One story小学 · Book 5 for May

Amazing English

Amazing English There are only 26 letters in the English alphabet. It must be an easy language to learn, right? Well, ask anyone who has mastered English and they'll tell you that nothing could be further from the truth. Although English has only 26 letters, you can make many words with those letters. In fact, English has more words than any other language in the world. How many?About 800, 000 words—give or take a few hundred. English words can be as short as just one letter. The shortest sentence in English is only one word. What is it?GO. If you like spelling contests, you might like to know that there is a word in English with 1, 909 letters in it. Can you imagine a single word with all those letters?

英语真奇妙 英语字母表中只有26个字母。它一定是一门容易学的语言,对吗? 那么,问问任何一个精通英语的人,他们会告诉你,事实远非如此。虽然英语只有26个字母,但你可以用这些字母制造很多单词。事实上,英语比世界上任何其他语言都有更多的单词。有多少?大约80万字——上下误差几百字。 英语单词可以短到只有一个字母。英语中最短的句子只有一个单词。它是什么? 走了。 如果你喜欢拼写比赛,你也许知道英语中有一个单词,包含1909个字母。 你能想象出一个包含这么多字母的单词吗?

This next sentence uses all 26 letters of the alphabet: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. lf you are learning English, don't give up. Dig in and enjoy.

下一个句子使用了字母表中的26个字母: 敏捷的棕色狐狸跳过了懒惰的狗。 如果你正在学习英语,不要放弃。尽情享用吧。

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