Amazing English神奇的英语

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语言是人类智慧的创造。世界上有6000多种语言，我们熟悉的母语中文和正在学习的英语就是其中的两种。关于英语，你有没有积累一些有趣的知识呢？比如，世界上最短的英语单词是什么？世界上最短的英语句子又是什么？一起来读短文，寻找学英语的乐趣吧。

There are only 26 letters in the English alphabet（字母表）. English must be an easy language to learn， right？ Well， ask anyone who has mastered English and they will tell you that nothing could be further from the truth.

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， such as， “a” and “I”. The most common（普遍的） letter used in English is “e”. The most commonly used English noun is “time”. The oldest word that is still in use is “town”.

Some facts of English sentences are also very interesting. The shortest sentence in English is only one word. What is it？ Its “Go！”. Can you make a sentence that uses all 26 letters of the alphabet？ “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.”

短文中關于英语的小知识你都了解了吗？这个迷宫由文中出现的小知识构成。只有将正确的表达连在一起才能找到出口，快来试试吧。