Fun Facts-12 活用知识搜查线-12
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- 创建于 2013年12月16日
- 最后更新于 2023年12月18日
- 发布于 2013年12月16日
- 作者：Mike Lee
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Q: What was Gmail used for before it became popular? Gmail 如此受欢迎之前是做何用途呢？
(A) It was a website for college students. 它是为大学生所架设的网站
(B) It was an email service for Garfield fans. 它是「加菲猫」迷专用的电子信箱服务
(C) It was only for employees of Google. 它是只为「古歌」公司员工所用的电子信箱服务
A: You didn’t need to Google the answer if you picked B. Many people all over the world use the free email service Gmail, but the website was originally owned by Garfield.com, the official site of the comic character. Any Garfield fan who wrote a letter to the orange cat received a reply from gmail.com, until Google bought the site in 2005.
如果你选B，你便不须上网搜寻答案。世界上大多数人所选用的免费电子信箱，Gmail，最初是用于漫画人物专属网站Garfield.com。每位加菲猫迷只要写信给这只橘色肥猫，便会收到来自Gmail.com的回信，直到2005年古歌公司将该网站买下为止。
Q: What is the highest point on Earth? 地球上最高点是？
(A) Mount Everest (圣母峰) in Tibet. 在西藏的喜马拉雅山
(B) Mount Fuji (富士山) Japan. 在日本的富士山
(C) Mount Chimborazo (钦博拉索山) in Ecuador. 在厄瓜多的钦博拉索山
A: You have a mountain of knowledge if you guessed C! The Earth is wider along the Equator, so someone standing there is closer to outer space than they are anywhere else on the planet. This means that Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador is actually the highest point on the planet. In fact, it’s about 2.4 kilometers higher than Mount Everest!
如果你选C，你的知识量可谓比山还高！地球在赤道上较宽，所以当有人站在那里时，便比站在其他地方时更接近外层空间。这表示在厄瓜多的钦博拉索山，实际上是这星球上的最高点。事实上，它比喜马拉雅山还要高出2.4公里
单词发音
Vocabulary
website [ˋwɛb͵saɪt] n. 网站
This website has a lot of information about where to travel in Europe.
employee [͵ɛmplɔɪˋi] n. 雇员
employ v. 雇用
There are 30 employees of different ages working in my office.
originally [əˋrɪdʒən!ɪ] adv. 起初，原来
origin n. 起源; 由来
Fireworks were originally created in China and then became popular elsewhere.
official [əˋfɪʃəl] adj. 官方的，法定的
The city put official notice that the bridge is closed for repairs.
outer space 外层空间
In outer space there is no air to breathe and no sounds as well.
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Google the answer 用Google 搜索引擎找答案
a mountain of 大量的…
Ecuador [ˋɛkwə͵dɔr] n. 厄瓜多尔
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Q: How much food do hummingbirds eat each day? 蜂鸟每天要吃多少食物呢？
(A) Just enough to survive the day. 足够活过当日的量
(B) Enough to survive for a week. 足够活过一周的量
(C) They eat every three days. 他们每三天进食一次
A: You can hum yourself a tune if you picked A! Hummingbirds beat their wings so quickly that burn up almost all the energy they get each day. They beat their wings from 12 to 80 times per second, which gives them the fastest metabolism of any animal on Earth. Thus, even though they consume twice their weight in nectar each day, they’re nearly starving almost every time they eat.
如果你选A，请高鸣一曲为自己鼓励！蜂鸟高速拍翅的动作导致每日所摄取的能量消耗得很快。它们每秒拍翅12至80次，以此荣登世界上代谢率最高的动物。因此，虽然它们每天吃进将近自己体重两倍重的花蜜，但每到用餐时都已经是饥肠辘辘。
Q: Which character was removed from the alphabet but is still used today? 哪一个符号是从字母系统中移除后却还在使用的呢？
(A) The “~” symbol. 符号~
(B) The “@” symbol. 符号@
(C) The “&” symbol. 符号&
A: You’re a person of letters if you guessed C! From popular brands and magazines to businesses, the “&,” or ampersand, is everywhere. The symbol, which means “and,” dates back 1,500 years to the ancient Romans. It is a combination of “e” and “t,” because et is Latin for and. Up until the 1800s, it was part of the alphabet that every child had learned in school and came right after “z.”
如果你选C，你还真是个懂字母的文人墨客。无论在热门品牌、杂志，或是企业中处处可见到&的符号(又读ampersand)。此符号代表的是「以及」，使用的历史可追溯至1,500年前的古罗马。它是字母e和t的合体，因为打丁文的「以及」写作为et。直到18 世纪前，此符号是每位小孩在学校学字母系统时，在z之后要会的字母喔。
－by Bryan Shettig
单词发音
Vocabulary
consume [kənˋsjum] v. 消耗；耗尽；吃完
(consume-consumed-consumed)
A hungry tiger can consume about 40 kilograms of meat at one time.
starving [ˋstɑrvɪŋ] adj. 【口】很饿的; 挨饿的，饥饿的
starve v. 饥饿
There are many people in the world who are starving and need our help.
alphabet [ˋælfə͵bɛt] n. 字母系统，字母表
Children usually learn the English alphabet by singling a song called "The ABCs."
ancient [ˋenʃənt] adj. 古代的
The ancient Egyptians built many large temples for their kings and queens.
combination [͵kɑmbəˋneʃən] n. 结合（体）
combine v. 结合
The iPhone was promoted as a combination of iPod, web browser, and phone.
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hummingbird [ˋhʌmɪŋ͵bɝd] n.【鸟】蜂鸟
metabolism [mɛˋtæb!͵ɪzəm] n. 新陈代谢
nectar [ˋnɛktɚ] n.【植】花蜜
person of letters 文人墨客
ampersand [ˋæmpɚ͵sænd] "&"（表示"and"的符号）