1.The letter“A”, for it makes her hear...
1.The lette5r “N”...
字母N。
2.The letter“B”...
字母B。
3.The letter“C”...
字母C。
4.The letter“A”, because it makes men mean...
是字母A,因?yàn)樗谷俗兊昧邌荨?/div>
Notes:
3.C 音似sea(大海)。
4.mean/mi:n/adj.小氣,吝嗇
Questions:
1.What three letters turn a boy into a man?
哪三個(gè)字母可以男孩子變成男人?
2.What is written with three letters but is pronounced like
one letter?
什么寫(xiě)出來(lái)是三個(gè)字母,讀出來(lái)卻像一個(gè)字母?
3.What starts with T , ends with T, and can be full of T ?
什么開(kāi)始是T,結(jié)尾是T,還可能全是T?
4.How can you change a pear into a pearl?
怎樣可以把梨變成珍珠?
Keys:
1.A-G-E...
是A-G-E。
2.Eye.
是眼睛。
3.Teapot...
是茶壺。
4.Add the letter L...
加上字母L。
Notes:
1.A-G-E 拼出來(lái)是age(年齡)。
3.teapot/'ti:p&t/n.茶壺
Questions:
1.Why is the letter B like fire?
字母B 為什么跟火一樣?
2.Why is the letter D like a sailor?
字母D 為什么跟海員一樣?
3.Why is the letter T like a boat?
字母T 為什么跟船一樣?
Keys:
1.It makes the oil Boil,too...
因?yàn)樗部梢宰層头序v。
2.It follows the C...
因?yàn)樗谧帜窩 后面。
3.It’s in the midst of water,too...
因?yàn)樗苍谒虚g。
Notes:
1.fire(火)可以加熱 oil(油)至沸騰,B 加在oil 前
也可使之變成 Boil(沸騰)。
2.follow the C 音似 follow the sea(跟尋大海)。
3.in the midst of 在.中間
Questions:
1.Why is the letter K like flour?
字母K 為什么與面粉相似?
2.Why is the letter A like high noon?
字母A 為什么與正午相似?
3.Why are farmers surprised by the letter G?
農(nóng)民為何對(duì)字母G 驚嘆不已?
4.What’s the end of the world?
世界末日是什么樣子?
Keys:
1.You can’t make a cake without it...
沒(méi)有它你做不成蛋糕。
2.It’s also in the middle of the day...
它也在一天的正當(dāng)中。
3.It turns oats into goats.
它能把燕麥變成山羊。
4.The letter“d”...
就是字母d。
Notes:
1.flour/flau+/ n.面粉
2.high noon 正午
Questions:
1.What is the significance of the letter"B"to the growing
up of children?
字母B 對(duì)于兒童的成長(zhǎng)有何重大意義?
2.What is the origin of eternity?
永恒的起源是什么?
3.What letter seperates Europe from Africa?
哪個(gè)字母把歐洲和美洲隔開(kāi)?
Keys:
1.It made them bolder as they grow older...
它使得他們隨著年齡增長(zhǎng)而變得膽大而勇敢。
2.The letter“E”...
字母E。
3.The letter“C”...
字母C。
Notes:
1.bold/'b+(ld/ adj.大膽,勇敢
significance/?sig>nifik+ns/ n.重要,意義,價(jià)值
2.origin/+'riDNin/ n.起源,源頭
eternity/i't+::niti/ n.水恒
3.C 音似sea(海洋)。
Questions:
1.What eight-letter word has only one letter in it?
什么單詞拼出來(lái)有8 個(gè)字母,里面卻只有一個(gè)?
2.What five-letter word has only one left once you take
two away?
什么單詞拼出來(lái)有5 個(gè)字母,拿走2 個(gè),卻只剩下一個(gè)?
3.What seven-letter word has only three letters?
什么單詞拼出來(lái)有7 個(gè)字母,卻只用3 個(gè)字母?
4.What nine-letter word has seven left if you take four
away?
什么單詞拼出來(lái)有9 個(gè)字母,拿走四個(gè),卻還剩下七個(gè)?
Keys:
1.Envelope...
信封。
2.Stone...
石頭。
3.Barbara...
芭芭拉(人名)。
4.Seventeen.
十七。
Notes:
1.letter n.字母;信
Questions:
1.Can you spell jealousy with two letters?
你能用2 個(gè)字母把“嫉妒”這個(gè)詞拼出來(lái)嗎?
2.Can you spell donkey with one letter?
你能用一個(gè)字母把“驢子”拼出來(lái)嗎?
3.Can you end a game of hide-and-seek with three letters?
你能用三個(gè)字母結(jié)束捉迷藏的游戲嗎?
4.Can you turn an odd number into even by removing one
letter?
你能拿走一個(gè)字母,把奇數(shù)變成偶數(shù)嗎?
Keys:
1.N.V...
是N.V,音似envy(嫉妒)。
2.U...
字母 U,音似You(你)。
3.I—C—U...
字母 I—C—U,音似I see you(我看見(jiàn)你了)。
4.Sure. You can get “even”if you remove the first letter from
“seven’, which is an odd number...
當(dāng)然,從“七”這個(gè)奇數(shù)單詞中拿走第一個(gè)字母,就得到了偶數(shù)。
Notes:
4.even/'i:vin/n.偶數(shù)
Questions:
1.Why are girls afraid of the letter C?
女孩為什么害怕字母C?
2.Why are painters fond of the letter R?
油漆工為什么青睞字母R?
3.How many peas are there in a pint?
一品脫有多少粒豌豆?
4.What are the most sensible letters?
什么字母最明智?
Keys:
1.Because it makes fat fact...
因?yàn)樗狗逝殖蔀楝F(xiàn)實(shí)。
2.Without it, varnish would vanish...
沒(méi)有它,清漆就會(huì)消失。
3.One...
一粒。
4.The Y’s...
是字母Y。
Notes:
2.varnish/'va:niM/ n.清漆
vanish/'v$niM/v.消失
3.pea 音似P。
4.Y’s 音似wise(睿智)。
Questions:
1.If Sally goes to school in Sydney and Sally’s sister
has supper in a scenic spot near the sea,how many S’..
s are there in all?..
假如莎莉在悉尼上學(xué),莎莉的妹妹在海邊風(fēng)景區(qū)吃晚飯,請(qǐng)問(wèn)總共
有多少個(gè)S 字母出現(xiàn)?
2.What occurs once in every minute,twice in every moment,..
but not once in a hundred years?..
什么事每分鐘一次,每片刻兩次,可是一百年也不遇?
3.What letter do most people fear most?
大多數(shù)人最害怕什么字母?
Keys:
1.None. There’s no“s”in“all”...
一個(gè)也沒(méi)有,all 這個(gè)單詞不用s。
2.The letter M...
是字母M。
3.The letter E, because it’s the end of life...
是字母E,因?yàn)樗?#8220;life”這個(gè)單詞末尾的字母。
Notes:
3.“It’s the end of life.”另一種理解是:它是生命的結(jié)束。
Questions:
1. What letter is a kind of drink?
什么字母是一種飲料?
2.Why is the letter R absolutely necessary to friendship?
為什么說(shuō)字母R 對(duì)于友誼至關(guān)重要?
3.What are a banker’s favourite vowels?
銀行家最喜歡的元音是什么?
Keys:
1.The letter“T”.
是字母“T”。
2.Without it,a friend will become a fiend...
沒(méi)有它,朋友就成了惡魔。
3.I—O—U...
是三個(gè)元音I-O-U。
Notes:
1.T 音似tea(茶)。
2.a(chǎn)bsolutely/?$bs+>lu:tli/ adv.完全地,絕對(duì)地
fiend/fi:nd/n.惡魔,魔鬼
3.favourite/'feiv+rit/ adj.喜愛(ài)的,偏愛(ài)的,也可
寫(xiě)作 favorite。
vowel/vau+l/ n.元音,元音字母
I-O-U 音似“I owe you”(我欠了你的)。
IOU n.借據(jù),也寫(xiě)作I.O.U。
Questions:
1.Why is U the jolliest letter?
為什么說(shuō)U 是最開(kāi)心的字母?
2.What is the difference between here and there?
這里和那里的區(qū)別是什么?
3 ... Thirteen different letters are hidden in this
design.Please find them.
有13 個(gè)字母躲藏在此圖內(nèi),你能找出來(lái)嗎?
Keys:
1.Because it’s in the midst of fun...
因?yàn)樗陂_(kāi)心的當(dāng)中。
2.The letter“T”...
是字母T。
3.E,F(xiàn),H,I,K,L,M,N,T,V,X,Y,Z
Notes:
1.jolly/'DN&li/ adj.歡樂(lè)的,快活的
midst/'midst/ n.中間,中部,當(dāng)中
in the midst of fun 有兩層意思:
①字母u 是單詞fun 當(dāng)中的一個(gè)字母;
②字母u 在歡樂(lè)的當(dāng)中,當(dāng)然最開(kāi)心。
Part Ⅲ Miscellaneous
第3篇其他類
Questions:
1.How can you make a rope shorter without cutting or winding
it?
不能剪也不能卷,怎樣使一根繩子變短?
2.How can you throw a ball and have it return to you without
hitting anything or having anyone throw it back to you?
把球扔出去,不能碰任何物體,不能讓別人扔回來(lái),怎樣使球乖乖
地回到你手里?
3.Why are you wearing two watches at the same time?
你為何同時(shí)戴兩塊表?
Keys:
1.Take a longer rope and compare with it...
拿一根長(zhǎng)點(diǎn)的繩子比一比就行了。
2.Just throw it up in the air...
往上拋。
3.To see if the other one keeps good time...
互相監(jiān)督是否走時(shí)準(zhǔn)確。
Notes:
1.與更長(zhǎng)的繩子相比,原來(lái)那根繩子肯定是更短了
(shorter)。
Questions:
1.What is visible only in winter time?
什么東西冬天才能看見(jiàn)?
2.What do you have that you can’t lend to others?
什么東西屬于你而且不能借給別人?
3.Why don’t boys need to watch out for worms
when they’re eating apples?
男孩子吃蘋(píng)果時(shí)為什么不用當(dāng)心蘋(píng)果里的蟲(chóng)?
Keys:
1.Your breath.
你的呼吸。
2.Your shaddow...
你的影子。
3.The worms have to watch out for themselves...
因?yàn)橄x(chóng)子必須自己當(dāng)心(不被吃掉)。
Notes:
1.visible/'vizibl/adj.看得見(jiàn)的
3. watch out 當(dāng)心,注意,留神
Questions:
1.If two swallows are sitting on a twig and you wish to
get the twig without disturbing the swallows,what shall
you do?
假如兩只燕子停在一枝小樹(shù)枝上,你想弄到那枝小樹(shù)枝,卻不想驚
動(dòng)燕子,怎么辦?
2.If you find three sparrows on the roof and you shoot one,
how many are left?
假如你看見(jiàn)屋頂上有三只麻雀,射掉一只,還有幾只?
3.If a burglar was informed all the exits were guarded,
what could he do to escape?
假如強(qiáng)盜得知所有的出口都有人站崗,那么他怎么才能逃出去?
Keys:
1.Wait till the swallows fly away...
等燕子飛走了以后去弄。
2.None.The others fly away...
一只不剩,其余都飛走了。
3.He could go out of the entrance...
他可以從入口出去。
Notes:
1.swallow/'sw&l+u/n.燕子
twig/twig/ n.小枝,細(xì)枝
2.sparrow/'sp$r+(/ n.麻雀
Questions:
1.Why do people wish for something they haven’t got?
人們?yōu)槭裁纯偸窍氲玫經(jīng)]有得到的東西呢?
2.Why do people always find what they are looking for in
the last place they look?
人們找東西時(shí)為什么總是在最后一個(gè)尋找的地方才找到?
3.What does everybody know about the emperors of China?
關(guān)于中國(guó)的皇帝每個(gè)人都知道的是什么?
Keys:
1.What else is there to wish for? You cease to wish for it once
you get it.
除此以外你還想要得到什么?一旦得到,你就用不著想得到了。
2.No one would keep looking once they find what they are looking
for...
一旦人們找到他們尋找的東西后,沒(méi)有人還會(huì)找下去。
3.They’re all dead...
他們都作古了。
Notes:
1.cease to do something 停止做某事,與cease doing something 意
思相同。
Questions:
1.How to put you left hand where your right hand can’t
reach it?
把你的左手放在哪兒,使你的右手無(wú)論如何也夠不到?
2.How can you tell the weather with a rope?
只有一根繩子,如何知道天氣?
Keys:
1.Put your left hand on your right elbow...
把你的左手放在右肘上。
2.Take it in the open.If it swings, it’s windy; if it’s wet,..
it’s raining.
拿到室外,如果它搖晃,說(shuō)明有風(fēng);如果它濕了,說(shuō)明有雨。
Notes:
1.elbow/>elb+(/ n.肘,肘部
2.in the open 在戶外,在野外
Questions:
1.If you take half from a half dollar, how much is left?
如果從一個(gè)半塊美元里拿走半塊,還剩多少?
2.How long should your legs be?
你的腿應(yīng)該有多長(zhǎng)?
3.Why is the woolen sweater marked“cotton”?
為什么羊毛衫上卻標(biāo)著“棉制品”?
4.If your uncle’s sister is not you aunt, what relation
is she to you?
如果你舅舅的妹妹不是你阿姨,請(qǐng)問(wèn)她是你什么?
Keys:
1.A dollar is left...
還剩一個(gè)美元。
2.Long enough to reach the ground...
夠得著地就行了。
3.TO fool the moths...
是用來(lái)瞞著蛀蟲(chóng)的。
4.Your mother...
是你的母親。
Notes:
3. moth/m&I/ n.蛾,蛀蟲(chóng)
woolen/wulin/ adj.羊毛的,呢絨的
也可寫(xiě)作woollen
Questions:
1.Tommy Tucker took two strings and tied two turtles to
two tall trees.How many T’s are there in that?
湯米·塔克拿了兩段繩子,把兩只烏龜拴在兩棵大樹(shù)上。請(qǐng)問(wèn)這句
話中有多少個(gè)“T”?
2.It usually takes 8 hours to travel from NewYork to Chicago
by train.Then why hasn’t the train leaving the Big Apple
more than ten hours ago arrived yet?
通常從紐約到芝加哥坐火車只要8 小時(shí),可是這列火車離開(kāi)紐約已
經(jīng)超過(guò)10 小時(shí)了,為什么現(xiàn)在還沒(méi)有到芝城呢?
Keys:
1.There are two T’s in“that”...
有兩個(gè)“T”。
2.The train was not for Chicago...
這列火車不是開(kāi)往芝加哥的。
Notes:
2.The Big Apple 指紐約。
Questions:
1.Whose eyes never close?
誰(shuí)的眼睛從來(lái)不閉?
2.What is a fish net made of?
魚(yú)網(wǎng)是什么做的?
3.What walks all day on its head?
什么東西整天用頭走路?
4.What’s the difference between a monkey and a flea?
猴子和跳蚤的區(qū)別是什么?
Keys:
1.A neddle’s eye...
針眼。
2.Little holes tied together with strings...
用繩子系起來(lái)的小洞洞。
3.A nail on a horse...
馬蹄鐵上的釘子。
4.A monkey can have fleas but a flea can’t have monkeys...
猴子可能長(zhǎng)跳蚤,跳蚤不可能生猴子。
Notes:
3.the head of the nail 釘子頭
4.flea /fli:/n.跳蚤
Questions:
1.What can you tell from Peter’s record card with extremely
poor grades?
彼得糟糕透頂?shù)某煽?jī)單說(shuō)明什么問(wèn)題?
2.What would George Washington be most famous for if he
were alive today?
如果喬治·華盛頓今天還活著,那么他最為著名的是什么?
3.What does everybody do at the same time?
所有的人同時(shí)在做同一件什么事情?
4.What resembles half a pie?
什么東西像半塊餅?
Keys:
1.He didn’t cheat...
他沒(méi)有作弊。
2.Old age...
高壽。
3.Grow old...
變老。
4. The other half...
餅的另一半。
Notes:
1.record card 成績(jī)單
Questions:
1.My uncle hasn’t slept for many days but he isn’t tired
at all.What’s his secret?
我叔叔很多天沒(méi)有睡覺(jué),卻一點(diǎn)也不累,奧妙何在?
2.What has a bed but never sleeps, a mouth but never speaks?
什么東西有床不睡,有口不說(shuō)?
3.What has four fingers and a thumb but no flesh and bone?
什么東西有五指卻沒(méi)有骨肉?
Keys:
1.He sleeps at night...
他晚上睡覺(jué)。
2.A river.
河流。
3.A glove.
手套。
Notes:
2.the bed of the river 河床
the mouth of the river 河口(河入海的地方)
3.thumb /I)m/ n.拇指
此外有 forefinger(食指), middle finger(中指),
ring finger(無(wú)名指),和little finger(小拇指)。
Questions:
1.The farmers in this village used modern methods but
harvested no apples this year.Why?
今年這個(gè)村落的農(nóng)民們運(yùn)用了現(xiàn)代新技術(shù),卻沒(méi)有收獲到一只蘋(píng)
果。為什么?
2.The injured dog had some difficulty going home.Every
step he took,he slipped back two. However, he still
manage to get home.How did he do it?
受了傷的小狗回家無(wú)比艱難,他每向前走一步,就得向后滑兩步,
但是就是這樣他還是回到家了,請(qǐng)問(wèn)他是怎樣做到的?
Keys:
1.They planted peach trees...
他們種的是桃樹(shù)。
2.He walked in the other direction...
他朝與回家相反的方向走。
Notes:
1.harvest/'ha:vist/ v.收獲,收割
peach/pi:t/ n.桃子
2.Slip/'Slip/ v.滑,溜,跌交
manage/'m$niDN/ v.成功地做了某事
Questions :
1.What falls often but never gets hurt?
什么東西經(jīng)常摔下來(lái)卻毫無(wú)損傷?
2.Why do cowboys ride their horses to town?
牛仔們?yōu)槭裁打T馬去城里?
3.Who goes around all day in a car with his bag full of
money?
誰(shuí)整天坐著車到處逛,包里滿是鈔票?
4.Why does Jim wish he had enough money to buy an elelphant?
吉姆為何希望有足夠的錢(qián)買一頭大象?
Keys:
1.Snowflakes...
雪花。
2.It’11 take much longer if they walk their horses there.
因?yàn)闋恐R走去花的時(shí)間太長(zhǎng)了。
3.A bus conductor...
汽車售票員。
4.He just wishes he had that much money...
他就想有那么多的錢(qián)。
Notes:
2. cowboy/'kaub&i/ n.牛仔,牧童
Questions:
1.How did the pick-pocket spot the plain-clothes cop in
the woman’s disguise?
小偷怎么識(shí)別出裝扮成女人的便衣警察?
2.Which month has 28 days?
哪個(gè)月有28 天?
3.What is it that everyone wants to have and get rid of,
too?
什么東西人人都想擁有卻又都想甩掉?
Keys:
1.He passed by a cosmetics store without looking in the window...
因?yàn)樗愤^(guò)一家化妝品商店卻看都不看櫥窗里的東西。
2. Every month has at least 28 days...
每個(gè)月都至少有28 天。
3.One’s appetite...
人的胃口。
Notes:
1.pick-pocket n.扒錢(qián)包的人,小偷plain-clothes adj.便衣的
disguise/dis>gaiz/ n.偽裝
3.get rid of one’s appetite 滿足胃口,吃飽喝足
Questions:
1.Where did the egg floating down the Mississippi River
come from?
飄在密西西比河上的雞蛋是從哪兒來(lái)的?
2.Lucky Mouse fell off a 1000-step stair and was not
hurt. Why?
幸運(yùn)鼠從1000 級(jí)的臺(tái)階上摔下來(lái)卻安然無(wú)恙,為什么?
3.Why do giraffes have long neck?
長(zhǎng)頸鹿的脖子為什么那么長(zhǎng)?
4.What travels around the earth without using any fuel?
什么東西不用燃料繞著地球轉(zhuǎn)?
Keys:
1.From a hen ...
是母雞生下來(lái)的。
2.He fell off the last step...
他是從最后一個(gè)臺(tái)階上摔下來(lái)的。
3.Because their heads are far from their bodies...
因?yàn)樗鼈兊念^離身子遠(yuǎn)。
4.The moon.
是月亮。
Notes:
4.fuel/fju:+l/n.燃料
Questions:
1.What number has nothing left if you take a half from it?
什么數(shù)字拿走一半就什么都不剩了?
2.What number is like a peacock?
什么數(shù)字像孔雀一樣?
3.What room has no walls,no doors, no windows,and no one
to live in?
什么房間沒(méi)有墻,沒(méi)有門(mén)窗,也沒(méi)有人住?
Keys:
1.The number is 8, because only 0 is left whether you take away
the top half or the bottom half...
是數(shù)字8,因?yàn)椴还苣隳玫羲纳厦嬉话脒€是下面一半,剩下的都是
零。
2.The number is 9, because it’s 0 without its tail and likewise,..
a peacock is nothing without its tail...
是數(shù)字9,因?yàn)? 沒(méi)有尾巴就成了零,同樣,孔雀沒(méi)有尾巴也一無(wú)是
處。
3.A mushroom...
是蘑菇。
Notes:
2.peacock/'pi:k&k/ n.雄孔雀(雌孔雀為peahen)
Questions:
1.How can you make 6 out of three7’s?
怎樣使得3 個(gè)7 等于6?
2.How can you make 6 out of three 5’s?
怎樣使得3 個(gè)5 等于6?
3.How can you make 1000 out of eitht8’s?
怎樣使得8 個(gè)8 等于1000?
4.What time is it when the clock stikes sixteen?
時(shí)鐘敲16 下時(shí)是什么時(shí)候?
Keys:
7
1.Easy.7-=6
7
很簡(jiǎn)單。7-
77
= 6
5
2.Easy.5+ =6
5
很簡(jiǎn)單.5+
55
= 6
3.Easy.8+8+8+88+888=1000
很簡(jiǎn)單。8+8+8+88+888=10004.Time to have the clock fixed...
是修時(shí)鐘的時(shí)候。
Notes:
4.strike/>straik/v.敲,擊
fix/fiks/v.修理
Questions:
1.Who works only one day in a year but never gets fired?
誰(shuí)一年只上一天班卻不會(huì)被開(kāi)除?
2.When do people have two mouths?
什么時(shí)候人有兩張嘴?
3.What grows sharper the more it’s used?
什么東西越用越鋒利?
4.Why do lions eat raw meat?
獅子為何吃生肉?
Keys:
1.Santa Claus...
圣誕老人。
2.When there’re two of them...
有兩個(gè)人時(shí)。
3.The tongue...
舌頭。
4.They don’t know how to cook...
它們不會(huì)烹飪。
Notes:
1.Santa Claus/>s$nt+?kl&z/圣誕老人,也作Father Christmas。
Questions:
1.What’s the birth rate in this area?
這個(gè)地區(qū)的出生率是多少?
2.What has a mouth but never speaks?
什么有嘴不說(shuō)話?
3.What has everybody seen before but will never he seen
again?
什么東西人人見(jiàn)過(guò)卻永不再見(jiàn)?
4.What does everyone have and overlook?
什么東西人人都有卻總是忽視。
Keys:
1.Once per person...
每人一次。
2.A jar...
水壺。
3.Yesterday...
昨天。
4.One’s own nose...
自己的鼻子。
Notes:
4.overlook/?+uv+>luk/v.忽略,看漏
Questions:
1.If you had ten apples and ate eight,how many would you
have?
如果你有十個(gè)蘋(píng)果,吃了八個(gè),還有幾個(gè)?
2.Why did the ex-chauffeur lie under the mule?
從前做過(guò)私人司機(jī)的那個(gè)人干嘛躺在騾子下面?
3.Why is Jim praying Chicago to be made capital of New
Jersey?
吉姆為何祈禱芝加哥變成新澤西州的首府?
Keys:
1.Ten. Two outside and eight inside...
十個(gè)。兩個(gè)在外面,八個(gè)在里面。
2.To see why the mule didn’t go...
看看騾子為什么不走?
3.That’s the answer he gave on his Geography paper.
他在地理試卷上這樣寫(xiě)的。
Notes:
2.chauffeur/>M+uf+/ n.私人雇傭的汽車司機(jī)ex-加在某些名詞前相當(dāng)
于中文的“前.”,eg ex-wife(前妻),ex-president(前總統(tǒng)),
ex-cop(前任警官),etc.
Questions:
1.Can you name the capital of every state in the U. S.in
ten seconds?
你能用10 秒鐘說(shuō)出美國(guó)所有州的首府嗎?
2.A motorist ran into a motorcyclist,yet the motorcyclist
was not hurt while the motorist was badly injured.Why?
一個(gè)汽車司機(jī)撞上了一個(gè)騎摩托車的人,騎摩托車的人安然無(wú)恙,
汽車司機(jī)卻受了重傷。這是怎么回事?
3.A police officer had a brother,but the brother had no
brother. How could that be?
警官有個(gè)哥哥,哥哥卻沒(méi)有弟弟,為什么?
Keys:
1.Washington,D.C...
是華盛頓。
2.The motorist was walking...
汽車司機(jī)正在走路。
3.The police officer was a lady...
警官是位女士。
Notes:
2.motorcyclist/?m+ut+>saik+list/n...
騎摩托車的人
Questions:
1.Why does the Statue of Liberty stand in New York harbour?
自由女神為何矗立在紐約港灣?
2.Why is Mr. Polite teaching his children foullanguage?
禮貌先生為何教他孩子臟話?
3.Why does a cat look first to one side and then to the
other side when it enters a room?..
貓進(jìn)房間時(shí)為何先朝一邊看看又朝另一邊看看?
Keys:
1.Because it can’t sit down...
因?yàn)樗荒茏聛?lái)。
2.He’s teaching them what not to say...
他在教他們什么話不能說(shuō)。
3.Because it can’t see both sides at once...
因?yàn)樗荒芡瑫r(shí)兩邊看。
Notes:
1.statue/>st$tju:/ n... 雕像,雕塑
liberty/>lib+ti/ n.自由
harbour/>ha:b+/n.港灣
Questions:
1.Where was the Declaration of Independence signed ?
獨(dú)立宣言是在哪里簽的?
2.Who usually tries to make you smile?
誰(shuí)總是讓你笑口常開(kāi)?
Keys:
1.At the bottom.
在文件末尾。
2.A photographer...
攝影師。
Notes:
2.photographer/f+>t&gr+f+/n.攝影師
Questions:
1.On the way to the bank, Mr. Green met three of his
friends.Each of them had his wife with him and each
of the ladies had two babies in her arms.How many people
are going to the bank?
格林先生在去銀行的路上碰到三個(gè)好朋友,每人都帶了太太,每個(gè)
太太懷里都抱著兩個(gè)孩子,請(qǐng)問(wèn)共有多少人前往銀行?
2.My mother and my father had a baby.It wasn’t my brother
nor my sister.Who was it?
我父母生有一個(gè)孩子,既非我兄弟亦非我姐妹,這個(gè)孩子是誰(shuí)呢?
3.Why do birds fly south?
鳥(niǎo)為何往南飛?
Keys:
1.Only Mr. Green. The other people may not be going to the bank.
只有格林先生一人,其他的人不一定去銀行。
2.It was me.
是我。
3.It’s too far to walk...
走去太遠(yuǎn)了。
Questions:
1.What would you like, 1/2 of an orange or 6/12 of an orange?
1/2 個(gè)桔子和 6/12 個(gè)桔子,你要哪一份?
2.Why is doing nothing tiring?
為什么無(wú)所事事也累?
3.A young man drove his father’s car all the way from his
school in New York to his home in Florida, without
knowing his car had a puncture. How could it be?
一個(gè)年輕人開(kāi)著父親的車從紐約他上學(xué)的地方一直開(kāi)到弗羅里達(dá)的
家中,渾然不知他的車車胎破了。這是怎么回事?
Keys:
1.I’d like 1/2 of an orange, for 6/12 of an orange would have
had much juice lost...
我想1/2 個(gè)桔子,因?yàn)?/12 個(gè)肯定失掉了很多果汁。
2.Because you can’t possibly stop and rest...
因?yàn)槟阃2幌聛?lái),也就沒(méi)法歇下來(lái)。
3.It was his father’s car that he was driving...
他開(kāi)的是父親的車。
Notes:
3.puncture/>p)RkCM+/ n.刺孔,穿孔(尤指車胎)
Questions:
1.If you throw a stone into the Red Sea,what will it become?
假如你把一塊石頭扔進(jìn)紅海,它會(huì)變得怎么樣?
2.If two’s company and three’s a crowd,what’s four and
five?
假如兩個(gè)是伴,三個(gè)一伙,那么四個(gè)和五個(gè)呢?
3.If you took three big apples from a basket or ten apples,
how many apples would you have?
假如你從盛有10 個(gè)蘋(píng)果的籃子里拿走3 個(gè)大蘋(píng)果,那么你有多少個(gè)
蘋(píng)果?
Keys:
1.Wet·..
會(huì)變濕。
2.Nine.
是九。
3.You took three apples and you would certainly have three apples...
你拿了三個(gè)蘋(píng)果,當(dāng)然就有三個(gè)。
Notes:
2.company/>k)mp+ni/ n.伴侶,伙伴
Four and five is nine 四加五等于九
Questions:
1.A boat turned over and the two men on board fell in the
water. But only one man got his hair wet. Why?
船翻了,船上的兩個(gè)人掉到水里,可是只有其中一人頭發(fā)濕了,這
是為什么?
2.Mother wants to give the three apples in her basket to
her three girls so that each girl gets one whole apple
and there’s still one in her basket.How can she manage
to do that?
媽媽想把籃子里的三個(gè)蘋(píng)果分給三個(gè)女兒,每個(gè)女兒一個(gè)完整的蘋(píng)
果,同時(shí)籃子里也有一個(gè)蘋(píng)果。她如何做到這一點(diǎn)?
Keys:
1.The other man was bald.
其中另一人禿頭。
2.Give two girls an apple each and give the third girl her apple
in the basket...
其中兩個(gè)女兒每人一只蘋(píng)果,另外一個(gè)女兒得一只籃子,籃子里放
著第三只蘋(píng)果。
Notes:
1.on board 在船上,在交通工具上
bald /b&ld/ adj.禿頭的,光頭的
Questions:
1.On April lst,1990,160 people walked out of the best
cinema in Chicago.What happened?
1990 年4 月1 日, 160 人從芝加哥最好的影院出來(lái)。發(fā)生了什事?
2.It usually takes a man two days to travel from San
Francisco to New York by car. But Mr.Black left San
Francisco on Friday and arrives on the same Friday.How
could he do it?
從舊金山到紐約開(kāi)車一般需要2 天時(shí)間,可是布萊克先生星期五離
開(kāi)舊金山,當(dāng)天就到了紐約。他怎樣做到的?
3.What’s too much for one and just right for two?
什么東西對(duì)一個(gè)人來(lái)說(shuō)太多,對(duì)兩個(gè)人來(lái)說(shuō)正好?
Keys:
1.The film was over.
電影散場(chǎng)了。
2.He took a plane...
他坐的是飛機(jī)。
3.A secret...
秘密。
Notes:
3.英語(yǔ)中“Just between you and me”意即“keep it a secret”(僅
限于你我之間,請(qǐng)保守秘密)。
Questions:
1.What animal has a head like a cat, feet like a cat, a
tail like a cat but isn’t a cat?
什么動(dòng)物腦袋像貓,腳像貓,尾巴也像貓,就是不是貓?
2.What has teeth but never eats anything?
什么東西長(zhǎng)了牙齒卻不吃東西?
3.What do you drop when you need it and take
back when you don’t?
什么東西你需要它的時(shí)候扔掉,不需要時(shí)才收回來(lái)?
4.What do you have that others use far more often than you
do?
什么東西屬于你,而別人用的次數(shù)卻比你多得多?
Keys:
1.A kitten.
小貓。
2.A comb...
梳子。
3.An anchor...
錨。
4.your name.
你的名字。
Questions:
1.What word can be made shorter by adding something to it?
什么單詞加長(zhǎng)后更短?
2.What is full of holes but still holds water?
什么東西千瘡百孔卻可以盛水?
3.What is both over and under the water but doesn’t touch
the water?
什么頭上腳下都是水,卻滴水不沾?
4.What is smaller than a humming-bird’s mouth?
什么比蜂鳥(niǎo)的嘴???
Keys:
1.The word “short”...
是“短”這個(gè)單詞。
2.A sponge...
是海綿。
3.A girl crossing a bridge with a pail of water on her head...
頭上頂著一桶水過(guò)橋的女孩。
4.Anything it eats.
任何它吃的東西。
Notes:
1.short 加上-er 變成shorter,拼寫(xiě)長(zhǎng)了,意思卻是“更短”。
Questions:
1.How many times can you take 6 apples out of a cart with
8,888 apples?
從裝有8,888 只蘋(píng)果的貨車?yán)锶∽? 只蘋(píng)果,可以取多少次?
2.What has many a tooth but never a mouth?
什么東西有無(wú)數(shù)牙齒卻沒(méi)有嘴巴?
3.What has cities but no houses, roads but no cars,and
rivers but no water?
什么東西有城無(wú)房,有路無(wú)車,有河無(wú)水?
4.What is higher without a head than with a head?
什么東西無(wú)頭反比有頭高?
Keys:
1.Only once. After that there aren’t 8,888 apples in the cart...
只能取一次,因?yàn)榻酉氯ボ嚴(yán)锞蜎](méi)有8,888 只蘋(píng)果了。
2.A saw...
鋸子。
3.A map...
地圖。
4.A pillow...
枕頭。
Questions:
1.How many sides does a circle have?
一個(gè)圓圈有幾面?
2.Why is eternity like a circle?
永恒為何似圓圈?
3.What animal can jump as high as a tree?
什么動(dòng)物可以和樹(shù)跳得一樣高?
4.How can you be completely sleepless for seven days and
still lack no rest?
怎樣能保持七天不睡仍舊精神煥發(fā)?
Keys:
1.Two. The inside and the outside...
兩面,里面和外面。
2.Because it has neither begining nor ending...
因?yàn)樗鼰o(wú)始無(wú)終。
3.All animals, for trees can’t jump...
所有的動(dòng)物都能,因?yàn)闃?shù)根本不會(huì)跳。
4.Sleep at night...
晚上睡覺(jué)。
Notes:
2.eternity/i>t+:niti/n.永恒
Questions:
1.Where does afternoon come before morning in the world?
世界上哪個(gè)地方下午比早上先到?
2.A doctor had a brother who went out west.But the man
who went out west had no brother.How can this be?
醫(yī)生有個(gè)哥哥去了西部,可是去了西部的這個(gè)人沒(méi)有弟弟,這是怎
么回事?
3.How do you know policemen are strong?
為什么說(shuō)警察很健壯?
Keys:
1.In the dictionary...
在字典里。
2.The doctor was a lady doctor...
醫(yī)生是女的。
3.Because they can hold up traffic with just one hand...
因?yàn)樗麄円恢皇志湍茏屲囕v停住。
Notes:
3.hold up 使停頓,受阻
Questions:
1.With which hand do you write?
你用哪只手寫(xiě)字?
2.What must you do before you return a book to the liberary?
把書(shū)還到圖書(shū)館里之前必須做什么?
3.What should you do if you are faced with a hungry tiger?
如果面對(duì)一頭饑餓的老虎,你該怎么做?
4.What makes more noise than a pig caught under a fence?
比一頭夾在籬笆下面的豬更吵的是什么?
Keys:
1.Neither. I use a pen.
我不用手而是用筆寫(xiě)字。
2.Borrow the book from the liberary...
從圖書(shū)館借這本書(shū)。
3.Move to the next cage...
參觀下面一個(gè)籠子。
4.TWO pigs...
兩頭豬。
Questions:
1.What goes on four legs in the morning, on two at noon,
and on three in the evening?
什么走路早上用四條腿,中午用兩條腿,晚上用三條腿?
2.What do we get if We Cross a woodpecker with a homing
pigeon?
把一只啄木鳥(niǎo)和一只識(shí)途的鴿子融合在一起,會(huì)得到什么?
3.What question can never be answered by“Yes”?
什么問(wèn)題永遠(yuǎn)也不能回答說(shuō)“是的”?
Keys:
1.People.They crawled when they were babies and walked with two
legs before they had to rely on a crutch in old age...
是人,他們剛生下來(lái)時(shí)用四肢爬行,后來(lái)用雙腿走路,老年時(shí)又不
得不依靠拐杖走。
2.A bird that knocks on the door when delivering messages.
將得到一只送信時(shí)會(huì)敲門(mén)的鳥(niǎo)。
3.“Are you asleep?..
“你睡著了嗎?”
Notes:
2.woodpecker/>wudpek+/n.啄木鳥(niǎo)
Questions:
1.What gets larger the more you take away?
什么東西你拿走越多,反而越大?
2.What becomes less the more you learn?
什么東西你學(xué)得越多,變得越少?
3.What has no length,width or depth and can still be
measured?
什么東西沒(méi)有長(zhǎng)度、寬度和深度,但還是可以測(cè)量?
4.Where can you always find money?
哪兒總是能找到鈔票?
Keys:
1.A hole...
洞。
2.What you haven’t learned...
你沒(méi)有學(xué)的東西。
3.Temperature.
溫度。
4.In the dictionary...
在字典里。
Notes:..
3.three dimensions 三維: length(長(zhǎng)度), width(寬度),depth(深度)。
Questions.
1.Iron will rust if put in the open. Then what if gold
is put there?
鐵放在外面會(huì)生銹,那么金子呢?
2.What is a pimple?
什么是青春美麗豆?
3.Do planes of this make crash very often?
這種牌子的飛機(jī)經(jīng)常墜毀嗎?
Keys:
1.It’ll be taken away...
會(huì)被人拿走。
2.It’s a dimple going the other way...
是方向長(zhǎng)錯(cuò)了的酒窩。
3.No,only once...
不,只會(huì)墜毀一次。
Notes:
1.rust/r)st/v.生銹
2.pimple />pimpl/n 丘疹,膿皰
dimple/>dimpl/n.酒窩,笑窩
3.make n.牌子,產(chǎn)品
crash/>kr$M/v.墜毀,撞毀
Questions:
1.When can you have something and nothing at the same time
in your pocket?
什么時(shí)候你的口袋里既有東西又沒(méi)有東西?
2.What can run and whistle but can’t walk or talk?
什么東西能跑不能走,會(huì)吹哨不會(huì)說(shuō)話?
3.Why can’t the world come to an end?
世界為何不會(huì)末日臨頭?
4.Where’s the biggest city in the world?
全世界最大的城市在哪兒?
Keys:
1.When there’s a hole in it...
當(dāng)口袋里有個(gè)洞的時(shí)候。
2.A locomotive.
火車頭。
3.Because it’s round...
因?yàn)樗菆A的。
4.On the map...
在地圖上。
Notes:
2.locomotive/'l+uk+?m+utiv/ n.火車頭
3.The world is round 地球是圓的,因此沒(méi)有beginning(開(kāi)始),也
沒(méi)有end(結(jié)束)。
Questions:
1.“Railroad crossing,Look out for the cars.”
Can you spell it without any R’s?
“鐵路道口,當(dāng)心火車。”你能不用“R”把它拼寫(xiě)出來(lái)嗎?
2.Can you read“Madam, I’m Adam.” without pronouncing
any M’S?
你能不發(fā)“M”的音,把“尊敬的女士,我是亞當(dāng)。”讀出來(lái)嗎?
3.Can you say“Richard and Robert had a rabbit.”
without pronouncing any R’S?
你能不發(fā)“R”的音,把“理查得和羅伯特有只兔子”說(shuō)出來(lái)嗎?
Keys:
1.Sure.I-t...
當(dāng)然能,I-t。
2.Of course, I can sure read without pronouncing anything...
當(dāng)然,我會(huì)默讀。
3.Dick and Bob had a bunny...
迪克和鮑勃有只兔子。
Notes:
1.car n.汽車,火車,纜車
3.Dick 和Bob 分別是Richard 和Robert 的昵稱,
bunny 是rabbit 的兒語(yǔ)詞,也作bunny rabbit。
Questions:
1.Should you say 28 and 37 are 55 or 37 and 28 are 55?
你說(shuō)是28 加37 等于55 還是37 加28 等于55?
2.What can a baby do that an adult can’t do?
什么事嬰兒能做而成人不能做?
3.Why’s giving up smoking such an easy thing for a
chain-smoker?
對(duì)于煙癮君子來(lái)說(shuō)為什么戒煙易如反掌?
4.Can you tell me something about the great scientists of
the 18th century?
你能告訴我一些18 世紀(jì)偉大科學(xué)家的事嗎?
Keys:
1.28 and 37 are 65...
28加37等于 65。
2.Sleep in a cradle...
在搖籃里安睡。
3.He has done it many times.
他已經(jīng)做過(guò)很多次了。
4.They’re all dead...
他們都已過(guò)世。
Notes:
1.cradle/>kreidl/ n.?huà)雰旱膿u籃
3.chain-smoke v.一支接一支地抽煙
Questions:
1.When a pregnant woman got on a bus no one gave up his
seat to her.Why?..
一位孕婦上車后,沒(méi)有人給她讓座,為什么?
2.Why do fish live in water?
魚(yú)為什么在水里生活?
3.Which is right,the white of the eggs are yellow or the
whites of the eggs are yellow?..
下面哪種說(shuō)法正確:雞蛋的蛋白(單數(shù))是黃的,還是雞蛋的蛋白
(復(fù)數(shù))是黃的?
Keys:
1.There’re vacant seats on the bus...
車上有空座。
2.Cats can’t swim...
因?yàn)樨埐粫?huì)游泳。
3.The whites are never yellow...
蛋白不黃色的。
Notes:
1.pregnant/>pregn+nt/adj.懷孕的
give up one’s seat to someone 讓座給某人
vacant/>veik+nt/ adj.空著的
3.white n.蛋白,蛋清
yolk/j+ulk/n.蛋黃
Questions:
1.Which will burn longer, the candles in the good old days
or the candles of today?..
以前的蠟燭和現(xiàn)在的蠟燭,哪個(gè)燒得更長(zhǎng)?
2.Which American has had the largest family?
哪個(gè)美國(guó)人擁有最為龐大的家族?
3.A little girl was 6 years old on her last birthday,
and will be 8 on her next birthday.How can this be?
一個(gè)小女孩上一個(gè)生日才6 歲,下一個(gè)生日就8 歲了,這是怎么回
事?
Keys:
1.Neither.Candles don’t burn longer but burn shorter...
哪個(gè)都燒不長(zhǎng),蠟燭都是越燒越短。
2.George Washington,“father of the nation.”..
喬治·華盛頓,“美國(guó)之父”。
3.It’s her 7th birthday.
今天她7 歲生日。
Notes:
1.the good old days 過(guò)去的好時(shí)光
Questions:
1.A horse was tied to a rope five feet long,and wanted
to eat the hay nine feet away.Could he manage that?
一頭馬被一根五英尺長(zhǎng)的繩子拴著,想吃九英尺開(kāi)外的干草,它夠
得著嗎?
2.Why are artists so careful in signing the pictures?
藝術(shù)家在畫(huà)上簽名為何如此認(rèn)真?
3.Why don’t you advertise for your lost dog?
你的狗丟了為什么不登廣告呢?
4.What kind of party do prisoners like?
囚犯喜歡什么樣的晚會(huì)?
Keys:
1.Sure. The rope wasn’t tied to anything...
當(dāng)然可以,因?yàn)槔K子并沒(méi)有拴在其他什么東西上。
2.So that people can tell the top from the bottom...
這樣人們才知道哪是上邊哪是下邊。
3.The dog can’t read...
因?yàn)楣凡蛔R(shí)字。
4.A going-away party...
送別晚會(huì)。
Questions:
1.What time is it When you start your old car in vain?
當(dāng)你怎么也發(fā)動(dòng)不了你那輛老爺車時(shí),該是什么時(shí)候了?
2 ... What word is the first word on page 100 in your
English-Chinese dictioary?
你的英漢辭典第100 頁(yè)第一個(gè)單詞是什么詞?
3.Why do people seldom suffer from hunger in the Sahara
desert?
人們?yōu)槭裁丛谌龉衬胁惶莛囸I折磨?
Keys:
1.Time to have it repaired...
是修車的時(shí)候了。
2.An English word...
是英語(yǔ)單詞。
3.They suffer from thirst first and always...
因?yàn)樗麄兛偸秋枃L口渴的折磨。
Notes:
1.in vain 徒勞無(wú)益,白費(fèi)功夫
3.thirst/I+:st/ n.渴
Questions:
1.When does a student’s brain stop working in class?
學(xué)生在課堂上什么時(shí)候大腦停止工作?
2.When can Mother stop worrying about her delicate vase?
母親什么時(shí)候才不會(huì)擔(dān)心她那只精致細(xì)巧的花瓶?
3.What can’t talk but can speak the truth?
什么東西不會(huì)講話卻會(huì)以實(shí)相告?
4.What’s full when it’s used and empty when it’s at rest?
什么東西用時(shí)滿,閑時(shí)空?
Keys:
1.When they’re called on to answer questions.
當(dāng)叫到他們回答問(wèn)題時(shí)。
2.When it’s broken...
摔破以后。
3.A mirror.
鏡子。
4.A shoe.
鞋子。
Questions:
1.How can you buy eggs and be certain there are no chickens
inside them?
怎樣在買蛋時(shí)確保蛋里沒(méi)有未孵出的小雞?
2.Which has more legs,a cow or no cow?
一頭牛和沒(méi)有牛,誰(shuí)的腿多?
3.What are you doing in front of the mirror and with you
eyes shut?..
你閉著眼睛在鏡子前面干什么?
Keys:
1.Buy duck eggs or goose eggs...
買鴨蛋或鵝蛋。
2.No cow. A cow has only four legs but no cow has five legs.
沒(méi)有牛,因?yàn)橐活^牛有四條腿,沒(méi)有牛有五條腿。
3.I’m trying to see what I look 1ikewhen I’masleep.
我在看我睡著是什么樣子。
Notes:
1.goose/gu:s/n.鵝
Questions:
1.Two mother sand daughters are planning to go to London
by train.How many tickets should they buy?
兩對(duì)母女計(jì)劃乘火車去倫敦,請(qǐng)問(wèn)要買幾張票?
2.Where have I seen your face before?
我以前在哪兒見(jiàn)過(guò)你這張面孔?
3.What al ways enters the house through the keyhole instead
of the front door?
什么東西不從前門(mén)而從鑰匙孔進(jìn)屋?
4.What’s the best cure for insomnia?
治療失眠最好的藥方是什么?
Keys:
1.Three,for they’re daughter,mother and grandmother...
三張,因?yàn)檫@兩對(duì)母女由女兒,母親,外婆組成。
2.Where it is now.
就在目前這個(gè)位置。
3.A key...
鑰匙。
4.A good night’s sleep...
好好睡一夜。
Notes:
4.insomnia/?in>smni+/n.失眠
Questions:
l.What makes the skin specialist select that branch of
medicine?
皮膚科醫(yī)生為什么選擇皮膚科?
2.If you Were given the choice of how to die,What manner
of death would you choose?
如果可以選擇死亡的方式,你愿意用什么方式結(jié)束生命?
Keys:
1.There are three perfectly gook reasons;His patients never get
him out of bed at night,they never die from his treatment;..
and they never get well...
有三條過(guò)硬的理由:他的病人不會(huì)半夜三更地讓他出診;也從不會(huì)
因皮膚治療而死亡;而且他們的皮膚病永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)被治好。
2.I would choose to die of old age...
我愿意老死。
Notes:
1.skin specialist 皮膚科專家
a branch of medicine 醫(yī)學(xué)的一門(mén)分枝學(xué)科
Questions:
1.How many great People have been born in America?
在美國(guó)有多少偉人出生?
2.What can be put in a bottle of milk to make it less heavy?
在一瓶牛奶里放入什么可以使它重量減輕?
3.What would you have if you took thirty-two,divided by
15,multiplied by 13 and minus 14?
請(qǐng)問(wèn)32 除以15,再乘以13,再減去14,將得到什么?
Keys:
1.None. Only babies are born there...
一個(gè)也沒(méi)有,因?yàn)橹挥袐雰撼錾谀莾骸?/div>
2.A hole...
一個(gè)洞。
3.A wrong answer.
一個(gè)錯(cuò)誤的答案。
Notes:
3.multiply/>m)ltiplai/v.相乘
miuns/>main+s/V.減去
Questions:
1.Where were you when the power was cut off?
停電時(shí)你在哪兒?
2.Can I wear this genuine leather jacket in the rain without
spoiling it?
我穿著這件皮夾克在雨里走會(huì)不會(huì)把夾克弄壞?
3.When is a chain-smoker most painful?
煙癮君子什么時(shí)候最痛苦?
Keys:
1.In the darkness...
在黑暗中。
2.Have you ever seen a cow carrying an umbrella?..
你見(jiàn)過(guò)牛撐傘嗎?
3.When he has a packet of cigarettes but no light...
當(dāng)他有一盒香煙卻沒(méi)有火的時(shí)候。
Notes:
l.Cut off 切斷(電源等)
2.genuine />DNenjuin/ adj.地道的,真正的
leather/>leJ+/n.皮革
Spoil/sp&il/ V.弄壞,寵壞
3.cigarette/?sig+>ret/ n.香煙
light/lait/ n.點(diǎn)火物,引火物
Questions:
1.What is it that no one wishes to have, yet no one wishes
to lope?
誰(shuí)也不想要,可是誰(shuí)也不想不要的東西是什么?
2.What’s the biggest thing in the world?
世界上最大的東西是什么?
3.How can two people stand two inches apart only,yet not
being able to touch each other?
兩個(gè)人怎樣站才能在相距僅兩英寸的情況下無(wú)法碰到對(duì)方?
Keys:
1.A bald head...
禿頭。
2.Eyelids.They can cover everything in the world once you shut
your eyes...
眼皮,因?yàn)檠劬σ婚],世上所有的東西都被眼皮蓋住了。
3.Shut the door between them...
關(guān)上他們中間的門(mén)。
Notes:
1.bald/b&ld/ adj.禿頭的
2.eyelid/>ailid/ n.眼皮
3.a(chǎn)part/+>pa:t/ adj.分開(kāi),離開(kāi)
Questions:
1.When can you get water With a net?
什么時(shí)候能用網(wǎng)兜水?
2.What is neither in the house nor out of the house,yet
is a part of the house?
什么東西既不在屋里也不在屋外,又是屋子的一部分?
3.What do elephants have that no other animals is have?
什么東西別的動(dòng)物都沒(méi)有,只有大象有?
4.What do we have in December that we never have in other
months?..
什么東西別的月份都沒(méi)有,只有十二月有?
Keys:
1.When water is turned into ice.
當(dāng)水結(jié)成冰以后。
2.A window...
窗戶。
3.Baby elephants...
小象。
4.The letter“D”...
是字母“D”。
Questions:
1.What’s better than the presence of mind in case of a
serious accident?..
出現(xiàn)嚴(yán)重事故的時(shí)候,比保持理智更好的出路是什么?
2.Why is Fatty sleeping With his mouth open?..
胖子睡覺(jué)為什么嘴巴張著?
3.Punctuate:It was and I said not but.
加標(biāo)點(diǎn)符號(hào):It was and I said not but.
Keys:
1.Absence of body.
身體不在場(chǎng)。
2.Because his skin is so short that when he shut his eyes his mouth
opens.
因?yàn)樗钠つw繃得緊,眼皮一閉,嘴皮就要張開(kāi)。
3.It was“and”I said,not“but”...
我說(shuō)的是“和”,不是“但是”。
Notes:
1.presence of mind:直譯是“思想在場(chǎng),理智在場(chǎng)”。比保持理智更
好的出路是人不在場(chǎng),即“absence of body”,與“presence of mind”..
逐字相對(duì)。
Questions:
1.What makes you believe that the moon is closer to us than
Egypt?
什么使你相信月亮比埃及離我們要近?
2.Can you name five things that contain milk?
你能說(shuō)出五樣含有牛奶的東西嗎?
3.Where do you think are ammunition most dense in a
battlefield?
你認(rèn)為戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)上子彈最稠密的地方是什么地方?
Keys:
1.You can see the moon but you can’t see Egypt...
因?yàn)槲覀兛梢钥匆?jiàn)月亮,卻看不見(jiàn)埃及。
2.Butter and cheese,ice-ream and two cows...
黃油,乳酪,冰淇淋和兩頭奶牛。
3.In an ammunition truck...
在彈藥車?yán)铩?/div>
Notes:
2.butter/>k)t+/ n.黃油
cheese/CMi:z/ n.奶酪
3.a(chǎn)mmunition/?$mju>niM+n/ n.彈藥,軍火
battlefield/>b$tl?fi:ld/ n.戰(zhàn)場(chǎng),戰(zhàn)地
Questions:
1.The strangest thing: whoever has it doesn’t tell it,
who ever takes it doesn’t know it,and who ever knows
it doesn’t want it.What is it?
什么東西這么奇怪,你若有它也不會(huì)說(shuō)出來(lái),你若接受肯定不知道,
你若知道肯定不會(huì)要?
2.When can you go as fast as a racing car?
什么時(shí)候你能像跑車一樣快?
Keys:
1.Couterfeit money...
偽鈔。
1.When you’re in it...
當(dāng)你坐在跑車?yán)飼r(shí)。
Notes:
1.counterfeit/>kaunt+fit/ adj.偽造的,假冒的
2.racing car 跑車,賽車
Questions:
1.Why was the baby raised on dog milk?
這個(gè)嬰孩為何吃狗的奶長(zhǎng)大?
2.When do horses have eight legs?
什么時(shí)候馬有八條腿?
3.When a boy falls into the water, what’s the firs thing
he does?
當(dāng)一個(gè)男孩掉到水里,第一件事是什么?
4.Where can you always find happiness?
在哪兒總是能找到幸福?
Keys:
1.He’s a baby dog...
它是狗的嬰孩。
2.When there’re two of them...
當(dāng)有兩匹馬時(shí)。
3.Get wet·..
打濕了。
4.In the dictionary...
在字典里。
Questions:
1.What’s the difference between a presidential candidate
and an overworked clerk?..
總統(tǒng)候選人與工作過(guò)度的辦事員的區(qū)別是什么?
2 ... What ’.. s the difference between electricity and
lightening?
電和閃電的區(qū)別是什么?
3.What’s the difference between a sailor and six broken
clocks?
一個(gè)水手和六只破鐘的區(qū)別是什么?
Keys:
1.One can’t wait to get into office and the other can’t wait
to get out of the office...
一個(gè)迫不及待想就任(總統(tǒng)),另一個(gè)迫不及待想下班。
2.You don’t have to pay for lightning...
閃電不要錢(qián)。
3.The sailor goes to sea while the clocks cease to go.
水手出海,時(shí)鐘出故障。
Notes:
3.the clocks cease to go 時(shí)鐘不走了
Questions:
1.A man and a woman with a baby in her arms were under an
umbrella, but none of them got wet.How could they do
it?
一個(gè)男人和一個(gè)懷抱嬰兒的女人共撐一把傘,沒(méi)有一個(gè)人淋濕,他
們是怎么做到的?
2.A doctor and a salesman fell in love with the same girl.The
salesman had to leave for a week on business and so he
gave the girl seven apples. Why?
一個(gè)醫(yī)生和一個(gè)推銷員同時(shí)愛(ài)上了一個(gè)姑娘,推銷員得出差一個(gè)星
期,因此他送給姑娘七個(gè)蘋(píng)果。為什么?
Keys:
1.It wasn’t raining.
沒(méi)有下雨。
2.Because an apple a day keeps the doctor away...
因?yàn)橐惶煲粋€(gè)蘋(píng)果就不用看醫(yī)生了。
Notes:
2.leave.on business 出差
“An apple a day keeps the doctor away”是西方諺語(yǔ),人們相
信一天吃一個(gè)蘋(píng)果有益于健康,醫(yī)生也不用看。
Questions:
1.Can anyone be safe if a man-eating lion is at large?
如果吃人的獅子無(wú)人看管逍遙籠外,有沒(méi)有人安然無(wú)恙?
2.To whom does everyone always take off his hat?
對(duì)誰(shuí)每個(gè)男人都會(huì)摘下自己的帽子?
3.Where does harvest come before work?
在哪兒可以先收獲,爾后勞作?
4.What has four legs and one back but can’t walk?
什么東西有四條腿,一個(gè)背,卻不會(huì)走路?
Keys:
1.Women and girls.
女人和女孩。
2.A barber...
理發(fā)師。
3.In the dictionary...
在字典里。
4.A chair...
椅子。
Notes:
1.be at large 無(wú)人看管,逍遙(尤指危險(xiǎn)的人或動(dòng)物)
Questions:
1. What is black when it’s clean and white when it’s dirty?
什么東西干凈時(shí)是黑的,弄臟了反而是白的?
2.What can you place in your right hand that you can’t
place in your left hand?
什么東西只能放在右手不能放在左手?
3.What will get smaller if you turn it upside down?
什么東西倒過(guò)來(lái)會(huì)變???
4.What is taller sitting down than standing up?
什么東西坐著比站著高?
Keys:
1.A blackboard...
黑板。
2.Your left elbow...
你的左肘。
3.lots, 9, 99, 991, 999...
很多,如9,99,991,999.
4.A dog...
一條狗。
Notes:
3.up side down 上下顛倒
Questions:
1.Imagine you’re about to take a bath in a soundproof
bathroom.There are no windows.There’s only one door,..
and it locks automatically from outside when shut.You
shut the door ,.. turn on the water in the
bathtub.Suddenly you discover something wrong with
the faucets.You can’t turn off the water!What to
do?If you call for help no one will hear you because
of the soundproof walls.You can’t get out because
the door is locked from the outside.How can you keep
from drowning?..
假設(shè)你準(zhǔn)備在一間隔音的浴室里洗澡,浴室沒(méi)有窗戶,只有一扇門(mén),
門(mén)一旦關(guān)上就自動(dòng)鎖起來(lái),從外面才能打開(kāi)。你關(guān)上門(mén),打開(kāi)浴缸
的水籠頭。突然你發(fā)覺(jué)籠頭不對(duì)勁,怎么關(guān)也關(guān)不上!怎么辦?高
聲呼救,沒(méi)人聽(tīng)得見(jiàn),因?yàn)閴Ρ诙际歉粢舻?;出也出不去,因?yàn)殚T(mén)
是從外面鎖住的,你怎樣做才不會(huì)被淹死?
Keys:
1.Pull out the stopper of the drain...
把排水處的塞子拔起來(lái)就行了。
Notes:
1.soundproof/>saundpur:f/ adj.隔音的此外還有:waterproof(防
水的), shockproof(防震的)等等。
Questions:
1.Why do dogs bark?
狗為什么汪汪地叫?
2.Why don’t you write poems any longer?
你為什么不寫(xiě)詩(shī)了?
3.Why do we have skin?
人為什么有皮膚?
4.Why are grandpa’s false teeth like stars?
為什么說(shuō)爺爺?shù)募傺老裥切牵?/div>
Keys:
1.They don’t know how to talk...
因?yàn)樗鼈儾粫?huì)說(shuō)話。
2.They’re long enough now...
它們已經(jīng)夠長(zhǎng)了。
3.To keep us in...
把我們裝在里面。
4.They come out at night...
它們晚上才出來(lái)。
Notes:
2.Why don’t you write poems any longer?..
另一種理解是:為什么不把詩(shī)寫(xiě)得更長(zhǎng)一些呢?
Questions:
1.Do stutterers always stammer?
結(jié)巴是不是一直都結(jié)巴?
2.What do every couple have in common?
每對(duì)夫妻都擁有的共同點(diǎn)是什么?
3.What always goes up and never goes down?
什么東西只升不降?
4.Why do you buy books?
你為何買書(shū)?
Keys:
1.No. They stammer only when they talk...
不是,他們只在說(shuō)話時(shí)才結(jié)巴。
2.They’re married on the same day...
他們是在同一天結(jié)婚的。
3.Your age...
你的年齡。
4.I can’t get them for nothing...
我不可能不花錢(qián)得到它們。
Notes:
1.stutterer/>st)t+r+/n.口吃者,結(jié)巴
stammer/>st$m+/ v.結(jié)巴
Questions:
1.How many bricks can you put into an empty box 3 feet square
and 3 feet high?
一個(gè)3 英尺見(jiàn)方3 英尺高的空盒子可以裝多少塊磚?
2.Why isn’t the husband fixing the leaky roof?
丈夫?yàn)槭裁床淮蛩阈扪a(bǔ)漏雨的屋頂呢?
3.Did you have any difficulty with your German in Germany?
在德國(guó)你的德語(yǔ)有困難嗎?
4.What betrayed the peddler who claimed to sell real
diamonds?
自稱賣真鉆石的小販?zhǔn)窃鯓勇娥W的?
Keys:
1.Only one brick, because after that the box won’t be empty
anymore...
只能放一塊磚,因?yàn)橹蠛凶泳筒辉偈强蘸凶恿恕?br>2.Because he can’t fix it if it rains and needn’t if it isn’..
t.
因?yàn)橄掠晁荒苄蓿幌掠暧钟貌恢蕖?br>3.No,but the German did...
沒(méi)有,反而是德國(guó)人有困難。
4.He tried to assure me that he wouldn’t lie just for one dollar’..
s sake...
他向我保證他不會(huì)為了一美元而講假話。
Questions:
1.How come the new jeans Sally is wearing are tighter than
her skin?
莎莉身上新買的牛仔服為何比她的皮膚還要緊身?
2.What word is pronounced wrong, even by the best of
scholars?
什么字就是最有學(xué)問(wèn)的人也會(huì)讀錯(cuò)?
3.What word is pronounced quicker by adding a syllable to
it?
什么單詞加一個(gè)音節(jié)反而讀得更快?
Keys:
1.Because she can sit down in her skin, but not in those tightly-fit
jeans...
因?yàn)樗钠つw允許她坐下來(lái),緊身牛仔可不行。
2.The word“wrong”...
就是“錯(cuò)”這個(gè)字。
3.It’s“quick”...
就是“快”這個(gè)單詞。
Notes:
l.jeans/DNi:nz/ n.牛仔褲,工裝褲
2.scholar/>sk&l+/ n.學(xué)者,有學(xué)問(wèn)的人
3.syllable/>sil+bl/ n.音節(jié)
Questions:
1.Jim is in the lake and the water is only up to his
ankles.However, his life is in great danger.Why?
吉姆在湖水里,湖水只齊到他的腳踝,他的生命卻已處在危險(xiǎn)之中,
為什么?
2.What will make more noise in your house than a dog?
什么東西在家里比一條狗更吵?
3.How do you quiet down a no is dog?
怎樣使亂叫的狗安靜下來(lái)?
Keys:
1.He’s upside down...
他倒著身子在水里。
2.Two dogs...
兩條狗。
3.Put him in a“No Barking” zone...
把它放在“禁止狗吠”區(qū)域。
Notes:
3.zone/z+un/n.區(qū),區(qū)域
“No Barking”(禁止狗吠)源于“No Smoking”
(禁止吸煙)及“No Spitting”(禁止隨地吐痰)。
Questions:
1.Tom has been living in Stockholm ever since he was born,..
But When asked if he’d lived there all his life,his
answer is“No”. Why?..
湯姆生下來(lái)就一直住在斯德哥爾摩,可是有人問(wèn)他是不是在那兒住
了一輩子的時(shí)候,他卻回答說(shuō)“沒(méi)有”。為什么呢?
2.How can you make money out of a gift drum?
別人送你一只鼓,你怎樣用它去賺賤?
3.How can you describe an elevator?
如何描述電梯?
Keys:
1.His life didn’t come to an end...
他一輩子還沒(méi)過(guò)完呢。
2.Play it hard so that you mother will give you 20 cents a day
to keep you away from that drum...
使勁擊鼓,你媽媽就會(huì)給你每天20 美分,讓你不要擊了。
3.An elevator is a little room and when the door shuts the upstairs
comes down or the downstairs comes up...
電梯是一個(gè)小小的房間,房門(mén)一關(guān),樓上就往下跑,樓下就往上跑。
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