2.When he came to a fork in the road...
當他開到三叉口的時候。
3.A postman.
郵遞員。
Notes:
2.Farmers.
農(nóng)民。
3.“I’m the one who should rain here.”..
“我要在這里降雨。”
4.Adam.
人們?nèi)绾沃篮Q笫怯押玫哪兀?/div>
Keys:
1.A bear.
像熊。
2.Because they use foul language...
因為它們說臟話。
3.It waves.
它總是招手致意。
Notes:
1.resemble/ri>zembl/ v.與.相像
bear n.熊,音似bare adj.光禿禿的,無遮蓋的
bare-faced 面孔干干凈凈,沒有胡須的
bear-faced 臉和熊一樣的
2.foul adj.臟的,音似fowl n.家禽
3.wave v.起波浪;招手致意
Questions:
1.How did the hangman get married?
絞刑吏是怎么結(jié)婚的?
2.Why did little Tom put his brother’s guitar in
the refrigerator?
小湯姆為什么把他哥哥的吉他放在冰箱里?
3.Why is the inside of everything so mysterious?
為什么說凡事內(nèi)部都神秘莫測?
Keys:
1.He tied a knot...
他打了一個結(jié)。
2.Because he enjoyed cool music...
因為他愛聽美妙的音樂。
3.Because you can never make them out...
因為你永遠也不能弄懂它們。
Notes:
1.hangman/'h$Rm$n/ n.絞刑吏,劊子手
tie a knot 打一個結(jié);締結(jié)良緣
2.refrigerator/ri'friDN+reit+/ n.電冰箱(也可寫作
fridge 或者icebox)
cool adj.涼的,冷的;棒的,超級的,美妙的
3.make them out 有兩層意思:①把它們變到外面
來;②弄懂它們,看清它們
mysterious/?mis>t!+r!+s/adj.難理解的,神秘的
Questions:
1.Why is a coward like a leaky faucet?
為什么說膽小鬼和漏水的籠頭一樣?
2.Why should we never ask balloons for advice?
為什么我們絕不向汽球征求意見?
3.What band can’t play music?
什么樂隊不會演奏音樂?
Keys:
1.They both run.
因為它們都會溜走。
2.They are full of hot air...
因為它們里面全是熱空氣。
3.Rubber band...
橡皮筋。
Notes:
1.coward/'kau+d/n.懦夫,膽小鬼
faucet/'f&:sit/ n.水籠頭
leaky/'li:ki/ adj.漏的,有漏洞的
run v.跑,溜走;流動,流(水)
2.hot air 熱空氣;吹牛,胡說
3.band n.樂隊,吹奏樂隊;帶子,繩子
rubber band 橡皮筋
Questions:
1.Do audience ever steal anything?
聽眾會偷東西嗎?
2.What will the farmer grow in his garden if he
doesn’t mind working hard?
假如一個農(nóng)夫不在乎勞動有多辛苦,他會在園子
里種什么?
Keys:
1.Yes,when they take the floor...
當他們發(fā)言時就會這樣做。
2.He will grow tired...
他會累的。
Notes:
1.a(chǎn)udience/>&j+dns/ n.聽眾,觀眾
take the floor 有兩種理解:①詞組真正的含義是
“發(fā)言”;②在答案中可理解為“拿走地板”。
2.grow v.種植;變得.
Questions:
1.Can you tell me when was the Iron Age?
能告訴我鐵器時代是什么時候嗎?
2.Why did the rooster refuse to fight?
公雞為何不應(yīng)戰(zhàn)?
3.What king belongs to a student?
什么國王屬于學(xué)生?
Keys:
1.Before the drip-dry era...
在滴干成衣時期之前。
2.Because it’s a chicken...
因為它是一只雞。
3.A ruler...
一把尺。
Notes:
1.iron n.鐵器,鐵;熨斗
drip/drip/ v.滴水
drip-dry adj.(指衣服)滴干免熨的
2.rooster/'ru:st+/ n.公雞,也作 cookchicken n.雞,包括 hen(母雞), rooster/cock(公雞),Chick(小雞);膽小鬼,懦夫
3.ruler n.統(tǒng)治者;尺
Questions:
1.Why didn’t the baseball catcher meet Cinder-el
la?
棒球隊的接球員為什么沒有見到灰姑娘?
2.What would happen if the rock beard a most
funny joke?
要是石頭聽了一個非常好笑的笑話會怎么樣?
Keys:
1.Because he missed the ball...
因為他沒有接住球。
2.He would crack up...
他會笑破肚皮。
Notes:
1.baseball/'beisb&:l/ n.棒球賽,棒球隊隊員
有catcher(接球員), batter(擊球員)和pitcher(投球員)。
Cinderella 是童話中的人物,原名叫Ella,因為繼
母讓她整天呆在廚房里,身上的衣服都是灰(cinder),所以大家叫她灰姑娘(cinderella)。
cinder/'sind+/ n.余燼,煤塊燒剩下的煤核
ball n.球;舞會
miss the ball 另一層意思是:錯過了舞會
2. crack up(引起)哄堂大笑,笑痛肚子
crack/'kr$k/ v.破裂,敲破
The rock would crack up 另一層意思是:石頭會
裂開的
Questions:
1.Why do you put your head on the piano?
你為何把頭放在鋼琴上?
2.Why do you put your bed in the fireplace?
你為何把床放在壁爐里?
3.Why does the liar stay in his room all day?..
撒謊的人為何成天呆在家里?
Keys:
1.I want to play piano by ear...
因為我想用耳朵彈琴。
2.I want sleep like a log...
因為我想像木頭一樣睡覺。
3.So that nobody can find him out...
這樣任何人都不會在外面發(fā)現(xiàn)他。
Notes:
1.play(piano) by ear 真正的涵義是:不用樂譜演
奏(鋼琴曲)
2.sleep like a log 真正的涵義是:睡得很沉很香
fire place 壁爐
3.find.out 真正的涵義是:發(fā)現(xiàn)真相,使真相大
白
Questions:
1.How long is a shoe, usually?
一般鞋有多長?
2.What ten-letter word starts with gas?
什么單詞是由gas 開頭的10 個字母組成?
3.What is black and white and red all over?
什么東西全身黑、白、紅相間?
Keys:
1.A little more than a foot long...
一英尺多一點。
2.Automobile...
汽車。
3.Newspaper...
報紙。
Notes:
1.foot n.英尺;腳
“A little more than a foot long”實指“比腳長
點點”。
2.a(chǎn)utomobile/'tmabi:l/ n.汽車
start v.以.開始;發(fā)動,啟動(尤指汽車)
3.red 音似read(read 過去分詞)
read all over 從頭讀到尾
Questions:
1.What has a tongue but can’t talk?
什么東西有舌頭卻不能講話?
2.What has a ear but can’t bear?
什么東西有耳朵卻聽不見?
3.What has a head but can’t think?
什么東西有頭腦卻不會思考?
4.What has a foot but can’t walk?
什么東西有腳卻不會走路?
Keys:
1.An envelope...
一個信封。
2.An ear of corn...
一穗玉米。
3.A nail...
一顆釘子。
4.A bed...
一張床。
Notes:
1.tongue n.舌頭;舌狀物
3.head n.頭;頂端
4.foot n.腳;底部
the foot of a bed 床腳處
Questions:
1.Books always claim to be kings,why?
書本都自詡為國王,為什么?
2.Is a hen who seldom lay eggs a good layer?
不常下蛋的雞是好蛋雞嗎?
3.How do you feel today?
今天你感覺怎么樣?
4.Why are schools haunted?
學(xué)校為什么鬧鬼?
Keys:
1.They all have a lot of pages...
因為它們都由很多頁組成。
2.Yes, as long as it doesn’t lay bad eggs.
是的,只要它下的蛋不是壞蛋。
3.With my hands,of course...
自然是用雙手呀。
4.They have the school spirit.
因為它們都有學(xué)校團隊精神。
Notes:
1.page n.頁;侍從
3.How do you feel today?另一種理解是:今天你
怎樣觸摸?
4.spirit n.幽靈,鬼魂;精神,活力
Questions:
1.What has four legs but only one face?
什么東西有四條腿,卻只有一只腳?
2.What has many tails but no head?
什么東西有許多尾巴,卻沒有一個腦袋?
3.What has three hands but only one face?
什么東西有三只手,卻只有一張臉?
4.What has its heart in its head?
什么東西的心在腦袋里面?
Keys:
1.A bed...
是床。
2.A book of stories...
是故事書。
3.A clock...
是時鐘。
4.A lettuce...
是生菜。
Notes:
1.the foot/head of a bed
床尾(床腳處)/床頭
2.tail 音似tale(故事)
3.hand n.手;指針
4.a(chǎn)head of lettuce 一顆生菜
Questions:
1.Which can move faster, heat or cold?
冷和熱誰跑得快?
2.What coat has no collars, no sleeves, no pockets and
no buttons?
什么衣服沒領(lǐng)沒袖,沒有口袋也沒有鈕扣?
3.What weather do mice and rats fear?
老鼠害怕什么天氣?
4.Who always finds things dull?
誰總覺得什么事都無聊?
Keys:
1.Heat, because you can catch cold...
熱跑得快,因為你追得上冷。
2. A coat of paint...
一層油漆。
3.When it’s raining cats and dogs...
下滂沱大雨的時候。
4.A knife-sharpener...
磨刀師傅。
Notes:
1. cold n.冷;感冒
catch cold 追上冷;患感冒
2.coat n.衣服;一層(油漆,灰塵等)
4.dull adj.無聊,沒勁;鈍
Questions:
1.What kind of ribbons do politicians use?
政客們用什么樣的帶子?
2.When does a doctor get angry?
醫(yī)生什么時候會生氣?
3.Who always drives his customer away?
誰總是把顧客攆走?
4. Who makes a million dollars a day?
誰每天掙一百萬美元?
Keys:
1.Red tape...
紅色的帶子。
2.When he loses his patients...
當他的病人不來找他看病的時候。
3.A taxi-driver.
出租汽車司機。
4.People who work in a mint...
在造幣廠工作的人。
Notes:
1.red tape 真正的含義是:繁文縟節(jié),官僚作風
2.patients 音似 patiencelose one’s patience 不耐煩,發(fā)脾氣
3. drive. away 另一種理解是:用車把.接走
4.nt/mint/ n.造幣廠
Questions:
1.Can you tell me how fast light travels?
你能告訴我光速有多快嗎?
2.What’s the hardest in the world?
世界上最難的謎語是什么?
3. What’s the smallest bridge in the world?
世界上最小的橋梁是什么?
Keys:
1.The same way as slow light travels...
和慢的光線一樣傳播。
2.Life, because everyone has to give it up...
生命,因為每個人都有生命終止的一天。
3.The bridge of a nose...
鼻梁。
Notes:
1.travel/'tr$v+l/v .傳播,運行
“how fast light travel”有兩種理解:①光速有多
快;②快的光線如何傳播
2.give.up(努力不成之后)放棄;終止
3.bridge n.橋;鼻梁
Questions:
1.Can I try on that dress in the window?
我可以試穿櫥窗里那件連衣裙嗎?
2.When is a secret like a dress?
什么時候秘密像衣服?
3.What comes before six?
六前面是什么?
Keys:
1.You can use the dressing room...
你可以在試衣室里試穿。
2. When it’s let out...
當它泄露以后。
3.The milkman...
送牛奶的人。
Notes:
1.“Can I try on that dress in the window?”..
另一種理解是:我能在櫥窗里試那件連衣裙嗎?
2.let out(秘密)泄露;(衣服)改大
3.“What comes before six?”..
另一種理解是:什么在六點鐘之前來?
Questions:
1.What’s the difference between a woman and an
umbrella?
女人和傘的區(qū)別是什么?
2.What sport do waiters and waitresses excel in?
服務(wù)員最擅長什么運動?
3.What has four legs and flies?
什么東西有四條腿還可以飛?
Keys:
1.You can shut up an umbrella.
你可以把傘收起來。
2.Tennis. They really know how to serve...
打網(wǎng)球。因為他們熟諳發(fā)球。
3.A dead horse...
一匹死馬。
Notes:
1.shut up 關(guān)起來,收起來;(使)閉嘴,住嘴
you can shut up an umbrella”的含義是:
you can’t shut up a woman(你可沒法叫一個女
人住嘴)
2.serve v.發(fā)球;服務(wù),侍候
3.flies v.飛(fly 單數(shù)第三人稱形式)
n.蒼蠅
Questions:
1.Will liars be honest after they die?
撒謊的人死后會誠實嗎?
2.Why are people always tired on April Fool’s
Day?..
愚人節(jié)這天人們?yōu)槭裁纯偸瞧v不堪?
3.What driver never speed?
什么司機從不超速開車?
Keys:
1.No, they won’t. They lie still after they die...
不會,他們死后還是撒謊。
2.Because they’ve just had a long March...
因為他們剛剛結(jié)束一次漫長行軍。
3. A screwdriver...
螺絲刀。
Notes:
1.lie Still 靜躺,靜臥;仍舊撒謊
2.March 三月;march n.行軍,行進
3.screwdriver/'skru:draiv+/n.螺絲刀
Questions:
1.Why is the heart of a tree like the end of a dog’s
tail?..
為什么說樹心像狗尾巴梢?
2.Why is the airplane pilot like the escaping prisoner?
為什么說飛機駕駛員與在逃囚犯相似?
3.When is a horse the heaviest?
什么時候馬最重?
Keys:
1.Because it’s the farthest place from the bark.
因為它離樹皮最遠。
2.They both want safe flights.
因為他們都希望飛行安全。
3.When it’s led。
當有人牽它的時候。
Notes:
1.bark/b%:k/ n.樹皮;狗吠
the end of a dog’s tail 狗尾巴梢,離狗的嘴最遠
2. flight/flait/ n.飛行;逃亡,逃跑
safe flight 安全飛行;安全出逃
3.led: lead(牽引)的過去分詞,音似 lead/led/n.
鉛
Questions:
1.What vegetable do people have if they want privacy?
人們在需要旁人避開時總是選什么蔬菜?
2.What do you do with your shoes after you wear
them out?
你的鞋子穿破以后你怎么處理它們?
3.Why do you think 10 points are no less than 100
points?
你為什么說10 分和100 分差不多?
Keys:
1.Lettuce alone...
只要萵苣。
2.Wear them back in...
當然是穿回家。
3. Because the difference between them is just
nothing.
因為它們之間的區(qū)別僅僅是零。
Notes:
1.Lettuce alone 音似 let us alone(讓我們單獨呆一
會兒)
privacy/'praiv+si/ n.隱私
2.wear.out 把.穿破,穿壞;把.穿著到外面
Questions:
1.Who will be your real friend, a poor friend or a
rich one?
貧窮的朋友和富貴的朋友,誰會成為你真正的朋
友?
2.Why don’t you buy a vacuum cleaner?
你為什么不買個真空吸塵器?
3.What’s the most contradictory sign in a library?
圖書館里最自相矛盾的標牌是什么?
Keys:
1.A poor friend, because a friend in need is a
friend indeed.
貧窮的朋友,因為患難之交是真情。
2. I don’t have any vacuum to clean...
我沒有真空要打掃。
3. To speak aloud is not allowed...
大聲講話是不允許的。
Notes:
1.a(chǎn) friend in need 患難之交
in need 需要幫助,需要資助,窮困的
2. vacuum/'v$kju:m/ n.真空
3.contradictory/、k&ntr+'dikt+ri/adj.互相抵觸的
To speak aloud is not allowed 音似 to speakaloud is not aloud.(大聲講話不是大聲)
Questions:
1. Is there anything that you can’t get over?
有沒有你無法釋懷淡忘的事?
2.Why did the hippies remind one Of a coal miner
in the old days?..
嬉皮士為何使人聯(lián)想起舊時代的礦工?
3.DO people fish with a permit in this area?
在這個地方釣魚必須要有特許證嗎?
Keys:
1.Lots of. The sun, the moon, and lots of buildings.
很多。太陽,月球,還有許多高大建筑。
2.Because they’re fond of saying:“ I dig.”..
因為他們喜歡說,“我來挖”。
3.NO, We fish with a bait...
不,我們用魚餌釣魚。
Notes:
1.get over 淡忘,痊愈(不愉快的經(jīng)歷、感受等);越
過
2.“I dig”真實涵義是:我喜歡
3.with 持有;用.做某事
permit/'p+:mit/n.許可證,執(zhí)照
Questions:
1. Why is jaywalking tiring?
亂穿馬路為什么很累?
2.Why are giraffes considered intelligent?
人們?yōu)槭裁凑J為長頸鹿是有智慧的?
3.Why are horses considered talented in painting?
人們?yōu)槭裁凑J為馬在繪畫方面有天賦?
Keys:
1.Because it may make one have a rundown feeling...
因為它有可能讓人覺得身體情況不佳。
2.Because it’s the highest form of animal life.
因為它是動物的最高形態(tài)。
3. Because they draw a lot of things...
因為它們拖很多很多東西。
Notes:
1.run-down adj.身體不好的,音似 run down(被
車撞倒)
jaywalk/'DNeiw&k/ v.亂穿馬路
2.high adj.高的
the highest form 最高級形態(tài)
3.draw v.拖,拉;畫
Questions:
1.What job will make people look up to you?
干什么工作人們會敬仰你?
2.Why is an empty matchbox the thing to
have in the world?
為什么說一個空火柴盒是世界上最好的東西?
3.Why do smart students refuse to write about the
king as their subject?
聰明的學(xué)生為什么不把國王作為寫作的課題?
Keys:
1.Window-washing on high-rises...
給高層建筑擦窗戶的工作。
2.Because it’s matchless...
因為它沒有火柴。
3.Because the king is not a subject...
因為國王不是臣民。
Notes:
1.look-up to 向上看,抬頭望;敬仰,敬佩
2. matchless/'m$CMlis/adj.無可匹敵的,舉世無
雙的
-less 后綴,意思是:沒有.的,所以matchless 又
可理解為:沒有火柴的
3.subject/'s)bDNikt/n.話題,主題;臣民,國民
Questions:
1.Why did the banker keep looking up at the sky
銀行家為什么老是抬頭看天?
2.When do dogs refuse to follow their owners?
什么時候狗不愿跟隨主人?
3.Do astronauts ever get hungry once they are in
outer space?
宇航員在太空里會覺得餓嗎?
Keys:
1.To see if there’s any change in the sky...
看看天上有沒有變化。
2.When their owners go to the flea market...
當他們的主人去跳蚤市場時。
3.Never,for they had a big launch...
不會,因為他們經(jīng)歷了火箭發(fā)射。
Notes:
1.change n.變化;零錢
2.flea market 跳蚤市場,賣舊物或小東西的市場
flea n.跳蚤
3.launch/l&:CM/n.發(fā)射(尤指火箭),音似lunch/l)nCM/ n.午餐,也作luncheon。
Questions:
1.Henry was sent by his mother to see how old
Mrs. Smith was but was scolded by the old lady,why?..
亨利聽母親的話去探望史密斯老太太,卻被老太
太訓(xùn)斥,這是為什么呢?
2.Mr.White followed a parking sign but was given a ticket
by the policeman.Can you guess what that sign reads?..
懷特先生按停車指示牌停車,卻被警察開票罰款。你猜得出指示牌
上的內(nèi)容嗎?
Keys:
1.Old Mrs. Smith thought it was her privacy how old she was...
因為史密斯太太認為年齡屬于個人隱私。
2.It reads,“Fine for parking.”..
上面寫著,“可以停車”。
Notes:
1. how old Mrs. Smith is 有兩種理解:
①史密斯老太太身體怎么樣;
②史密斯太太有多大年紀
2.“Fine for parking”另一種理解是:“停車罰款”。
fine adj.好的; n.罰款
Questions:
1.When is a football team like a scrambled egg?
足球隊什么時候像炒雞蛋?
2.What’s the difference between a fly and a mosquito?
蒼蠅與蚊子的區(qū)別何在?
3.How can you keep your friend’s friendship?
怎樣保持朋友對你的友情?
Keys:
1.When it’s beaten...
當它輸了球時。
2.You can’t sew a zipper on a mosquito...
不可能在蚊子身上縫一根拉鏈。
3.By not returning it...
不要還給朋友就行了。
Notes:
1.beat v.擊敗,打輸;打(蛋)
scramble/'skr$mbl/ v.把蛋白蛋黃攪拌在一起
2.fly n.蒼蠅;(褲子)前邊的開口
mosquito/m+s>ki:t+u/ n.蚊子
3.keep v,保持;保存,留住
Questions:
1.What color is the wind?
風是什么顏色?
2.Why can a bride hide nothing?
新娘為何藏不住東西?
3.What kind of people are most extravagant about their
clothes?
什么人穿衣服最奢侈?
4.Why is the library the highest building?
為什么說圖書館是最高的建筑?
Keys:
1.Blue...
藍色。
2.Because some one will give her away...
因為有人會揭發(fā)她。
3.Those who wear their clothes out the first day...
那些第一天就穿著新衣服出門的人。
4.It has the most stories...
因為圖書館里故事最多。
Notes:
1.The wind blew 風在吹
2.give.away 揭發(fā);在婚禮上把新娘交給新郎
3.extravagant/ik>str$vig+nt/ adj.奢侈的
wear.out 穿到外面;穿破,用壞
4.story n.故事;(樓)層
Questions:
1.When are your eyes not your eyes?
什么時候你的眼睛不再是你的眼睛?
2.Does this road go to the zoo?
這條路是去動物園的路嗎?
3.Why do people never feel hungry on a beach?
為什么在沙灘上的人永遠不會覺得餓?
4.Why don’t you take the bus home?
你為什么不乘車回家?
Keys:
1.When the wind makes them water...
當風沙進去,眼淚汪汪的時候。
2.Well,you’11 have to go there yourself...
不,你得自己去(路是不會去的)。
3. Because of the sand which is there...
因為那兒有沙子。
4.Because my home is not that big...
因為我家不夠大。
Notes:
1.water v.流口水,流眼淚
3.the sand which is there 音似 the sandwichesthere(那里有三明治)。
4.take the bus home 另一種解是:把車帶回家。
Questions:
1.What kind of cats are good for mice?
用什么樣的貓對付老鼠好?
2.Why is mother so tired?
媽媽為什么這么累?
3.Why did the skeleton refuse to go the ball?
骷髏為什么拒絕參加舞會?
4.Two wrongs don’t make a right, but what do two rights
make?
兩個錯也不算對,那么兩個對算什么呢?
Keys:
1.Cats who don’t eat mice...
不吃老鼠的貓。
2.She makes beds every day...
因為她每天都要制床。
3.He has no body to dance with...
他沒有身體可以跳舞。
4.The first airplane...
第一架飛機。
Notes:
1.be good for mice 對老鼠好;用來對付老鼠好
2.make beds 真正的意思是:鋪床
3.He has nobody to dance with 沒有人和他跳舞
4.two rights 音似 two Wrights(發(fā)明第一架飛機的懷特兩兄弟)
Questions:
1.What do you call a girl who has three boy friends named
william?
三個男朋友都叫威廉的女孩叫什么?
2.What is lighter than a feather,but you can’t hold it
for even 10 minutes?
什么東西比羽毛還輕,但是拿著它你卻堅持不了十分鐘?
3.Mary kissed her aunt good-bye but her aunt didn’t kiss
her back.Why?
瑪莉吻了姑姑再見,可是姑姑卻沒有吻瑪莉,為什么?
Keys:
1.A Bill collector...
收帳單的人。
2.Your breath...
你的呼吸。
3.Her aunt kissed her face...
她姑姑親了她的臉。
Notes:
1.Bill collector 另一層意思是:搜集比爾的人(Bill 是William 昵
稱)
2.hold one’s breath 屏住呼吸
3.kiss her back 回吻她;吻她的背
Questions:
1.What is the longest word in the English language?
英語里最長的單詞是什么?
2.Why is Willie such a perfect idiot?
威利為什么是個十足的傻瓜?
3.Does your watch tell the time?
你的手表顯示時間嗎?
4.Why did the boy make his dog sit in the sun?
這個男孩為什么讓他的狗曬太陽?
Keys:
1.“Smiles”, because there’s a mile between the begining and
the end of it...
是“微笑”這個單詞,因為這個單詞從首字母到末尾字母之間是一
英里。
2.He practises a lot.
他時常練習。
3.No,you’ll have to look at it...
不,你得自己看。
4.He wanted a hot dog...
他想要個熱狗。
Notes:
2.practice makes perfect 熟能生巧
3.tell v.顯示;告訴,對.講
Questions:
1.What is the best thing to make in a hurry?
急匆匆的時候做什么最好?
2.What does the falling of the barometer mean?
氣壓計下降意味著什么?
3.What’s wrong with the dog chasing its tail?
追著自己尾巴跑的狗怎么了?
Keys:
1.Make haste.
趕緊。
2.It means whoever nailed the barometer did a poor job...
它說明把氣壓計釘上去的人沒有釘牢它。
3.It’s having some difficulty making ends meet...
它很難使尾巴與腦袋碰到一起。
Notes:
1.make haste 抓緊,趕緊
2.the falling of the barometer 有兩層意思:
①氣壓計上的氣壓下降;
②氣壓計本身掉下來了
barometer/b+'r&mit+/ n.氣壓計,晴雨表
3.make ends meet 真正的意思是:使收入和支出維持平衡,不致于入不
敷出
Part ⅡLetters of the Alphabet
第2篇字母類
Questions:
1.Why is the letter E so sad?
字母E 為什么傷心不已?
2.Why is the letter E so important?
字母E 為什么至關(guān)重要?
3.Why are the letter Grand the letter Sin“gloves”close
to each other?
為什么說在“gloves”這個單詞中字母G 和字母S 關(guān)系密切?
Keys:
1.Because it’s always out of cash and always in debt.
因為它總是缺錢花,又總是債務(wù)纏身。
2.Because it’s the begining of everything...
因為它是萬物的開端。
3.Because there is love between them...
因為它們有“愛”牽系著。
Notes:
1.out of cash 沒有現(xiàn)款
in debt 欠債
3.glove/gl)v/ n.手套
Questions:
1.What letter is an animal?
什么字母是一種動物?
2.What letter is a vegetable?
什么字母是一種蔬菜?
3.What letter is a question?
什么字母是一個問題?
4.What letter is a part of the head
什么字母是頭的一部分?
Keys:
1.The letter B...
字母B。
2.The letter P...
字母P。
3.The letter Y...
字母Y。
4.The letter I...
字母I。
Notes:
1.Bee 蜜蜂
2.Pea/pi:/ n.豌豆
3.Y 音似Why
4.I 音似eye
Questions:
1.What letter is most precious for a deaf old lady?
什么字母對于耳背的老太尤其珍貴?
2.What do we learn in primary schools?
我們在小學(xué)里學(xué)什么?
3.What has four eyes but can’t see?
什么有四只眼卻看不見?
Keys:
1.The letter“A”, for it makes her hear...
是字母A,因為它使老太耳聰。
2.ABCs。
是基本常識。
3.The Mississippi...
是密西西比河。
Notes:
1.precious/'preM+s/ adj.寶貴的,珍貴的
2.ABC/'eibi:'si:/ n.基礎(chǔ)知識,復(fù)數(shù)形式為 ABC’s 或ABCs。
3. Mississippi 單詞中有四個“i”(four eyes)。
Questions:
1.What part of London is in France?
倫敦哪個部分在法國?
2.What makes a road broad?
什么使馬路變寬?
3.What letter stands for the ocean?
什么字母代表海洋?
4.What letter is to be avoided if you want to borrow money?
要想借錢,就得避開什么字母?
Keys:
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,因為它使人變得吝嗇。
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?
什么寫出來是三個字母,讀出來卻像一個字母?
3.What starts with T , ends with T, and can be full of T ?
什么開始是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...
因為它也可以讓油沸騰。
2.It follows the C...
因為它跟在字母C 后面。
3.It’s in the midst of water,too...
因為它也在水中間。
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 對于兒童的成長有何重大意義?
2.What is the origin of eternity?
永恒的起源是什么?
3.What letter seperates Europe from Africa?
哪個字母把歐洲和美洲隔開?
Keys:
1.It made them bolder as they grow older...
它使得他們隨著年齡增長而變得膽大而勇敢。
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?
什么單詞拼出來有8 個字母,里面卻只有一個?
2.What five-letter word has only one left once you take
two away?
什么單詞拼出來有5 個字母,拿走2 個,卻只剩下一個?
3.What seven-letter word has only three letters?
什么單詞拼出來有7 個字母,卻只用3 個字母?
4.What nine-letter word has seven left if you take four
away?
什么單詞拼出來有9 個字母,拿走四個,卻還剩下七個?
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 個字母把“嫉妒”這個詞拼出來嗎?
2.Can you spell donkey with one letter?
你能用一個字母把“驢子”拼出來嗎?
3.Can you end a game of hide-and-seek with three letters?
你能用三個字母結(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(我看見你了)。
4.Sure. You can get “even”if you remove the first letter from
“seven’, which is an odd number...
當然,從“七”這個奇數(shù)單詞中拿走第一個字母,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...
因為它使肥胖成為現(xiàn)實。
2.Without it, varnish would vanish...
沒有它,清漆就會消失。
3.One...
一粒。
4.The Y’s...
是字母Y。
Notes:
2.varnish/'va:niM/ n.清漆
vanish/'v$niM/v.消失
3.pea 音似P。
4.Y’s 音似wise(睿智)。
Questions:
1.If Sally goes to school in Sydney and Sally’s sister
has supper in a scenic spot near the sea,how many S’..
s are there in all?..
假如莎莉在悉尼上學(xué),莎莉的妹妹在海邊風景區(qū)吃晚飯,請問總共
有多少個S 字母出現(xiàn)?
2.What occurs once in every minute,twice in every moment,..
but not once in a hundred years?..
什么事每分鐘一次,每片刻兩次,可是一百年也不遇?
3.What letter do most people fear most?
大多數(shù)人最害怕什么字母?
Keys:
1.None. There’s no“s”in“all”...
一個也沒有,all 這個單詞不用s。
2.The letter M...
是字母M。
3.The letter E, because it’s the end of life...
是字母E,因為它是“life”這個單詞末尾的字母。
Notes:
3.“It’s the end of life.”另一種理解是:它是生命的結(jié)束。
Questions:
1. What letter is a kind of drink?
什么字母是一種飲料?
2.Why is the letter R absolutely necessary to friendship?
為什么說字母R 對于友誼至關(guān)重要?
3.What are a banker’s favourite vowels?
銀行家最喜歡的元音是什么?
Keys:
1.The letter“T”.
是字母“T”。
2.Without it,a friend will become a fiend...
沒有它,朋友就成了惡魔。
3.I—O—U...
是三個元音I-O-U。
Notes:
1.T 音似tea(茶)。
2.a(chǎn)bsolutely/?$bs+>lu:tli/ adv.完全地,絕對地
fiend/fi:nd/n.惡魔,魔鬼
3.favourite/'feiv+rit/ adj.喜愛的,偏愛的,也可
寫作 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),也寫作I.O.U。
Questions:
1.Why is U the jolliest letter?
為什么說U 是最開心的字母?
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 個字母躲藏在此圖內(nèi),你能找出來嗎?
Keys:
1.Because it’s in the midst of fun...
因為它在開心的當中。
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.歡樂的,快活的
midst/'midst/ n.中間,中部,當中
in the midst of fun 有兩層意思:
①字母u 是單詞fun 當中的一個字母;
②字母u 在歡樂的當中,當然最開心。
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,怎樣使球乖乖
地回到你手里?
3.Why are you wearing two watches at the same time?
你為何同時戴兩塊表?
Keys:
1.Take a longer rope and compare with it...
拿一根長點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)督是否走時準確。
Notes:
1.與更長的繩子相比,原來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?
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?
男孩子吃蘋果時為什么不用當心蘋果里的蟲?
Keys:
1.Your breath.
你的呼吸。
2.Your shaddow...
你的影子。
3.The worms have to watch out for themselves...
因為蟲子必須自己當心(不被吃掉)。
Notes:
1.visible/'vizibl/adj.看得見的
3. watch out 當心,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枝上,你想弄到那枝小樹枝,卻不想驚
動燕子,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?
人們找東西時為什么總是在最后一個尋找的地方才找到?
3.What does everybody know about the emperors of China?
關(guān)于中國的皇帝每個人都知道的是什么?
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,沒有人還會找下去。
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,說明有風;如果它濕了,說明有雨。
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?
3.Why is the woolen sweater marked“cotton”?
為什么羊毛衫上卻標著“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,請問她是你什么?
Keys:
1.A dollar is left...
還剩一個美元。
2.Long enough to reach the ground...
夠得著地就行了。
3.TO fool the moths...
是用來瞞著蛀蟲的。
4.Your mother...
是你的母親。
Notes:
3. moth/m&I/ n.蛾,蛀蟲
woolen/wulin/ adj.羊毛的,呢絨的
也可寫作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上。請問這句
話中有多少個“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,可是這列火車離開紐約已
經(jīng)超過10 小時了,為什么現(xiàn)在還沒有到芝城呢?
Keys:
1.There are two T’s in“that”...
有兩個“T”。
2.The train was not for Chicago...
這列火車不是開往芝加哥的。
Notes:
2.The Big Apple 指紐約。
Questions:
1.Whose eyes never close?
誰的眼睛從來不閉?
2.What is a fish net made of?
魚網(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)某煽儐握f明什么問題?
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?
我叔叔很多天沒有睡覺,卻一點也不累,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?
3.What has four fingers and a thumb but no flesh and bone?
什么東西有五指卻沒有骨肉?
Keys:
1.He sleeps at night...
他晚上睡覺。
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?
今年這個村落的農(nóng)民們運用了現(xiàn)代新技術(shù),卻沒有收獲到一只蘋
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,請問他是怎樣做到的?
Keys:
1.They planted peach trees...
他們種的是桃樹。
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)常摔下來卻毫無損傷?
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買一頭大象?
Keys:
1.Snowflakes...
雪花。
2.It’11 take much longer if they walk their horses there.
因為牽著馬走去花的時間太長了。
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。
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?
小偷怎么識別出裝扮成女人的便衣警察?
2.Which month has 28 days?
哪個月有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...
因為他路過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...
每個月都至少有28 天。
3.One’s appetite...
人的胃口。
Notes:
1.pick-pocket n.扒錢包的人,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的?
2.Lucky Mouse fell off a 1000-step stair and was not
hurt. Why?
幸運鼠從1000 級的臺階上摔下來卻安然無恙,為什么?
3.Why do giraffes have long neck?
長頸鹿的脖子為什么那么長?
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 ...
是母雞生下來的。
2.He fell off the last step...
他是從最后一個臺階上摔下來的。
3.Because their heads are far from their bodies...
因為它們的頭離身子遠。
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?
什么房間沒有墻,沒有門窗,也沒有人住?
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,因為不管你拿掉它的上面一半還是下面一半,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,因為9 沒有尾巴就成了零,同樣,孔雀沒有尾巴也一無是
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7 等于6?
2.How can you make 6 out of three 5’s?
怎樣使得3 個5 等于6?
3.How can you make 1000 out of eitht8’s?
怎樣使得8 個8 等于1000?
4.What time is it when the clock stikes sixteen?
時鐘敲16 下時是什么時候?
Keys:
7
1.Easy.7-=6
7
很簡單。7-
77
= 6
5
2.Easy.5+ =6
5
很簡單.5+
55
= 6
3.Easy.8+8+8+88+888=1000
很簡單。8+8+8+88+888=10004.Time to have the clock fixed...
是修時鐘的時候。
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?
誰一年只上一天班卻不會被開除?
2.When do people have two mouths?
什么時候人有兩張嘴?
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...
有兩個人時。
3.The tongue...
舌頭。
4.They don’t know how to cook...
它們不會烹飪。
Notes:
1.Santa Claus/>s$nt+?kl&z/圣誕老人,也作Father Christmas。
Questions:
1.What’s the birth rate in this area?
這個地區(qū)的出生率是多少?
2.What has a mouth but never speaks?
什么有嘴不說話?
3.What has everybody seen before but will never he seen
again?
什么東西人人見過卻永不再見?
4.What does everyone have and overlook?
什么東西人人都有卻總是忽視。
Keys:
1.Once per person...
每人一次。
2.A jar...
水壺。
3.Yesterday...
昨天。
4.One’s own nose...
自己的鼻子。
Notes:
4.overlook/?+uv+>luk/v.忽略,看漏
Questions:
1.If you had ten apples and ate eight,how many would you
have?
如果你有十個蘋果,吃了八個,還有幾個?
2.Why did the ex-chauffeur lie under the mule?
從前做過私人司機的那個人干嘛躺在騾子下面?
3.Why is Jim praying Chicago to be made capital of New
Jersey?
吉姆為何祈禱芝加哥變成新澤西州的首府?
Keys:
1.Ten. Two outside and eight inside...
十個。兩個在外面,八個在里面。
2.To see why the mule didn’t go...
看看騾子為什么不走?
3.That’s the answer he gave on his Geography paper.
他在地理試卷上這樣寫的。
Notes:
2.chauffeur/>M+uf+/ n.私人雇傭的汽車司機ex-加在某些名詞前相當
于中文的“前.”,eg ex-wife(前妻),ex-president(前總統(tǒng)),
ex-cop(前任警官),etc.
Questions:
1.Can you name the capital of every state in the U. S.in
ten seconds?
你能用10 秒鐘說出美國所有州的首府嗎?
2.A motorist ran into a motorcyclist,yet the motorcyclist
was not hurt while the motorist was badly injured.Why?
一個汽車司機撞上了一個騎摩托車的人,騎摩托車的人安然無恙,
汽車司機卻受了重傷。這是怎么回事?
3.A police officer had a brother,but the brother had no
brother. How could that be?
警官有個哥哥,哥哥卻沒有弟弟,為什么?
Keys:
1.Washington,D.C...
是華盛頓。
2.The motorist was walking...
汽車司機正在走路。
3.The police officer was a lady...
警官是位女士。
Notes:
2.motorcyclist/?m+ut+>saik+list/n...
騎摩托車的人
Questions:
1.Why does the Statue of Liberty stand in New York harbour?
自由女神為何矗立在紐約港灣?
2.Why is Mr. Polite teaching his children foullanguage?
禮貌先生為何教他孩子臟話?
3.Why does a cat look first to one side and then to the
other side when it enters a room?..
貓進房間時為何先朝一邊看看又朝另一邊看看?
Keys:
1.Because it can’t sit down...
因為它不能坐下來。
2.He’s teaching them what not to say...
他在教他們什么話不能說。
3.Because it can’t see both sides at once...
因為它不能同時兩邊看。
Notes:
1.statue/>st$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 ?
獨立宣言是在哪里簽的?
2.Who usually tries to make you smile?
誰總是讓你笑口常開?
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好朋友,每人都帶了太太,每個
太太懷里都抱著兩個孩子,請問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?
我父母生有一個孩子,既非我兄弟亦非我姐妹,這個孩子是誰呢?
3.Why do birds fly south?
鳥為何往南飛?
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...
走去太遠了。
Questions:
1.What would you like, 1/2 of an orange or 6/12 of an orange?
1/2 個桔子和 6/12 個桔子,你要哪一份?
2.Why is doing nothing tiring?
為什么無所事事也累?
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?
一個年輕人開著父親的車從紐約他上學(xué)的地方一直開到弗羅里達的
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 個桔子,因為6/12 個肯定失掉了很多果汁。
2.Because you can’t possibly stop and rest...
因為你停不下來,也就沒法歇下來。
3.It was his father’s car that he was driving...
他開的是父親的車。
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紅海,它會變得怎么樣?
2.If two’s company and three’s a crowd,what’s four and
five?
假如兩個是伴,三個一伙,那么四個和五個呢?
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 個蘋果的籃子里拿走3 個大蘋果,那么你有多少個
蘋果?
Keys:
1.Wet·..
會變濕。
2.Nine.
是九。
3.You took three apples and you would certainly have three apples...
你拿了三個蘋果,當然就有三個。
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蘋果分給三個女兒,每個女兒一個完整的蘋
果,同時籃子里也有一個蘋果。她如何做到這一點?
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...
其中兩個女兒每人一只蘋果,另外一個女兒得一只籃子,籃子里放
著第三只蘋果。
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。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?
從舊金山到紐約開車一般需要2 天時間,可是布萊克先生星期五離
開舊金山,當天就到了紐約。他怎樣做到的?
3.What’s too much for one and just right for two?
什么東西對一個人來說太多,對兩個人來說正好?
Keys:
1.The film was over.
電影散場了。
2.He took a plane...
他坐的是飛機。
3.A secret...
秘密。
Notes:
3.英語中“Just between you and me”意即“keep it a secret”(僅
限于你我之間,請保守秘密)。
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候扔掉,不需要時才收回來?
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?
什么比蜂鳥的嘴???
Keys:
1.The word “short”...
是“短”這個單詞。
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,拼寫長了,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 只蘋果的貨車里取走6 只蘋果,可以取多少次?
2.What has many a tooth but never a mouth?
什么東西有無數(shù)牙齒卻沒有嘴巴?
3.What has cities but no houses, roads but no cars,and
rivers but no water?
什么東西有城無房,有路無車,有河無水?
4.What is higher without a head than with a head?
什么東西無頭反比有頭高?
Keys:
1.Only once. After that there aren’t 8,888 apples in the cart...
只能取一次,因為接下去車里就沒有8,888 只蘋果了。
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?
什么動物可以和樹跳得一樣高?
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...
因為它無始無終。
3.All animals, for trees can’t jump...
所有的動物都能,因為樹根本不會跳。
4.Sleep at night...
晚上睡覺。
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)生有個哥哥去了西部,可是去了西部的這個人沒有弟弟,這是怎
么回事?
3.How do you know policemen are strong?
為什么說警察很健壯?
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...
因為他們一只手就能讓車輛停住。
Notes:
3.hold up 使停頓,受阻
Questions:
1.With which hand do you write?
你用哪只手寫字?
2.What must you do before you return a book to the liberary?
把書還到圖書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字。
2.Borrow the book from the liberary...
從圖書館借這本書。
3.Move to the next cage...
參觀下面一個籠子。
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?
把一只啄木鳥和一只識途的鴿子融合在一起,會得到什么?
3.What question can never be answered by“Yes”?
什么問題永遠也不能回答說“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,他們剛生下來時用四肢爬行,后來用雙腿走路,老年時又不
得不依靠拐杖走。
2.A bird that knocks on the door when delivering messages.
將得到一只送信時會敲門的鳥。
3.“Are you asleep?..
“你睡著了嗎?”
Notes:
2.woodpecker/>wudpek+/n.啄木鳥
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?
什么東西沒有長度、寬度和深度,但還是可以測量?
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?
這種牌子的飛機經(jīng)常墜毀嗎?
Keys:
1.It’ll be taken away...
會被人拿走。
2.It’s a dimple going the other way...
是方向長錯了的酒窩。
3.No,only once...
不,只會墜毀一次。
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?
什么時候你的口袋里既有東西又沒有東西?
2.What can run and whistle but can’t walk or talk?
什么東西能跑不能走,會吹哨不會說話?
3.Why can’t the world come to an end?
世界為何不會末日臨頭?
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...
當口袋里有個洞的時候。
2.A locomotive.
火車頭。
3.Because it’s round...
因為它是圓的。
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,因此沒有beginning(開始),也
沒有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,當心火車。”你能不用“R”把它拼寫出來嗎?
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。”讀出來嗎?
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”說出來嗎?
Keys:
1.Sure.I-t...
當然能,I-t。
2.Of course, I can sure read without pronouncing anything...
當然,我會默讀。
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 的兒語詞,也作bunny rabbit。
Questions:
1.Should you say 28 and 37 are 55 or 37 and 28 are 55?
你說是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?
對于煙癮君子來說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)做過很多次了。
4.They’re all dead...
他們都已過世。
Notes:
1.cradle/>kreidl/ n.嬰兒的搖籃
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,沒有人給她讓座,為什么?
2.Why do fish live in water?
魚為什么在水里生活?
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...
因為貓不會游泳。
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,哪個燒得更長?
2.Which American has had the largest family?
哪個美國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?
一個小女孩上一個生日才6 歲,下一個生日就8 歲了,這是怎么回
事?
Keys:
1.Neither.Candles don’t burn longer but burn shorter...
哪個都燒不長,蠟燭都是越燒越短。
2.George Washington,“father of the nation.”..
喬治·華盛頓,“美國之父”。
3.It’s her 7th birthday.
今天她7 歲生日。
Notes:
1.the good old days 過去的好時光
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的繩子拴著,想吃九英尺開外的干草,它夠
得著嗎?
2.Why are artists so careful in signing the pictures?
藝術(shù)家在畫上簽名為何如此認真?
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?
Keys:
1.Sure. The rope wasn’t tied to anything...
當然可以,因為繩子并沒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...
因為狗不識字。
4.A going-away party...
送別晚會。
Questions:
1.What time is it When you start your old car in vain?
當你怎么也發(fā)動不了你那輛老爺車時,該是什么時候了?
2 ... What word is the first word on page 100 in your
English-Chinese dictioary?
你的英漢辭典第100 頁第一個單詞是什么詞?
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...
是修車的時候了。
2.An English word...
是英語單詞。
3.They suffer from thirst first and always...
因為他們總是飽嘗口渴的折磨。
Notes:
1.in vain 徒勞無益,白費功夫
3.thirst/I+:st/ n.渴
Questions:
1.When does a student’s brain stop working in class?
學(xué)生在課堂上什么時候大腦停止工作?
2.When can Mother stop worrying about her delicate vase?
母親什么時候才不會擔心她那只精致細巧的花瓶?
3.What can’t talk but can speak the truth?
什么東西不會講話卻會以實相告?
4.What’s full when it’s used and empty when it’s at rest?
什么東西用時滿,閑時空?
Keys:
1.When they’re called on to answer questions.
當叫到他們回答問題時。
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?
怎樣在買蛋時確保蛋里沒有未孵出的小雞?
2.Which has more legs,a cow or no cow?
一頭牛和沒有牛,誰的腿多?
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.
沒有牛,因為一頭牛有四條腿,沒有牛有五條腿。
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?
兩對母女計劃乘火車去倫敦,請問要買幾張票?
2.Where have I seen your face before?
我以前在哪兒見過你這張面孔?
3.What al ways enters the house through the keyhole instead
of the front door?
什么東西不從前門而從鑰匙孔進屋?
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,因為這兩對母女由女兒,母親,外婆組成。
2.Where it is now.
就在目前這個位置。
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...
有三條過硬的理由:他的病人不會半夜三更地讓他出診;也從不會
因皮膚治療而死亡;而且他們的皮膚病永遠不會被治好。
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)的一門分枝學(xué)科
Questions:
1.How many great People have been born in America?
在美國有多少偉人出生?
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?
請問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...
一個也沒有,因為只有嬰兒出生在那兒。
2.A hole...
一個洞。
3.A wrong answer.
一個錯誤的答案。
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不會把夾克弄壞?
3.When is a chain-smoker most painful?
煙癮君子什么時候最痛苦?
Keys:
1.In the darkness...
在黑暗中。
2.Have you ever seen a cow carrying an umbrella?..
你見過牛撐傘嗎?
3.When he has a packet of cigarettes but no light...
當他有一盒香煙卻沒有火的時候。
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.點火物,引火物
Questions:
1.What is it that no one wishes to have, yet no one wishes
to lope?
誰也不想要,可是誰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?
兩個人怎樣站才能在相距僅兩英寸的情況下無法碰到對方?
Keys:
1.A bald head...
禿頭。
2.Eyelids.They can cover everything in the world once you shut
your eyes...
眼皮,因為眼睛一閉,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。
Notes:
1.bald/b&ld/ adj.禿頭的
2.eyelid/>ailid/ n.眼皮
3.a(chǎn)part/+>pa:t/ adj.分開,離開
Questions:
1.When can you get water With a net?
什么時候能用網(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?
什么東西別的動物都沒有,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有,只有十二月有?
Keys:
1.When water is turned into ice.
當水結(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)嚴重事故的時候,比保持理智更好的出路是什么?
2.Why is Fatty sleeping With his mouth open?..
胖子睡覺為什么嘴巴張著?
3.Punctuate:It was and I said not but.
加標點符號:It was and I said not but.
Keys:
1.Absence of body.
身體不在場。
2.Because his skin is so short that when he shut his eyes his mouth
opens.
因為他的皮膚繃得緊,眼皮一閉,嘴皮就要張開。
3.It was“and”I said,not“but”...
我說的是“和”,不是“但是”。
Notes:
1.presence of mind:直譯是“思想在場,理智在場”。比保持理智更
好的出路是人不在場,即“absence of body”,與“presence of mind”..
逐字相對。
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?
你認為戰(zhàn)場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...
因為我們可以看見月亮,卻看不見埃及。
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...
在彈藥車里。
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,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,你若有它也不會說出來,你若接受肯定不知道,
你若知道肯定不會要?
2.When can you go as fast as a racing car?
什么時候你能像跑車一樣快?
Keys:
1.Couterfeit money...
偽鈔。
1.When you’re in it...
當你坐在跑車里時。
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?
這個嬰孩為何吃狗的奶長大?
2.When do horses have eight legs?
什么時候馬有八條腿?
3.When a boy falls into the water, what’s the firs thing
he does?
當一個男孩掉到水里,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...
當有兩匹馬時。
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...
一個迫不及待想就任(總統(tǒng)),另一個迫不及待想下班。
2.You don’t have to pay for lightning...
閃電不要錢。
3.The sailor goes to sea while the clocks cease to go.
水手出海,時鐘出故障。
Notes:
3.the clocks cease to go 時鐘不走了
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?
一個男人和一個懷抱嬰兒的女人共撐一把傘,沒有一個人淋濕,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?
一個醫(yī)生和一個推銷員同時愛上了一個姑娘,推銷員得出差一個星
期,因此他送給姑娘七個蘋果。為什么?
Keys:
1.It wasn’t raining.
沒有下雨。
2.Because an apple a day keeps the doctor away...
因為一天一個蘋果就不用看醫(yī)生了。
Notes:
2.leave.on business 出差
“An apple a day keeps the doctor away”是西方諺語,人們相
信一天吃一個蘋果有益于健康,醫(yī)生也不用看。
Questions:
1.Can anyone be safe if a man-eating lion is at large?
如果吃人的獅子無人看管逍遙籠外,有沒有人安然無恙?
2.To whom does everyone always take off his hat?
對誰每個男人都會摘下自己的帽子?
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,一個背,卻不會走路?
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 無人看管,逍遙(尤指危險的人或動物)
Questions:
1. What is black when it’s clean and white when it’s dirty?
什么東西干凈時是黑的,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?
什么東西倒過來會變?。?/div>
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)你準備在一間隔音的浴室里洗澡,浴室沒有窗戶,只有一扇門,
門一旦關(guān)上就自動鎖起來,從外面才能打開。你關(guān)上門,打開浴缸
的水籠頭。突然你發(fā)覺籠頭不對勁,怎么關(guān)也關(guān)不上!怎么辦?高
聲呼救,沒人聽得見,因為墻壁都是隔音的;出也出不去,因為門
是從外面鎖住的,你怎樣做才不會被淹死?
Keys:
1.Pull out the stopper of the drain...
把排水處的塞子拔起來就行了。
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?
你為什么不寫詩了?
3.Why do we have skin?
人為什么有皮膚?
4.Why are grandpa’s false teeth like stars?
為什么說爺爺?shù)募傺老裥切牵?/div>
Keys:
1.They don’t know how to talk...
因為它們不會說話。
2.They’re long enough now...
它們已經(jīng)夠長了。
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。
Notes:
2.Why don’t you write poems any longer?..
另一種理解是:為什么不把詩寫得更長一些呢?
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?
每對夫妻都擁有的共同點是什么?
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?
Keys:
1.No. They stammer only when they talk...
不是,他們只在說話時才結(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3 英尺見方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?
丈夫為什么不打算修補漏雨的屋頂呢?
3.Did you have any difficulty with your German in Germany?
在德國你的德語有困難嗎?
4.What betrayed the peddler who claimed to sell real
diamonds?
自稱賣真鉆石的小販是怎樣露餡的?
Keys:
1.Only one brick, because after that the box won’t be empty
anymore...
只能放一塊磚,因為之后盒子就不再是空盒子了。
2.Because he can’t fix it if it rains and needn’t if it isn’..
t.
因為下雨他不能修,不下雨又用不著修。
3.No,but the German did...
沒有,反而是德國人有困難。
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)問的人也會讀錯?
3.What word is pronounced quicker by adding a syllable to
it?
什么單詞加一個音節(jié)反而讀得更快?
Keys:
1.Because she can sit down in her skin, but not in those tightly-fit
jeans...
因為她的皮膚允許她坐下來,緊身牛仔可不行。
2.The word“wrong”...
就是“錯”這個字。
3.It’s“quick”...
就是“快”這個單詞。
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?
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?..
湯姆生下來就一直住在斯德哥爾摩,可是有人問他是不是在那兒住
了一輩子的時候,他卻回答說“沒有”。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...
他一輩子還沒過完呢。
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...
電梯是一個小小的房間,房門一關(guān),樓上就往下跑,樓下就往上跑。
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