1.英语小知识
让我们学习一些有趣的小知识吧。
以下是一些的英语和汉语对手指的称呼： 1.thumb ：大拇指。与汉语相映成趣的是，英语的all(fingers and ) thumbs也表示"笨手笨脚"的意思，例如：（1）I'm all fingers and thumbs this morning. I don't seem to be able to button up my shirt.今天早上我的手怎么这么笨呢，好像连衬衫都扣不上了。
（2）He was so excited that his fingers were all thumbs and he dropped the teacup.他激动得手都不好使了，竟把茶杯摔了。2. forefinger ：又称index finger，即食指。
前缀fore-表示"位置靠前的"（placed at the front），所以从排位上说，forefinger应为"第一指"。从功用上看，此手指伸出时有标示或指向的作用。
在一些英语工具书中，我们会见到这样的表示"参见"（index）含义的手型符号。3. middle finger ：中指。
此指居中，名正言顺，且与汉语说法也一致。4. ring finger：无名指。
从世界各地的婚俗习惯来说，结婚戒指（wedding ring）戴在这一手指（通常指左手）之上，表示已婚。5. little finger： 顾名思义为小指。
在美国和苏格兰，人们又赋予它一个爱称，管pinkie(pinky)，后缀-ie(-y)有"小巧可爱"之意。和时间有关的英语趣味小知识职场英语 2010-02-24 17:52:16 阅读264 评论0 字号：大中小 订阅 （一） 时间是金，其值无价1. Time is money.（时间就是金钱或一寸光阴一寸金）2. Time flies.（光阴似箭，日月如梭）3. Time has wings.（光阴去如飞）4. Time is a file that wears and makes no noise.（光阴如锉，细磨无声）5. Time stays not the fool's leisure.（时间不等闲逛的傻瓜）5. Time and I against any two.（和时间携起手来，一人抵两人）6. 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）7. 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8. Time undermines us.（光阴暗中催人才。或莫说年纪小人生容易老）9. Time and tide wait for no man.（岁月不待人）10. Time cannot be won again.（时间一去不再来）11. 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）12. Time lost can not be recalled.（光阴一去不复返）13. 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14. Time tries friends as fire tries gold.（时间考验朋友，烈火考验黄金）15. Time tries truth.（时间检验真理）16. Time is the father of truth.（时间是真理之父）17. Time will tell.（时间能说明问题）18. Time brings the truth to light.（时间使真相大白。
或时间一到，真理自明。）19. Time and chance reveal all secrets.（时间与机会能提示一切秘密）20. 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）21. Time reveals(discloses) all things.（万事日久自明）22. Time tries all.（时间检验一切） （四）时间是秤，衡量权质23. There is no time like the present.（现在正是时候）24. Take time by the forelock.（把握目前的时机）25. To choose time is to save time.（选择时间就是节省时间）26. Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today.（今日事，今日毕）27. Procrastination is the thief of time.（拖延为时间之窃贼）28. 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）29. Tomorrow never comes.（明天无尽头，明日何其多）30. 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31. Time works wonders.（时间可以创造奇迹或时间的效力不可思议）32. Time works great changes.（时间可以产生巨大的变化）33. Times change.（时代正在改变）。
2.求一些（英语）生活小知识
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。
3.英语知识方面
1-100的序数词分为四个类。
1、第一类
first (1st) 第一
second (2nd) 第二
third (3rd) 第三
（在括号里的是缩写形式，均在阿拉伯数字后面加上相应序数词的最后两个字母构成，以下各类与此相同。）这类序数词只有三个，在整个序数词里面是特殊的，就和第一类基数词一样，需要逐个地硬记下来。
2、第二类：
fourth (4th) 第四
fifth (5th) 第五
sixth (6th) 第六
seventh (7th) 第七
eighth (8th) 第八
ninth (9th) 第九
tenth (10th) 第十
eleventh (11th) 第十一
twelfth (12th) 第十二
thirteenth (13th) 第十三
fourteenth (14th) 第十四
fifteenth (15th) 第十五
sixteenth (16th) 第十六
seventeenth (17th) 第十七
eighteenth (18th) 第十八
nineteenth (19th) 第十九
这一类序数词共有十六个。均在相应的基数词后面加上后缀-th构成。要注意其中fifth、eighth、ninth、twelth四个词的拼法。
3、第三类：
twentieth (20th) 第二十
thirtieth (30th) 第三十
fortieth (40th) 第四十
fiftieth (50th) 第五十
sixtieth (60th) 第六十
seventieth (70th) 第七十
eightieth (80th) 第八十
ninetieth (90th) 第九十
这一类全是十位整数的序数词，共八个。它们的构成方法是：先将相应的十位整数的基数词词尾-ty中的y改成i，然后在加上后缀-eth。
4、第四类：
thirty-first (31th) 第三十一
sixty-second (62nd) 第六十二
eighty-seventh (87th) 第八十七
ninety-eighth (98th) 第九十八
这类表示“第几十几”的序数词，跟表示“几十几”的基数词一样简单。在构成方法上均由基数词“几十几”变化而来，十位数不变，仅把个位上的基数词变成序数词就行了。
4.英语小知识
美国人挂在嘴边的20个地道口语小词
1、真是稀客。 You are really a rare visitor.
2、你说的头头是道。 What you said sounded reasonable.
3、我真是反应迟钝。 I am really slow-minded.
4、你把我给搞糊涂了。 You made me confused.
5、罪有应得。 You deserved it.
6、已经无法挽救了。 There is no way out.
7、别跟自己过不去。 Don't give yourself too much pressure.
8、你有话直说吧。 Just say it.
9、这可不是三言两语的事。 It's not easy to explain in several words.
10、天塌下来有我呢。Nothing serious. It's up to me.
美国人挂在嘴边的20个地道口语小词：
1、车到山前必有路。 You will find a way.
2、破财免灾嘛。 Lose money just to avoid misfortune.
3、成事不足，败事有余。 Never make, but always break.
4、别在这挖苦我了。Don't make jokes about me.
5、英雄所见略同。 Great minds think alike.
6、让你破费了。 Thank you for inviting me.
7、有点不怎么对劲儿。 There's something wrong here.
8、太阳从西边出来了。 It never happens to you.
9、恭敬不如从命。 I had better follow your advice.
10、你可别小看我。 Don't look down upon on me.
5.英语基本知识有哪些
单词 和 语法 一、英语语句基本结构分析： 主谓宾结构： 主语：可以作主语的成分有名词（如boy），主格代词（如you），动词不定式，动名词等。
主语一般在句首。注意名词单数形式常和冠词不分家！ 谓语：谓语由动词构成，是英语时态、语态变化的主角，一般在主语之后。
不及物动词（vi.）没有宾语，形成主谓结构，如：We come. 宾语：宾语位于及物动词之后，一般同主语构成一样，不同的是构成宾语的代词必须是‘代词宾格’，如：me,him,them等 例：The boy needs a pen.主语the boy，谓语needs(need的第三人称单数形式)，宾语a pen. 主系表结构： 主语：同‘主谓宾’结构。 联系动词（Link verb）:be动词（am,is,are,was,were,have been）；其他联系动词如：become成为，turn变成，go变。
其特点是联系动词与其后的表语没有动宾关系，表语多为形容词或副词，既，不可能是宾语。 表语：说明主语的状态、性质、等。
可为形容词、副词、名词、代词、不定式、分词。当联系动词不是be，而其后是名词和代词时，多表达‘转变为’之意，注意与动宾关系的区别。
感官动词多可用作联系动词：look well/面色好，sound nice/听起来不错，feel good/感觉好，smell bad/难闻 例：Tom is a boy.(Tom是个男孩)/主语为Tom，系词为be动词的第三人称单数is，表语为a boy There be 结构： There be 表示‘存在有’。这里的there没有实际意义，不可与副词‘there那里’混淆。
此结构后跟名词，表示‘（存在）有某事物’ 试比较：There is a boy there.（那儿有一个男孩。）/前一个there无实意，后一个there为副词‘那里’。
二、定语：定语是对名词或代词起修饰、限定作用的词、短语或句子，汉语中常用‘……的’表示。 定语通常位于被修饰的成分前。
若修饰some,any,every,no构成的复合不定代词时，（如：something、nothing）；或不定式、分词短语作定语、从句作定语时，则定语通常置后。副词用作定语时须放在名词之后。
形容词作定语： The little boy needs a blue pen.(little修饰名词boy;blue修饰名词pen.)/小男孩需要一支兰色的钢笔。 Tom is a handsome boy./Tom是个英俊的男孩。
There is a good boy./有个乖男孩。 数词作定语相当于形容词： Two boys need two pens./两个男孩需要两支钢笔。
The two boys are students./这两个男孩是学生。 There are two boys in the room./房间里有两个男孩。
代词或名词所有格作定语： His boy needs Tom's pen./他的男孩需要Tom的钢笔。 His name is Tom./他的名字是汤姆。
There are two boys of Toms there./那儿有Tom家的两个男孩。 介词短语作定语： The boy in the classroom needs a pen of yours./教室里的男孩需要你的一支钢笔。
The boy in blue is Tom./穿兰色衣服的孩子是汤姆。 There are two boys of 9,and three of 10./有两个9岁的，三个10岁的男孩。
名词作定语： The boy needs a ball pen./男孩需要一支圆珠笔。 It is a ball pen./这是一支圆珠笔。
There is only one ball pen in the pencil box./这铅笔盒里只有一支圆珠笔。 副词作定语： The boy there needs a pen./那儿的男孩需要一支钢笔。
The best boy here is Tom./这里最棒的男孩是Tom。 不定式作定语： The boy to write this letter needs a pen./写这封信的男孩需要一支钢笔。
The boy to write this letter is Tom./将要写这封信的男孩是汤姆。 There is nothing to do today./今天无事要做。
分词（短语）作定语： The smiling boy needs a pen bought by his mother./那个微笑的男孩需要一支他妈妈买的钢笔。 The pen bought by her is made in China./她买的笔是中国产的。
There are five boys left./有五个留下的男孩。 定语从句： The boy who is reading needs the pen which you bought yesterday./那个在阅读的男孩需要你昨天买的钢笔。
The boy you will know is Tom./你将认识的男孩叫汤姆。 There are five boys who will play the game./参加游戏的男孩有五个。
6.有没有英语小知识
啊哈~
我是大二的~。
可以讲个有哲理的趣味小短文，还要有点幽默，这样才可以吸引大家的attention噢
下面这个我觉得不错~
你看着要哈！
A teacher said to her class:
"Who was the first man?"
“George Washington," a little boy shouted promptly.
"How do you make out that George Washington was the first man?" asked the teacher, smiling indulgently.
"Because, " said the little boy, "he was first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen."
But at this point a larger boy held up his hand.
"Well," said the teacher to him, "who do you think was the first man?"
"I don't know what his name was," said the larger boy, "but I know it wasn't George Washington, ma'am, because the history book says George Washington married a widow, so, of course, there must have been a man ahead of him."
有个老师问班上的学生：
“谁是第一个男人？”
“乔治·华盛顿，”一个小男孩当即叫道。
“你怎么知道乔治·华盛顿是第一个男人呢？”老师问道，宽容地微笑着。
小男孩说：“因为他是战时第一，和时第一，国人心中第一。”
这时一个大点儿的男孩举起手来。
“那么，”老师对他说，“你认为谁是第一个男人呢？”
“我不知道他的名字，”大点儿的男孩说，“但我知道不是乔治·华盛顿，老师。因为历史书上说，乔治·华盛顿取了一个寡妇，所以在他前面肯定还有一个男人。”
然后当然你不能就光讲完故事就行啦
一是要加上自己的表情动作
外教会比较喜欢丰富的肢体语言
二是要加一个common
你可以说
from this interesting story,we can find that children's thinking mathod is always different with adults'.and what can we learn from it is, when you are thinking about a problem,you can't just think about the apearance ,you should think from the sourse.
也可以自己发挥啦~个人见解~
明天好运哈~
7.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。
8.英语小知识
There are still many problems of environmental protection in recent years. One of the most serious problems is the serious pollution of air, water and soil. the polluted air does great harm to people's health. The polluted water causes diseases and death. What is more, vegetation had been greatly reduced with the rapid growth of modern cities. To protect the environment, governments of many countries have done a lot. Legislative steps have been introduced to control air pollution, to protect the forest and sea resources and to stop any environmental pollution. Therefore, governments are playing the most important role in the environmental protection today. In my opinion, to protect environment, the government must take even more concrete measures. First, it should let people fully realize the importance of environmental protection through education. Second, much more efforts should be made to put the population planning policy into practice, because more people means more people means more pollution. Finally, those who destroy the environment intentionally should be severely punished. We should let them know that destroying environment means destroying mankind themselves. 保护环境 目前环保还存在着许多问题。
最严重的问题就是空气、水和土壤的严重污染。污染的空气对人类的健康十分有害。
污染的水引起疼病，造成死亡。更有甚者，随着现代社会的迅速扩建，植被大大的减少。
为了保护环境，各国政府做了大量的工作。采用了立法措施控制大气污染，保护森林资源和海洋资源，制止任何环境污染。
因此，在当今的环保中政府起着最重要的作用。 我的看法是，为了保护环境，政府应当采取更具体的措施。
首先，应当通过教育的方法使人们充分謒到环境保护的重要性。第二，应更加努力把计划生育政策付诸实施，因为人口多就意味着污染严重。
最后，要严惩那些故意破坏环境者。使他们破坏环境就是毁灭人类自己。
=====================================================================英语常识：English words are strings of letters together, so we had some different characteristics of Chinese written characters. Here's some examples of the little knowledge about the English words to increase the recitation of interest. 1, the number of English words: For the exact number is difficult to calculate. However, linguists generally believed that the number of English words, if you do not include specific words, names, place names, etc., about 170,000 or so. However, there are about 70,000 words of which are already or about to be eliminated, so less volume is 10 million. 2, consecutive letters: English word, the word generally refers to the inherent (non-derived synthetic), the same letters do not have three consecutive occurrences, but if we add before the suffix to the word or compound word formed to difficult to determine. Such as the governess (Nvzong Du) into governessship (Nvzong Du duties), there have been three consecutive scenes of the same letter was. 3, simultaneous five vowels: the English alphabet in a, e, i, o, u five vowels, but this five-letter words which appear in the same time is very rare, but it did. If the order according to their inherent appear in the same word, it is less. abstemious (moderate) is one. If you do not by their inherent order, they are consecutive words are: Rousseauian (Rousseau), Rousseau was a great French thinkers. 4, the longest word: the word should be to play the longest, it is not fixed. Some professional and technical aspects of the word, sometimes up to dozens of letters, only the knowledge of experts in the industry. The words used in the longest peacetime is antidisestablishmentarianism (endorsed state support for the church), the 28 letters. 5, usually we see the long point of the letter words often repeated, as there are repeated examination in a, i, n. the inherent word, longest word without repeating letters is uncopyrightable (can not get copyright protection ), a total of fifteen letters. 6, the majority of English sentences are repeated letters, and can not contain all the 26 letters. The following sentence contains the 26 letters are The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. (A quick, brown fox jumps over a lazy dog.) This sentence contains 26 letters is the shortest sentence in it? Before this sentence appears in the following may be: Brick quiz whangs a jumpy veldt fox. (Tests on bricks stumped a South African grassland fox jumps). 7, the Chinese have palindromic phenomenon, then in English as well? Look at a word: It is said that there is a criminal, said: "Because I live in upside down (live), so the result of sin (evil). To live upside down to become evil, is sent province. English sentence the 。
9.20条有趣的英语小知识
1、According to a research project at Cambridge Uiversity, it doesn't 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. 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'. This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse, it'll give the same sentence。 （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！ （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 Service”（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 couldn't 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 ispneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses！ 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 popular 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”，用得最少的是“Q”。
15、Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", whichcontains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!。
