托福趣味阅读：23个有意思的生活真相

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　生活中有很多事情需要大家细心观察和发现，比如以下这23个有意思的日常生活真相。  
　　1 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。

0 v6 e# ^+ s0 p* N　　2 Over 2500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people.
　　每年有超过2500名左撇子在使用为右撇子设计的产品时死亡。

5 l0 a2 i: k. Z! I  G　　3 Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.
　　每次你舔邮票的背面时，你就吃下了1/10个卡路里。
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　　4 Most lipstick contains fish scales.
$ m  Q. _' u% @3 w  I6 _　　绝大部分的唇膏里都含有鱼鳞成分。

　　5 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。

　　6 More people use blue toothbrushes, than red ones.
" W: m  c/ ?9 C: p2 l7 t　　用蓝色牙刷的人比用红色的人多。
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　　7 The most used letter in the English alphabet is "E", and "Q" is the least used.
" y' Y5 L( {; w6 |1 R5 C$ x　　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。

: a: I0 _1 a$ C- d/ a　　8 Every 45 seconds, a house catches on fire in the United States.
6 p  j3 D2 I% e　　在美国，每45秒就有一所房子着火。
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　　9 One in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.
　　每4个美国人中，就有一个人上过电视。

　　10 One quarter of the bones in your body are in your feet.
. h: |  X2 ^1 V6 H% C　　人体内的骨头有1/4集中在双脚上。

　　11 Human teeth are almost as hard as rocks.
" k# d; n; H1 _　　人的牙齿几乎和石头一样硬。

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　12 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。
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3 K! f7 {6 y' f　　13 No piece of square dry paper can be folded more than 7 times in half.
- {8 ?! G- |0 o$ W' f　　任何一张干燥的方型纸片都不能被对折超过7次以上。
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& f/ G; \( r( w3 J/ d4 T　　14 Ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone.
4 X$ U. n" ^$ Q* \6 Y　　古代埃及人的枕头是石头做成的。
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9 m! s3 Q; v# S8 n　　15 The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year.
　　一个普通人每年要做1460个梦。
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6 C1 f7 @- c( D$ w" `( x; m4 k　　16 A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off--it dies from starvation.
7 G& A/ d! d* g/ @' p　　蟑螂在被砍头之后还能活几个星期，最后死也是饿死。

　　17 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。

. [* |/ n7 P4 V6 K　　18 The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump.
1 C& f7 c) `$ l' _5 f0 j0 E( k　　大象是唯一一种不会跳的哺乳类动物。

( t' x9 n2 `) I6 w- U　　19 Dolphins sleep with one eye open.
/ f/ X3 U! P  M8 S　　海豚睡觉睁一眼闭一眼。
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4 e- k, o- `+ u9 _3 E/ Y; v' t　　20 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。

　　21 The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.
　　鸡的最长飞行纪录是13秒。

　　22 Cat urine glows under a black-light.
　　猫尿能在黑光灯下发光。

/ |# j3 v- c- j6 ^　　23 Over 10,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows.
) \# Q7 ^: R/ V6 ?0 @　　每年有超过一万只鸟因为撞到窗户上死亡。