实用英语阅读：15个有趣的生活真相

1. Most lipstick contains fish scales.

绝大部分的唇膏里都含有鱼鳞成分。

2. A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 m.p.h..

人打喷嚏时，嘴里的气流速度超过每小时100英里。

3. 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。

4. One quarter of the bones in your body are in your feet.

人体内的骨头有1/4集中在双脚上。

（小编进一步解释：人体有206 块骨头，每个脚就有 26 块骨头，全身四分之一数量的骨头都集中在双脚上。）

5. Human teeth are almost as hard as rocks.

人的牙齿几乎和石头一样硬。

6. The first product to have a bar code was Wrigleys gum.

世界上最早有条形码标记的商品是箭牌香口胶。

7. Ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone.

古代埃及人的枕头是石头做成的。

8. 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。

9. Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right or left handed.

猫狗和人一样也有左、右撇子之分。

10. The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump.

大象是唯一一种不会跳的哺乳类动物。

11. Dolphins sleep with one eye open.

海豚睡觉睁一眼闭一眼。

12. The placement of a donkey's eyes in its head enables it to see all four feet at all times.

驴子眼睛的位置能让它随时看到自己的四条腿。

13. The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.

鸡的最长飞行纪录是13秒。

14. Cat urine glows under a black-light.

猫尿能在黑光灯下发光。

15. Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women.

男人被闪电击中的概率比女人高5倍。

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