（英语趣味知识）
五一假期是2021年的的第2个小长假，足足有五天，这对于所有打工人来说都是及其重要的一个假期，因为这个时候气温适宜，所以很多人都会选择出去旅游度假，而出游不要忘记教家里小朋友学知识哦！
今天小编给大家带来一些英语趣味小知识，快和家里的小朋友一起学习一下吧！
1. WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW...
"WASITACARORACATISAW...
This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse, it"ll give the same sentence.
“WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW”
(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。
2. Aoccdring to a rscheearch procejt at
Cmabrigde Uinervitisy, it deosnt mttaer waht oredr the itteers in a lsat ltteerbe in the rghit pclae. This is bcuseae the human mnid deos not raed ervey lteter.
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。
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 browm 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所有字母。
5. "Go", is the shortest comlete
sentence in the English language.
“Go”是英语中最短的完整句子
6. The onion is named affter 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 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)，是从一条古老的应该法律来的，即:不能用超过大拇指粗细的东西打老婆。
8.The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for "To Insure Prompt Service.
单词“tips”(小费)实际上是“To tnsure Prompt Service”(保障快捷的服务)的首字母缩写!
9.The longest word in the English language is
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoco nioses!
英语中最长的单词是“pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoc onioses”(硅盐酸沉着病)!
10.More people in China speal 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" 实静的)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. 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”!