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E聊吧第14期:不为人知的有趣生活现象
日期:2011-11-09 13:39

(单词翻译:单击)

1. Over 2500 left-handed people a year are killed from using products made for right-handed people.
每年有超过2500名左撇子在使用为右撇子设计的产品时死亡。

2. Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming one-tenth of a calorie.
每次你舔邮票的背面时,你就吃下了1/10个卡路里。

3. More people use blue toothbrushes than red ones.
用蓝色牙刷的人比用红色的人多。

4. The most used letter in the English alphabet is "E", and "Q" is the least used.
在英语字母表中,“E”是用得最多的字母,“Q”则是被用得最少的。

5. Human teeth are almost as hard as rocks.
人的牙齿几乎和石头一样硬。

6. No piece of square dry paper can be folded more than 7 times in half.
任何一张干燥的方型纸片都不能被对折超过7次以上。

7. Ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone.
古代埃及人的枕头是石头做成的。

8. The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year.
一个普通人每年要做1460个梦。

9. A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off--it dies from starvation.
蟑螂在被砍头之后还能活几个星期,最后死也是饿死。

10. Over 10,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows.
每年有超过一万只鸟因为撞到窗户上死亡。

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重点单词
  • calorien. 卡,卡路里(热量单位) =calory
  • stampn. 邮票,图章,印,跺脚 v. 跺脚,盖章
  • starvationn. 饿死,饥饿
  • alphabetn. 字母表,基本原理(元素),符号系统