‘壹’ 你知道哪些英语中的冷知识
“yellow book ”意思不是小黄书……是黄皮书。想当年上英语课的时候，英语老师还说过一个词“sporthouse”，这个词意思真的很内涵，反正不是体育馆也不是健身房，不过也可以是健身房……
‘贰’ 冷知识：你知道英语中用的最多和最少的字母是哪个吗
在英语词典中，构成单词使用最多的字母是E，使用最少的字母是Z；
会话中用作单词最多的字母是I；
由一个字母构成的单词，使用最个泛的是冠词A；
在英语单词中，位于词首次数最多的字母是S，最少的字母是X．
‘叁’ 英语有哪些不得不知的冷知识
1.from want of 由于缺少……
eg1:The flowers died from want of water.
这些花由于缺少水而枯死了。
eg2:Some of the wounded soldiers died for want of medicine。
有些士兵因为缺乏药物而死去。
2. for the use of 供……使用的
eg1:This parking lot is for the use of employees only。
停车场只供员工使用。
eg2: This dining hall is for the use ofteachers。
这个饭堂是供教师使用的。
3.in support of 为了支持……，为了拥护……
eg1:He spoke at the meeting in support of my idea。
他在会上讲话支持我的想法。
eg2: They decided to stay in support of the new leadership。
为了支持新的领导班子，他们决定留下来。
4. so as to 为了(做)……，以便(做)……
eg1: They made a lot of lively programs so as to attract more children。
为了吸引更多的孩子，他们制作了很多生动活泼的节目。
eg2:I left home at 5:00 in the morning so as to be there ontime。
我早上5点钟就出门，以便准时到达那里。
5.in search of 为了寻找……，为了寻求……
eg1: He went to the south in search of better prospects。
他为了寻找更好的前途到南方去。
eg2:She immigrated to New Zealand in search of a quiet life。
她为了过上平静的生活移民到新西兰去。
6.for the sake of/for one's sake 为……起见，为了……
eg1:His family moved to the countryside for the sake of hisson's health。
他一家为了他儿子的健康而搬到乡下去。
eg2:He betrayed his friend for money's sake。
他为了钱而背叛自己的朋友。
7.for one's own safety 为了某人自身的安全
eg1:For your own safety please don't smoke inside the plane。
为了你自身的安全，请不要在飞机上抽烟。
eg2:Please fasten your seat belt for your own safety。
为了你们自己的安全，请系上安全带。
8. for future reference 为了以后参考，为了今后备查
eg1:Keep all the price lists on file for future reference。
把所有的价格表存档，以便今后备查。
eg2:You can take this booklet home for future reference。
你可以把小册子带回家，留着以后参考。
9. for reasons of 因……理由，为……缘故
eg:The road has been closed for reasons of safety。
为了安全起见，路已经被封了。
10.in memory of 为纪念……，为追悼……
eg1：She set up an ecational fund in memory of her mother.
她为了纪念她母亲而设立了一个教育基金会。
eg2:This museum was built in memory of the great writer -LuXun.
这个博物馆是为了纪念伟大作家鲁迅而建造的。
‘肆’ 英语有哪些不得不知的冷知识
1. in order to 为了……
eg1：Most students study hard in order to please the teacher.
为了让老师开心，多数学生努力工作。
eg2：Business schools are trying to improve their courses in order to proce better graates.
为了培养出更好的毕业生，商务学校在改进他们的课程。
2.for one's benefit/for the benefit of 为了……的利益为了帮助…
eg1:It is not his fault. He did it for your benefit.
这不是他的过错。他是为了你的利益才这样做的。
eg2:All the donations are for the benefit of the disabledchildren.
所有的捐款都是为了帮助残疾儿童。
3.for fear of 以免，以防
eg1：Put on a coat for fear of catching a cold.
穿上外(微博)衣以免感冒。
eg2:The weather in London is so changeable that people alwaysbring their umbrella with them for fear of rain.
伦敦的天气很多变，人们总是要随身带着雨伞以防下雨。
‘伍’ 双语：英语中的9个冷知识 你知道么
1. It is the only major language without an academy to guide it.
英语是唯一没有学术机构加以规正的大语种。
L’Académie française, based in Paris, is in charge of overseeing the French language. For Spanish there is the Real Academia Española. German has the Rat für deutsche Rechtschreibung. There is no equivalent to L’Académie for English. Of the 10 most-widely spoken languages in the world, only English has no academy guiding it.
法兰西文学院位于巴黎，负责审查法语。对于西班牙语，有西班牙皇家学院，德语有标准德语德语正字法协会。而英语则没有相应的文学院。世界十大使用最为广泛的口语中，唯有英语没有学术研究院引领。
2. More than 1 billion people are learning English as you read this.
你读这篇文章的时候，有超过10亿的人正在学英语。
According to the British Council, around 1 billion people around the world were learning English in 2000. This figure is now likely to be significantly higher.
据英国文化委员会的调查数据显示，在2000年，全球有10亿左右的人正在学习英语。如今这个数字很可能有了更为显着的提高。
3. 96 of the 100 most common English words are Germanic.
英语中100个最常用词中96个来自日耳曼语。
Of the hundred most frequently used words in English, 96 have Germanic roots. Together, those 100 words make up more than 50% of the Oxford English Corpus, which currently contains over 2 billion words found in writing around the world.
100个使用频率最高的英语词汇中，96个有日耳曼语词根。总的来说，牛津英语语料库词汇有超过一半由这100个词汇组成——目前涵盖世界各地书面语中超过20亿的词汇。
Surprised? The most frequently used words are the meat and bones of the language, the essentials that make communication work, including I, you, go, eat, and so on.
吃惊吗?使用频率最高的词汇是一门语言的骨架，这些要素让人们成功沟通，比如“我”、“你”、“去”、“吃”等等。
4. But most words that have entered the language since 1066 have Latin origins.
不过自1066年之后的大部分英语词汇都有拉丁词根。
The Renaissance, which started in Italy and reached England via France, was a massive source of new vocabulary. New ideas, or old ideas rediscovered, started flooding out of the southern cities but there were no words to describe them in English. So the language adopted or adapted the Latin words. During the Renaissance, the English lexicon roughly doubled in size.
起源于意大利，席卷法国再蔓延至英国的文艺复习带来了海量新词。新的点子也好，旧的想法也罢，被人们重新发现，不断从南部的意大利城市中奔涌而出，而英语中却没有相应词汇用以描述。于是英语就采用、改写了拉丁词汇。文艺复兴时期，英语的词汇几乎翻了一倍。
5. For more than a century, the English aristocracy couldn’t speak English.
有一个世纪多的时间，英国贵族不会说英语。
William the Conqueror tried to learn English at the age of 43 but gave up. Within 20 years of the Normans taking power in England, almost all of the local religious institutions were French-speaking. There is little to suggest that aristocrats themselves spoke English. It isn’t until the end of the 12th Century that we have evidence of the children of the English aristocracy with English as a first language.
英国国王威廉一世曾在43岁时尝试学习英语，但半途而废。诺曼人控制英国的20年里，大部分的地方宗教机构都说法语。鲜有证据显示英国的贵族自己会说英语。证据显示，直到12世纪末，才有英语贵族子女以英语为第一语言。
6.That is why Latin words sound more prestigious than Germanic ones.
这就是为什么拉丁词汇比日耳曼词汇听上去更高大上。
Think about the difference between a house (Germanic) and a mansion (French), or between starting something and commencing, between calling something kingly or regal. English has a huge number of close synonyms, where the major difference is the level of formality or prestige. The prestigious form is almost always the Latin one.
想想看"house"("房子"，日耳曼词汇)与"mansion"("宅邸"，法语词汇)的差异，及"starting(开始)"与"commencing(肇始)"的不同、“kingly(皇家气质)"与"regal(君威)"的区别。英语中有大量意思贴近的同义词，其主要差异在于其正式与高级程度。高级形式几乎都是拉丁词汇。
7. The concept of “correct” spelling is fairly recent.
“正确”拼写是相当新近的概念。
Shakespeare, for example, was liberal in his spellings of words, often using multiple variants within a single text; his name itself has been spelt in many different ways over the centuries.
例如莎士比亚，在拼写单词就非常随意，常在同一文本中使用数种变体;数世纪以来，其名字也有多种不同的拼法。
8. One man is largely responsible for the differences between American and British spelling.
美式英语和英式英语拼写上的差异很大程度上因一人而起。
Noah Webster, whose name you still find on the front of many American dictionaries, was a patriotic man. Between 1783 and 1785, he proced three books on the English language for American schoolchildren. During his lifetime, 385 editions of his Speller were published. The modern US spelling of color was initially spelt in the British way, colour, but this changed in later editions.
在美国的许多词典封面上你还能找到一个人的名字，一位富有爱国心的美国人——诺亚·韦伯斯特。在1783至1785年间，韦伯斯特为美国的学龄儿童创作了三本关于英语的书籍。韦伯斯特一生中，其拼写教材出了385版。现代美式英语中“color(颜色)”一词起初是英式的拼写方式，但在后来的版本中，这些词的拼写方式发生了变化。
9. -ize is not an American suffix-ize.
并不是美式英语中的后缀。
There is a popular belief that words such as popularise/ize, maximise/ize and digitise/ize have different spellings in British and American English.
人们普遍认为，popularise/ize(普及)、maximise/ize(最大化)、digitise/ize(数字化)等词在英式英语和美式英语中拼写方式不同。
Look at that z – isn’t it snazzy? It’s got to be American, hasn’t it?
看看这个Z——不是很时髦吗?它一定是美式英语，不是吗?
‘陆’ 21个英语冷知识，全是你不知道的！
1、最短的完整的句子是“GO”
2、含义最多的单词是“set”
3、由7个字母组成的可以多次拆分的单词是“therein”， 可以被拆分为：“the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein（在其中）, herein（在这方面）”
4、唯一一个连续三个双字母排列的单词是“bookkeeper(记账人)”
5、唯一一个几个字母是按顺序排列的单词是“almost（几乎）”
6、最长的只用左手就能在电脑键盘上打出来的单词是“stewardesses（女乘务员）”
7、字母不重复的最长的单词是“unrightable（不能获得版权保护的）”
8、包含26个字母的最短的句子是“Brick quiz whangs jumpy veldt fox.（关于砖头的测验把一只正在跳跃的狐狸难住了。）”
9、用英语从1数到999也见不到字母“a”，只有数到1000（one thousand）时才会出现“a”
10、英语中由一个字母构成的单词只有两个：I，a，前者要大写。
11、英语中最短的包含26个字母的句子是：The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog.
12、用英语从1数到999也见不到字母a，只有到了1000(one thousand)才出现a的影子。
13、有人估计英语的总词汇量达100万，但95%的日常用语的词汇量不超过3，000。
14、莎士比亚写作的词汇量在两万左右。
15、英语中使用频率最高的十个词依次为：I, the, and, to, of, in, we, for, you 和a。
16、英语中最长的单词是 smiles。因为其首字母和末字母之间相隔一英里（mile）。
17、英语中最经典的一句演讲词是马丁•路德•金的： I Have a Dream.
18、英语中最经典的一句台词是莎士比亚笔下哈姆雷特说的： To be or not to be, that is the question.
19、.英语中最经典的一句绕口令是： She sells seashells on the shining seashore and the shells she sells are seashells I'm sure.
20、英语中最畅销的小说是： Gone with the Wind，中文译作《乱世佳人》或《飘》。
21、英语中最经典的散文是塞缪尔•厄尔曼的：Youth（《青春》）。