世界很奇妙 11个你也许不知道的事实

 　　1. Santa Klaus was created by Coca-Cola and he has been featured in Coke ads since the 1920s.

　　圣诞老人形象是可口可乐公司创造出来的，自从20世纪20年代以来，圣诞老人就一直出现在可乐广告中。

　　2. Cats have over 100 vocal¹ chords. Makes you wonder how many keys they can say “Meow” in! And cats can sleep 16 hours or more every 24 hours.

　　猫咪可以发出超过100种声音，你可能会想知道喵星人到底能发出来多少种音调的“喵” 叫声。另外猫咪每天能睡16个小时甚至更久。

　　3. Shrimp² can only swim backwards³, turtles breathe through their asses⁴, fish can drown and a duck can’t walk without bobbing its head. This always looks so funny to me.

　　虾只会往后游，乌龟用屁股呼吸，鱼也会溺水，鸭子不摆头就不会走。这些我都觉得好有趣！

　　世界很奇妙 11个你也许不知道的事实

　　4. 11% of people in the world are left-handed. Makes you wonder about all those left-handed desks there were in elementary school. When you mistakenly sat in one everything was wrong with the world.

　　世界上有11%的人是左撇子， 这可能会让你想到小学里有的左撇子课桌。要是不小心跟左撇子坐了同桌，你会发现全世界都混乱了。

　　5. The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows⁵!

　　蒙娜丽莎没有眉毛。

　　6. The average raindrop falls at 7mph, which is I guess why it hurts so much when hail is pelleting you from the sky.

　　雨点平均下降速度为每小时7英里（约为11千米），我猜这也是为什么冰雹从天空中降落砸到我们会觉得那么疼。

　　7. Delaware, Georgia, Louisiana, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia — just a few of of the States that are named after a real human.

　　特拉华州、乔治亚州、路易斯安那州、纽约州、宾夕法尼亚州、马里兰州、弗吉尼亚州，美国50个州当中只有这几个是根据真实名字命名的。

　　8. No matter how hard you try, no piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times. I just tried it — it can’t be done.

　　不管你多努力地尝试，你都无法将一张纸对半折超过7次，我试过了，我做不到。

　　9. If you think about it, “Typewriter” is the longest word you can type on a keyboard that only uses a single row of qwerty letters.

　　如果你仔细想想，你会发现“Typewriter” （打字机）是键盘上只使用一行字母就可以打出来的最长的英文单词。

　　10. Because things get expand when they heated, hot water is actually HEAVIER than cold water.

　　因为物体遇热膨胀，所以热水其实要比冷水重。

　　11. Unfortunately, we daydream⁶ less as we get older and older. I guess reality and bills set in.

　　不幸的是，随着我们年纪越来越大，我们做的白日梦就会越来越少。我猜是因为残酷的现实和堆积的账单的压力吧。

1 vocal   

adj.直言不讳的；嗓音的；n.[pl.]声乐节目

参考例句：

• The tongue is a vocal organ.舌头是一个发音器官。
• Public opinion at last became vocal.终于舆论哗然。

2 shrimp   

n.虾，小虾；矮小的人

参考例句：

• When the shrimp farm is built it will block the stream.一旦养虾场建起来，将会截断这条河流。
• When it comes to seafood,I like shrimp the best.说到海鲜，我最喜欢虾。

3 backwards   

adv.往回地，向原处，倒，相反，前后倒置地

参考例句：

• He turned on the light and began to pace backwards and forwards.他打开电灯并开始走来走去。
• All the girls fell over backwards to get the party ready.姑娘们迫不及待地为聚会做准备。

4 asses   

n. 驴，愚蠢的人，臀部 adv. (常用作后置)用于贬损或骂人

参考例句：

• Sometimes I got to kick asses to make this place run right. 有时我为了把这个地方搞得像个样子，也不得不踢踢别人的屁股。 来自教父部分
• Those were wild asses maybe, or zebras flying around in herds. 那些也许是野驴或斑马在成群地奔跑。

5 eyebrows   

眉毛( eyebrow的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Eyebrows stop sweat from coming down into the eyes. 眉毛挡住汗水使其不能流进眼睛。
• His eyebrows project noticeably. 他的眉毛特别突出。

6 daydream   

v.做白日梦，幻想

参考例句：

• Boys and girls daydream about what they want to be.孩子们遐想着他们将来要干什么。
• He drifted off into another daydream.他飘飘然又做了一个白日梦。