萬萬沒想到：震驚你的8個英國冷知識

Special humor and good football, morning porridge and royalty buzz – may any facts about England surprise you? Well, just give me a try…
獨特的幽默感、高超的足球技巧、早餐麥片、皇室情結……有哪些關於英國的小知識會讓你震驚嗎？且聽我道來。

1. The Church of England considers the Pokemon character Mewtwo to be a good Christian role model.
1、英國國教會曾認爲《口袋妖怪》中的超夢是個基督教徒的理想楷模。

The Nintendo character of Mewtwo first appeared in the video games Pokemon Red and Blue and its sequels. Some people consider him to be a cliche villain, others believe it to be a deep and very interesting character.
任天堂遊戲中的角色超夢首次登場是在電子遊戲《口袋妖怪紅藍寶石》以及它的續集當中。有些人認爲他是典型的反派，而另一些人則認爲他是個深刻而有趣的角色。

2. There's a pair of twins from England that, after being separated at birth, ended up marrying each other.
2、英國有一對雙胞胎出生時就被分開，而最後他們卻和對方結婚了！

However when getting married they didn't realize their relative connection.
不過在結婚時他們並不清楚互相之間的血緣關係。

England, a failed suicide attempt used to be illegal and was punishable by death.
3、曾經在英國，自殺失敗是違法的，並要判處死刑。

People who attempted suicide were punished by hanging in Great Britain until 1961.
1961年前的大不列顛，企圖自殺的人會受到絞刑的懲罰。

4. The price of entry to a zoo in 18th century England was a cat or a dog: they were fed to the lions.
4、18世紀，進入動物園的門票是一隻貓或一條狗，用來喂獅子的。

In fact visitors had a choice, instead of sacrificing an animal they could pay a half-pence.
其實遊客也有別的選擇，不願犧牲動物的話，付半個便士也可以。

5. Back to football. The England national amateur football team once beat France 15-0.
5、回到足球上。英格蘭的一支業餘足球隊曾經以15比0的比分戰勝了法國隊。
It was the first international match that took place on 1 November 1906 in Paris.
這是第一場國家之間的比賽，於1906年10月1日在巴黎舉行。

6. America spells grey as grAy and England spells gray as grEy.
6、“灰色”這個單詞，美國人拼成“grAy”而英國人拼成“grEy”。
It's easy to keep in mind: simply associate "A" with America, "E" with England.
其實非常好記，美國（America）的“grAy”裏有個“A”，英國（England）的“grEy”裏有個“E”

ch was the official language of England for about 300 years, from 1066 till 1362.
7、法語曾是英國的官方語言長達三百年之久，從1066年到1362年爲止。
The influence of French in England started with the Norman Conquest of 1066 by William the Conqueror.
法語對英國的影響可以追溯到1066年威廉一世的諾曼征服。

1811, 1/4 woman in England were named Mary.
8、在1811那一年，四分之一的英國女人都叫瑪麗。
Can you imagine that the quarter of all British women had the same name then? Perhaps it was rather confusing in everyday life.
你能想象那個時候整個國家四分之一的人都擁有同一個名字嗎？她們的生活會很困擾吧。