Questions:
1.What's better than the presence of mind in case of a serious accident?
出现严重事故的时候,比保持理智更好的出路是什么?
2.Why is Fatty sleeping With his mouth open?
胖子睡觉为什么嘴巴张着?
3.Punctuate:It was and I said not but.
加标点符号:It was and I said not but.
Keys:
1.Absence of body.
身体不在场。
2.Because his skin is so short that when he shut his eyes his mouth opens.
因为他的皮肤绷得紧,眼皮一闭,嘴皮就要张开。
3.It was“and”I said,not“but”。
我说的是“和”,不是“但是”。
Notes:
1.presence of mind:直译是“思想在场,理智在场”。比保持理智更好的出路是人不在场,即“absence of body”,与“presence of mind”逐字相对。
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离我们要近?
2.Can you name five things that contain milk?
你能说出五样含有牛奶的东西吗?
3.Where do you think are ammunition most dense in a battlefield?
你认为战场上子弹最稠密的地方是什么地方?
Keys:
1.You can see the moon but you can't see Egypt.
因为我们可以看见月亮,却看不见埃及。
2.Butter and cheese,ice-ream and two cows.
黄油,乳酪,冰淇淋和两头奶牛。
3.In an ammunition truck.
在弹药车里。
Notes:
2.butter n.黄油
cheese n.奶酪
3.ammunition n.弹药,军火
battlefield n.战场,战地
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?
什么东西这么奇怪,你若有它也不会说出来,你若接受肯定不知道,你若知道肯定不会要?
2.When can you go as fast as a racing car?
什么时候你能像跑车一样快?
Keys:
1.Counterfeit money.
伪钞。
1.When you're in it.
当你坐在跑车里时。
Notes:
1.counterfeit adj.伪造的,假冒的
2.racing car 跑车,赛车
Questions:
1.Why was the baby raised on dog milk?
这个婴孩为何吃狗的奶长大?
2.When do horses have eight legs?
什么时候马有八条腿?
3.When a boy falls into the water, what's the firs thing he does?
当一个男孩掉到水里,第一件事是什么?
4.Where can you always find happiness?
在哪儿总是能找到幸福?
Keys:
1.He's a baby dog.
它是狗的婴孩。
2.When there're two of them.
当有两匹马时。
3.Get wet·
打湿了。
4.In the dictionary.
在字典里。
Questions:
1.What's the difference between a presidential candidate and an overworked clerk?
总统候选人与工作过度的办事员的区别是什么?
2.What's the difference between electricity and lightening?
电和闪电的区别是什么?
3.What's the difference between a sailor and six broken clocks?
一个水手和六只破钟的区别是什么?
Keys:
1.One can't wait to get into office and the other can't wait to get out of the office.
一个迫不及待想就任(总统),另一个迫不及待想下班。
2.You don't have to pay for lightning.
闪电不要钱。
3.The sailor goes to sea while the clocks cease to go.
水手出海,时钟出故障。
Notes:
3.the clocks cease to go时钟不走了