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脑筋急转弯(18)

2006-6-18 20:23  

  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

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