英語學習的有趣小知識( 六 )


或時間就是生命,節省時間,就是延長生命)7. Time spent in vice or folly is doubly lost.(消磨于惡習或愚行的時間是加倍的損失) (二) 時間是風,去而不返8. Time undermines us.(光陰暗中催人才 ?;蚰f年紀小人生容易老)9. Time and tide wait for no man.(歲月不待人)10. Time cannot be won again.(時間一去不再來)11. Time is , time was , and time is past.(現在有時間,過去有時間,時間一去不復返)12. Time lost can not be recalled.(光陰一去不復返)13. Time flies like an arrow , and time lost never returns.(光陰似箭,一去不返) (三)時間是尺,萬物皆檢14. Time tries friends as fire tries gold.(時間考驗朋友,烈火考驗黃金)15. Time tries truth.(時間檢驗真理)16. Time is the father of truth.(時間是真理之父)17. Time will tell.(時間能說明問題)18. Time brings the truth to light.(時間使真相大白 。
或時間一到,真理自明 。)19. Time and chance reveal all secrets.(時間與機會能提示一切秘密)20. Time consecrates: what is gray with age becomes religion.(時間考驗一切,經得起時間考驗的就為人所信仰)21. Time reveals(discloses) all things.(萬事日久自明)22. Time tries all.(時間檢驗一切) (四)時間是秤,衡量權質23. There is no time like the present.(現在正是時候)24. Take time by the forelock.(把握目前的時機)25. To choose time is to save time.(選擇時間就是節省時間)26. Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today.(今日事,今日畢)27. Procrastination is the thief of time.(拖延為時間之竊賊)28. One of these days is none of these days.(拖延時日,終難實現 。
或:改天改天,不知哪天)29. Tomorrow never comes.(明天無盡頭,明日何其多)30. What may be done at any time will be done at no time.(常將今日推明日,推到后來無蹤跡) (五)時間是水,淘金流沙31. Time works wonders.(時間可以創造奇跡或時間的效力不可思議)32. Time works great changes.(時間可以產生巨大的變化)33. Times change.(時代正在改變) 。
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 。
劍橋大學的研究表明:單詞中字母的順序如何不重要,重要的是第一個和最后一個字母的位置 。這是因為大腦在閱讀時不會讀到所有字母 。
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 。(我看到的是一輛車還是一只貓)這是英語中唯一一句反過來念還是一樣的句子 。
3、"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you" 。英語單詞“Goodbye”來自于“God bye”,原意是“上帝與你同在” 。
4、The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog."uses every letter of the alphabet?。ㄟ@只敏捷的棕色狐貍跳過了一只懶狗)這句話用到了字母表中的所有字母!5、"Go", is the shortest complete sentence in the English language ?!癎o”是英語中最短的完整句子 。
6、The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl 。單詞“onion”(洋蔥)來自于拉丁詞“unio”,意思是大珍珠 。
7、The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service' 。單詞“tips”(小費)實際上是“To Insure Prompt Service”(保障快捷的服務)的首字母縮寫!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 。
詞組“rule of thumb”(經驗法則),是從一條古老的英國法律中來的,即:不能用超過大拇指粗細的東西打老婆 。9、The longest word in the English language ispneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!英語中最長的單詞是“pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses”(硅酸鹽沉著?。?0、More people in China speak English than in the United States 。
會說英語的中國人比會說英語的美國人還多 。11、The word "listen" contains the same letters as"silent" 。
單詞“listen”(聽)和“silent”(安靜的)用到了一樣的字母 。12、Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering 。
胡佛真空吸塵器在英國曾經非常流行,到現在很多人還把“vacuuming”(吸塵)說成“hoovering”(胡佛ing…) 。13、Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards 。
“Stressed”(壓力)倒過來拼就是“Desserts”(點心) 。14、The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and'Q' is the least used!英語中使用最多的字母是“E”,用得最少的是“Q” 。

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