最艰难的。 The fox knew too much, that's how he lost his tail.机关算尽太聪明，反误了卿卿 性命。
The fox preys farthest from home.兔子不吃窝边草。 The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean.坐井观天。
The grass is greener on the other side.这山望着那山高。 The greatest talkers are always least doers.语言的巨人总是行动的矮子。
The higher up, the greater the fall.爬得高，摔得惨。 The leopard cannot change its spots.本性难移。
The more noble, the more humble.人越高尚，越谦虚。 The more wit, the less courage. 初生牛犊不怕虎。
The outsider sees the most of the game.旁观者清。 The pen is mightier than the sword.笔能杀人。
The pot calls the kettle black.五十步笑百步。 There are spots in the sun.太阳也有黑点。
There are two sides to every question.问题皆有两面。 There is a skeleton in the cupboard.家家有本难念的经。
There is kindness to be found everywhere.人间处处有温情。 There is no general rule without some exception.任何法规均有例外。
There is no medicine against death.没有长生不老药。 There is no place like home.金窝银窝不如咱的狗窝。
There is no royal road to learning.书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟。 The style is the man.字如其人。
The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts.人言可畏。 The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up. 水能载舟，亦能覆舟。
The wise man knows he knows nothing, the fool thinks he knows all.清者自清，浊者自浊。 The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel. 螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后 The world is a ladder for some to go up and others to go down.世界如阶梯，有人上有人下。
The world is but a little place, after all.海内存知己，天涯若比邻。 Think twice before you do.三思而后行。
Things at the worst will mend.否极泰来。 Time and tide wait for no man.时不我待。
Time cures all things.时间是医治一切创伤的良药。 Time flies.光阴似箭。
Time is money.时间就是金钱。 Time lost cannot be won again.时光流逝，不可复得。
Time past cannot be called back again.时间不能倒流。 Time tries all.路遥知马力，日久见人心。
Tit for tat is fair play.人不犯我，我不犯人；人若犯我，我。
7.十条英语健康小贴士 紧急紧急
转一下别人发过：1. Happiness lies first of all in health. 幸福首先在于健康。
2. Cheerfulness is health; its opposite, melancholy, is disease. 欢乐就是健康， 忧郁就是病痛。 3. It is not work that kills, but worry. 工作不损寿， 忧郁才伤身。
4. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只工作， 不玩耍， 聪明小伙也变傻。 5. People who cannot find time for recreation are obliged sooner or later to find time for illness. 没有时间娱乐的人， 迟早得有时间生病。
----- J. Wanamaker 沃纳梅克 6. He is wise that knows when he is well enough. 知足为智者。 7. He who lives with his memories becomes old. He who lives with plans for the future remains young. 终日怀旧催人老， 计划未来葆青春。
8. A good conscience is a continual feast. 问心无愧天天乐。 9. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. 一分预防胜过十分治疗。
10. Diet cures more than doctors. 自己饮食有节， 胜过上门求医。
8.英语的五个生活小常识
1、早上醒来.先喝一杯水. 预防结石（Woke up this morning . Drink a glass of water. Prevention of stone）
2、鸡屁股含有致癌物， 不要吃较好（Chicken butt contains carcinogens , do not eat well）
3、喝豆浆时不要加鸡蛋及糖. 也不要喝太多（Do not drink milk and sugar , add eggs . Do not drink too much）
4、空腹时不要吃蕃茄， 最好饭后吃（Do not eat tomatoes fasting , the best meal to eat）
5、抽烟，关系最大的是 肺癌，唇癌，舌癌，喉癌，食道癌，也与膀胱癌有关 （Smoking , the relationship is the largest lung cancer, lip cancer , tongue cancer , laryngeal cancer, esophageal cancer, but also with bladder cancer）
6、饮酒导致肝硬化 .引发肝癌（Drinking leading to cirrhosis. Cause liver cancer）
9.求一篇 不太难的 英文 生活小常识
Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。
Praise is not pudding.恭维话不能当饭吃。 Praise makes good men better, and bad men worse. 好人越夸越好，坏人越夸越糟。
Prefer loss to unjust gain.宁可吃亏，不贪便宜。 Prevention is better than cure.预防胜于治疗。
Pride goes before, and shame comes after.骄傲使人落后。 Promise is debt.一诺千金。
Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.谚语是日常经验的结晶。 Pull the chestnut out of fire.火中取栗。
Put the cart before the horse.本末倒置。 Put your shoulder to the wheel.鼎力相助。
Reading enriches the mind.开卷有益。 Reading is to the mind while exercise to the body.读书健脑，运动强身。
Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you.要人尊敬，必须自重。 Rome is not built in a day冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。
Saying is one thing and doing another.言行不一。 Seeing is believing.眼见为实。
Seek the truth from facts.实事求是。 Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him. 智者当差，不用交代。
Set a thief to catch a thief.以贼捉贼。 Short accounts make long friends.好朋友勤算账。
Something is better than nothing.聊胜于无。 Soon learn, soon forgotten.学得快，忘得快。
Soon ripe, soon rotten.熟得快，烂得快。 Speech is silver, silence is gold.能言是银，沉默是金。
Still water run deep.静水常深。 Strike the iron while it is hot.趁热打铁。
Success belongs to the persevering.坚持就是胜利。 Take things as they come.既来之，则安之。
Talking mends no holes. 空谈无补。 Talk of the devil and he will appear.说曹操，曹操就到。
Tall trees catch much wind.树大招风。 Teach others by your example.躬亲示范。
The best hearts are always the bravest.无私者无畏。 The best man stumbles.伟人也有犯错时。
The cat shuts its eyes when stealing.掩耳盗铃。 The danger past and God forgotten.过河拆桥。
The darkest hour is nearest the dawn.黎明前的黑暗。 The darkest place is under the candlestick.烛台底下最暗。
The devil knows many things because he is old.老马识途。 The devil sometimes speaks the truth魔鬼有时也会说真话。
The die is cast.木已成舟。 The early bird catches the worm.早起的鸟儿有虫吃。
The end justifies the means.只要目的正当，可以不择手段。 The end makes all equal.死亡面前，人人平等。
The eye is bigger than the belly.贪多嚼不烂。 The farthest way about is the nearest way home.抄近路反而绕远路。
The finest diamond must be cut.玉不琢，不成器。 The fire is the test of gold, adversity of strong man.烈火验真金，艰难磨意志。
The first step is the only difficulty.迈出第一步是最艰难的。 The fox knew too much, that's how he lost his tail.机关算尽太聪明，反误了卿卿 性命。
The fox preys farthest from home.兔子不吃窝边草。 The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean.坐井观天。
The grass is greener on the other side.这山望着那山高。 The greatest talkers are always least doers.语言的巨人总是行动的矮子。
The higher up, the greater the fall.爬得高，摔得惨。 The leopard cannot change its spots.本性难移。
The more noble, the more humble.人越高尚，越谦虚。 The more wit, the less courage. 初生牛犊不怕虎。
The outsider sees the most of the game.旁观者清。 The pen is mightier than the sword.笔能杀人。
The pot calls the kettle black.五十步笑百步。 There are spots in the sun.太阳也有黑点。
There are two sides to every question.问题皆有两面。 There is a skeleton in the cupboard.家家有本难念的经。
There is kindness to be found everywhere.人间处处有温情。 There is no general rule without some exception.任何法规均有例外。
There is no medicine against death.没有长生不老药。 There is no place like home.金窝银窝不如咱的狗窝。
There is no royal road to learning.书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟。 The style is the man.字如其人。
The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts.人言可畏。 The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up. 水能载舟，亦能覆舟。
The wise man knows he knows nothing, the fool thinks he knows all.清者自清，浊者自浊。 The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel. 螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后 The world is a ladder for some to go up and others to go down.世界如阶梯，有人上有人下。
The world is but a little place, after all.海内存知己，天涯若比邻。 Think twice before you do.三思而后行。
Things at the worst will mend.否极泰来。 Time and tide wait for no man.时不我待。
Time cures all things.时间是医治一切创伤的良药。 Time flies.光阴似箭。
Time is money.时间就是金钱。 Time lost cannot be won again.时光流逝，不可复得。
Time past cannot be called back again.时间不能倒流。 Time tries all.路遥知马力，日久见人心。
Tit for tat is fair play.人不犯我，我不犯人；人若犯我，我。
10.英语趣味小知识
趣味英语小知识 a)Ten animals I slam in a net. 我把十只动物一网打尽你注意到这句话有什么特别之处吗？对了，无论从左到右，还是从右到左，字母排列顺序都是一样的，英语把这叫做Palindromes 回文（指顺读和倒读都一样的词语），关于动物的回文还有以下的例子 Otto saw pup ; pup was Otto. （奥托看见了小狗，小狗的名字叫奥托） Was it a car or a cat I saw ? Was it a rat I saw ？ （我刚才看见的是条老鼠？）b)the bee's knees又来形容最好的至高无上的东西。
[例] She is a very poor singer but she thinks she's the bee's knees. （她五音不全却自认为是高高在上的一流歌手。）该表现起源于20年代的美国，仅仅因为bee's 和 knees押韵，琅琅上口，迅速得到流传，直到现在， 还在日常生活非正式场合的对话中经常使用。
和时间有关的英语趣味小知识（一）时间是金，其值无价Time is money.（时间就是金钱或一寸光阴一寸金）Time flies.（光阴似箭，日月如梭）Time has wings.（光阴去如飞）Time is a file that wears and makes no noise.（光阴如锉，细磨无声）Time stays not the fool's leisure.（时间不等闲逛的傻瓜）Time and I against any two.（和时间携起手来，一人抵两人）Time is life and when the idle man kills time, he kills himself.（时间就是生命，懒人消耗时间就是消耗自己的生命。或时间就是生命，节省时间，就是延长生命）Time spent in vice or folly is doubly lost.（消磨于恶习或愚行的时间是加倍的损失） （二）时间是风，去而不返Time undermines us.（光阴暗中催人才。
或莫说年纪小人生容易老）Time and tide wait for no man.（岁月不待人）Time cannot be won again.（时间一去不再来）Time is , time was , and time is past.（现在有时间，过去有时间，时间一去不复返）Time lost can not be recalled.（光阴一去不复返）Time flies like an arrow , and time lost never returns.（光阴似箭，一去不返）（三）时间是尺，万物皆检Time tries friends as fire tries gold.（时间考验朋友，烈火考验黄金）Time tries truth.（时间检验真理）Time is the father of truth.（时间是真理之父）Time will tell.（时间能说明问题）Time brings the truth to light.（时间使真相大白。或时间一到，真理自明。）
Time and chance reveal all secrets.（时间与机会能提示一切秘密）Time consecrates: what is gray with age becomes religion.（时间考验一切，经得起时间考验的就为人所信仰）Time reveals(discloses) all things.（万事日久自明）Time tries all.（时间检验一切）（四）时间是秤，衡量权质There is no time like the present.（现在正是时候）Take time by the forelock.（把握目前的时机）To choose time is to save time.（选择时间就是节省时间）Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today.（今日事，今日毕）Procrastination is the thief of time.（拖延为时间之窃贼）One of these days is none of these days.（拖延时日，终难实现。或：改天改天，不知哪天）Tomorrow never comes.（明天无尽头，明日何其多）What may be done at any time will be done at no time.（常将今日推明日，推到后来无踪迹）（五）时间是水，淘金流沙Time works wonders.（时间可以创造奇迹或时间的效力不可思议）Time works great changes.（时间可以产生巨大的变化）Times change.（时代正在改变）英语趣味小知识（2）——你会犯这样的错误吗？ 你会犯这样的错误吗？ 英语有时候真是莫名其妙，你觉得你明明懂了，可实际上你又没有懂。
所以，今天我想讲几件轶事，都是因为没有理解听到看到的东西而闹出的笑话。也许，从他们的经验中，你也可以学到一些东西。
第一个故事发生在秘鲁，一位美国妇女在餐馆里用餐。她问服务员： Excuse me. Where could I wash my hands？ 服务员把她带到洗手间，可不巧，正有一些工人在粉刷洗手间的墙壁。
工人们一看有人要用洗手间，就准备离开。服务员拦住他们，说： That's Ok. Stay. She only wants to wash her hands. 在英语里，wash my hands实际上是上厕所的委婉说法。
那个服务员按照字面意思理解，结果闹了笑话。 还有一次，一个留学生在国外的学校第一天上学，心里又兴奋又紧张。
一个美国人见到一张新面孔，为了表示友好，就问： Hi! What's the good word？ 留学生一听到这个，立刻傻眼了，他想， My God! I don't know the good word. I've studied English for years, but no one told me about the good word！ 他犹豫再三，想，反正我也不知道，就问问他好了。于是他吞吞吐吐地问： Hello. What's the good word？ 老美听了，很随意地说： Oh, not much. 这下，这个留学生就更吃惊了！ 原来，What's the good word？ 在美语里，是一句问候语，意思是“你还好吗？”但问话的人并不指望你把遇到的高兴的事情都一一告诉他，只是打个招呼而已。
但这个留学生以为对方真的在问什么是Good word，所以闹了笑话，不过还好，也算给他歪打正着了。 下面的故事就更有意思了。
一次，一个美国公司的管理人员给公司一个驻外分部发了一份传真，要求对方把职员的人数报上来。他是这么说的： I need a head count telling the number of people in your factory, the number of people in your office, broken。
