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英语的小知识

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Ⅰ 有哪些有趣的英文小知识

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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。
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WASITACARORACATISAW..'WASITACARORACATISAW'..,it'llgivethesamesentence.
“WASITACARORACATISAW”(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"camefrom"Godbye"whichcamefrom"Godbewithyou."
英语单词“Goodbye”来自于“Godbye”,原意是“上帝与你同在”。

4

Thesentence"."useseveryletterofthealphabet!
“.”
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!

Ⅱ 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 down by sex.

在上面的传真里,broken down by sex是“按照性别分开”的意思,但是分公司的外国职员没有理解“broken down by sex”的意思。不过break something/someone down倒是还有一个意思,就是“把某事物,把某人压服”。

结果,美国总部收到了回音。那份传真是这样说的:

Here is your head count. Here we have thirty-five people in our factory, fifteen people in our office, five people in the hospital, none broken down by sex.

(这是你要的人头数。我们的工厂里有35人,办公室15人,医院5人,无人因纵欲过度而垮掉。)

最后,他还加了一句:And if you really must know, our problem down here is with alcohol. (如果你非要知道,我们这儿的问题是饮酒过度。)

查字典,break down就是“把……压服,把……压垮”的意思,因此外国职员就把broken down by sex理解成了“因为纵欲过度而垮了”,但是在那样的语言环境下,broken down by sex实际上是“按照性别分开”的意思。美国人一下子就理解的东西,在外国人眼里,就成了匪夷所思。可见,语言学习还真是麻烦。最好的办法当然是不断积累,还有,如果有不懂的东西,一定要问明白!

动物篇

a)Ten animals I slam in a net. 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)。
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。

续动物篇

Santa Claus' reindeer(圣诞老人的驯鹿)

你知道圣诞老人的驯鹿是怎么来的吗?它们是Clement Clarke Moore (1779-1863 美国作家)所写的‘A Visit from St. Nicholas’1823作品里出现的Dasher、Dancer、Prancer、Vixen、Comet、Cupid、Donner、Blitzen等8头

the world is my oyster (世界是我的牡蛎)

if the world is my oyster 经常作为“如果我的梦想得以实现的话”的意思使用。该句来源于莎士比亚的The Merry Wives of Windsor (1600)Ⅱ、ⅱ、2中,恶棍Pistol对决意不肯借钱的Sir John Falstaff说、“Why then the world's mine oyster, / Which I with sword will open.”(这个世界如同我的牡蛎一样,我可以用刀子把它撬开。)人们应用这句话是常把原文的mine该成my.这句话也常常出现在Willy Loman的台词中

Ⅲ 英语的基本知识有哪些

1、字母:26个字母的大小写

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ,abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz。

2、语音:元音的发音

五个元音字母:AEIOU。

12个单元音:

前元音:[i:] [ɪ] /e/ [æ]。

中元音:[ɜ:] [ə]。

后元音:[ɑ:] [ɒ] [ɔ:] [u :] [ʊ] [ʌ]。

双元音(8个) 合口双元音(5个)[ai] [ei] [au] [əu] [ɔi] 集中双元音(3个) [iə][εə][uə]。

3、词汇:词汇量,近反义词。

4、句子:大小写,标点符号。

学习英语的方法有:

1、积累词汇。如果你是学生,可以通过英语课程,让老师帮助你了解英语的基础知识和思维方式。如果你是自学者,可以通过网络视频,根据视频上的内容了解英语的基础知识等。并且需要购买一本中英的英语词典,让你在学习英语的前期掌握足够的英语词汇。

2、学习语法。学习语法的目的,是为了可以更好地进行听说读写等语言实践活动。也就是说,通过对语法规则规律的掌握,减少在语言实践练习中的盲目性,提高语言的准确性。

3、多读、多背、多写。因为学习语言需要对我们的各种感观进行刺激,每天至少看 60-120分钟的英语,早晨和晚上是学英语的最好时间。

4、勇于交流。加强交际训练,为自己提供一个英语环境,只有多交流,才能把口语说的很流利。

Ⅳ 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)

Ⅳ 英语小知识

1、C
2、D
few 用于可数名词,little 不可数名词。
few, a few, little, a little
虽然都表示“少”,但
(1)few, a few是可数的, little, a little是不可数的。
(2)a few, a little含肯定意味,few, little含否定意味。这里所谓的“肯定意味”和“否定意味”应该这样来理解:同样是半杯水,口渴者会认为:There is little water in the glass. 而不口渴的人则会认为:There is a little water in the glass.

一:
1.few修饰可数名词复数。
2.few (= not many; hardly any)含否定意义;a few (= some; several; a small
number of) 含肯定意义。
3. not a few = no few = quite a few = a good few = many。
4. 当 few受 every, last, past, next, some, very等词所修饰时,表示肯定意义,few之前不再有冠词。如:
In the last few minutes, he checked up his paper again.
It took us some few days to repair the machine.
They are very few in number.
There were too few of them.
He goes to see his grandma every few weeks.
5. 在非正式文体中很少见,一般用或代替,如:
Only a few people attended the meeting.

另外,little / a little
Little remains to be done about it. (作主语)
A little remains to be done.
Please give me a little. (作宾语)
He knows a little of everything.
There is very / but little time left. (作定语)
Don’t worry; you still have a little time.
1. little修饰不可数名词,表示“量”。
2. little含否定意义(反义词:much);a little含肯定意义(反义词:none)。
3. 在非正式英语中,一般很少用little,常用not much, only a little来代替,如:
We haven’t got much money / time.

Ⅵ 有趣的英语小知识

我知道一些有趣地道的英语表达:
1. A bird tell me 我听说的
2. It’s a date 一言为定
3. Follow my nose 凭直觉
4. You don't say 是吗
5. pull up one's socks 鼓起勇气
6. bring down the house 博得全场喝彩
7. blue stocking 女学者
8. Don't give me that 别跟我耍花招
本答案纯属原创,严禁抄袭。
很高兴能为您回答,望采纳。

Ⅶ 英语基本知识

一 作主语 To see is to believe.
1. It be adj. \ n. to do sth.
It’s good to see you.
It’s difficult to learn maths well.
2. It takes sb. some time to do sth.
1 跳舞非常有趣。To dance is a lot of fun.=
2 种些植物是非常有必要的。To grow plants is very important.=
3 说英语对我来说并不容易。To speak English is not easy for me.=
4 听到你的声音真高兴。To hear your voice is so nice.=
二 作表语
To see is to believe.
他的愿望是成为一名医生。His wish is to be a doctor.
1 我的工作是每天打扫这间屋子。
My work is to clean the room every day.
2 最上策的计划就是马上离开这儿。
The best plan is to leave at once.
3 我的梦想就是成为一名科学家。My dream is to be a scientist.
三 作宾语 (v. + to do )
I want to buy a computer.
She hopes to find a better job.
I wish to go with you.
need to do learn to do agree to do
plan to do decide to do refuse to do
begin to do start to do try to do
forget to do remember to do like to do
stop to do go on to do
1 他想借用我的录音机。He wants to borrow my radio.
2 他们开始读和写。They began to read and write.
3 李琳喜欢玩什么?她喜欢踢足球。What sports does Li Lin like to play? She likes to play soccer.
4 你长大了想做什么?What do you want to be when you grow up?
四 作宾语补足语:(v. + sb. + to do )
She asked me to help her.
The teacher told him to come on time.
Edison’s mother taught him to read and write.
want sb to do wish sb to do
get sb to do order sb to do
find sb to be like sb to do
would like sb to do help sb (to) do
1 他要求我再大声点儿。She asked me to speak louder.
2 Lucy告诉他不要哭。Lucy told him not to cry.
3 吉姆告诉李明由衷地祝福每个人。Jim told Li Ming to give his best
wishes to everybody.
4 他让我再做一次。He let me do it again.
作宾语补足语不带to 的情况:
Let him do it.
I saw him cross the street.
常见动词有:
使役动词: let, make, have
感官动词: see, watch, hear, feel, listen to
比较: I heard her singing in the next room when I came in .
I heard her sing in the next room last week.
五 作状语 (adverbial):
He came to show me his new CD player. (目的)
I went there to see my teacher. (目的)
She came back to get her English book. (目的)
The boy was too frightened to move. (结果)
I am glad to see you. (原因)
I’m sorry to trouble you. (原因)
六 作定语(后置)
Have you get anything to say?
He’s looking for a room to live in?
She has no clothes to wear?
(这时不定式与被修饰词有动宾关系。若是不及物动词,介词不能省略)
Give me something to drink.
I have two books to read.
They have much food to eat.
He asked for a room to live in.
I don’t have a pen to write with.
The ice is hard to skate on.
He bought a toy to play with.
1 我有许多书要看。I have many books to read.
2 她有几个问题要问。She has a few questions to ask.
3 他有一台电视要修。He has a TV set to repair.
4. 我没什么可担心的。I have nothing to worry about.
5.他是一个值得信赖的人。He is a man to believe in.
6 爱迪生是第一个发明电灯的人。Edison was the first man to invent the lights.
7 他那生病母亲最多可活三个月。His sick mother has three months to live at most.
七 不定式与疑问词连用
常用动词有: ask know learn teach tell understand等。
疑问词who, what, which, where, when, how
加to do可构成不定式短语,在句中可用作主语、
宾语、宾语补足语、表语等。
When to start has not been decided.
I don’t know what to do.
He can tell you where to get the book.
The question is who(m) to ask.
构成形式 作用 例 句
who
what
which
how 等+to do
where
when 主语 When to start has not been decided.
表语 The question is where to go.
宾语 I don’t know how to do.
宾补 Nobody told us what to do.

Ⅷ 英语小常识

sporting house 妓院(不是“体育室”)

dead president 美钞(上印有总统头像)(并非“死了的总统”)

lover 情人(不是“爱人”)

busboy 餐馆勤杂工(不是“公汽售票员”)

busybody 爱管闲事的人(不是“大忙人”)

dry goods (美)纺织品;(英)谷物(不是“干货”)

heartman 换心人(不是“有心人”)

mad doctor 精神病科医生(不是“发疯的医生”)

eleventh hour 最后时刻(不是“十一点”)

blind date (由第三者安排的)男女初次会面(并非“盲目约会”或“瞎约会”)

personal remark 人身攻击(不是“个人评论”)

sweet water 淡水(不是“糖水”或“甜水”)

confidence man 骗子(不是“信得过的人”)

criminal lawyer 刑事律师(不是“犯罪的律师”)

service station 加油站(不是“服务站”)

rest room 厕所(不是“休息室”)

dressing room 化妆室(不是“试衣室”或“更衣室”)

horse sense 常识(不是“马的感觉”)

capital idea 好主意(不是“资本主义思想”)

familiar talk 庸俗的交谈(不是“熟悉的谈话”)

black tea 红茶(不是“黑茶”)

black art 妖术(不是“黑色艺术”)

black stranger 完全陌生的人(不是“陌生的黑人”)

white coal (作动力来源用的)水(不是“白煤”)

white man 忠实可靠的人(不是“皮肤白的人”)

yellow book 黄皮书(法国政府报告书,以黄纸为封)(不是“黄色书籍”)

red tape 官僚习气(不是“红色带子”)

green hand 新手(不是“绿手”)

blue stocking 女学者、女才子(不是“蓝色长统袜”)

China policy 对华政策(不是“中国政策”)

Chinese dragon 麒麟(不是“中国龙”)

American beauty 一种玫瑰,名为“美国丽人”(不是“美国美女”)

English disease 软骨病(不是“英国病”)

Indian summer 愉快宁静的晚年(不是“印度的夏日”)

Greek gift 害人的礼品(不是“希腊礼物”)

Spanish athlete 吹牛的人(不是“西班牙运动员”)

French chalk 滑石粉(不是“法国粉笔”)

Ⅸ 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)

Ⅹ 20条有趣的英语小知识

1、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”(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、英语单词“Goodbye”来自于“God bye”,原意是“上帝与你同在”。

4、“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”是英语中最短的完整句子。

6、单词“onion”(洋葱)来自于拉丁词“unio”,意思是大珍珠。

7、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、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、英语中最长的单词是“”(硅酸盐沉着病)!

10、会说英语的中国人比会说英语的美国人还多。

11、单词“listen”(听)和“silent”(安静的)用到了一样的字母。

12、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”(压力)倒过来拼就是“Desserts”(点心)。

14、英语中使用最多的字母是“E”,用得最少的是“Q”。

15、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”!