Questions:
1.Who works only one day in a year but never gets fired?
谁一年只上一天班却不会被开除?
2.When do people have two mouths?
什么时候人有两张嘴?
3.What grows sharper the more it's used?
什么东西越用越锋利?
4.Why do lions eat raw meat?
狮子为何吃生肉?
Keys:
1.Santa Claus.
圣诞老人。
2.When there're two of them.
有两个人时。
3.The tongue.
舌头。
4.They don't know how to cook.
它们不会烹饪。
Notes:
1.Santa Claus 圣诞老人,也作Father Christmas.
Questions:
1.What's the birth rate in this area?
这个地区的出生率是多少?
2.What has a mouth but never speaks?
什么有嘴不说话?
3.What has everybody seen before but will never he seen again?
什么东西人人见过却永不再见?
4.What does everyone have and overlook?
什么东西人人都有却总是忽视。
Keys:
1.Once per person.
每人一次。
2.A jar.
水壶。
3.Yesterday.
昨天。
4.One's own nose.
自己的鼻子。
Notes:
4.overlook v.忽略,看漏
Questions:
1.If you had ten apples and ate eight,how many would you have?
如果你有十个苹果,吃了八个,还有几个?
2.Why did the ex-chauffeur lie under the mule?
从前做过私人司机的那个人干嘛躺在骡子下面?
3.Why is Jim praying Chicago to be made capital of New Jersey?
吉姆为何祈祷芝加哥变成新泽西州的首府?
Keys:
1.Ten. Two outside and eight inside.
十个。两个在外面,八个在里面。
2.To see why the mule didn't go.
看看骡子为什么不走?
3.That's the answer he gave on his Geography paper.
他在地理试卷上这样写的。
Notes:
2.chauffeur n.私人雇佣的汽车司机ex-加在某些名词前相当于中文的“前…”,e.g. ex-wife(前妻),ex-president(前总统),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秒钟说出美国所有州的首府吗?
2.A motorist ran into a motorcyclist,yet the motorcyclist was not hurt while the motorist was badly injured.Why?
一个汽车司机撞上了一个骑摩托车的人,骑摩托车的人安然无恙,汽车司机却受了重伤。这是怎么回事?
3.A police officer had a brother,but the brother had no brother. How could that be?
警官有个哥哥,哥哥却没有弟弟,为什么?
Keys:
1.Washington,D.C.
是华盛顿。
2.The motorist was walking.
汽车司机正在走路。
3.The police officer was a lady.
警官是位女士。
Notes:
2.motorcyclist n.骑摩托车的人
Questions:
1.Why does the Statue of Liberty stand in New York harbour?
自由女神为何矗立在纽约港湾?
2.Why is Mr. Polite teaching his children foullanguage?
礼貌先生为何教他孩子脏话?
3.Why does a cat look first to one side and then to the other side when it enters a room?
猫进房间时为何先朝一边看看又朝另一边看看?
Keys:
1.Because it can't sit down.
因为它不能坐下来。
2.He's teaching them what not to say.
他在教他们什么话不能说。
3.Because it can't see both sides at once.
因为它不能同时两边看。
Notes:
1.statue n. 雕像,雕塑
liberty n.自由
harbour n.港湾
