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人从芝加哥最好的影院出来。发生了什事?
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?
从旧金山到纽约开车一般需要2天时间,可是布莱克先生星期五离开旧金山,当天就到了纽约。他怎样做到的?
3.What's too much for one and just right for two?
什么东西对一个人来说太多,对两个人来说正好?
Keys:
1.The film was over.
电影散场了。
2.He took a plane.
他坐的是飞机。
3.A secret.
秘密。
Notes:
3.英语中“Just between you and me”意即“keep it a secret”(仅限于你我之间,请保守秘密)。
Questions:
1.What animal has a head like a cat, feet like a cat, a tail like a cat but isn't a cat?
什么动物脑袋像猫,脚像猫,尾巴也像猫,就是不是猫?
2.What has teeth but never eats anything?
什么东西长了牙齿却不吃东西?
3.What do you drop when you need it and take back when you don't?
什么东西你需要它的时候扔掉,不需要时才收回来?
4.What do you have that others use far more often than you do?
什么东西属于你,而别人用的次数却比你多得多?
Keys:
1.A kitten.
小猫。
2.A comb.
梳子。
3.An anchor.
锚。
4.your name.
你的名字。
Questions:
1.What word can be made shorter by adding something to it?
什么单词加长后更短?
2.What is full of holes but still holds water?
什么东西千疮百孔却可以盛水?
3.What is both over and under the water but doesn't touch the water?
什么头上脚下都是水,却滴水不沾?
4.What is smaller than a humming-bird's mouth?
什么比蜂鸟的嘴小?
Keys:
1.The word “short”。
是“短”这个单词。
2.A sponge.
是海绵。
3.A girl crossing a bridge with a pail of water on her head.
头上顶着一桶水过桥的女孩。
4.Anything it eats.
任何它吃的东西。
Notes:
1.short加上-er变成shorter,拼写长了,意思却是“更短”。
Questions:
1.How many times can you take 6 apples out of a cart with 8,888 apples?
从装有8,888只苹果的货车里取走6只苹果,可以取多少次?
2.What has many a tooth but never a mouth?
什么东西有无数牙齿却没有嘴巴?
3.What has cities but no houses, roads but no cars,and rivers but no water?
什么东西有城无房,有路无车,有河无水?
4.What is higher without a head than with a head?
什么东西无头反比有头高?
Keys:
1.Only once. After that there aren't 8,888 apples in the cart.
只能取一次,因为接下去车里就没有8,888只苹果了。
2.A saw.
锯子。
3.A map.
地图。
4.A pillow.
枕头。
Questions:
1.How many sides does a circle have?
一个圆圈有几面?
2.Why is eternity like a circle?
永恒为何似圆圈?
3.What animal can jump as high as a tree?
什么动物可以和树跳得一样高?
4.How can you be completely sleepless for seven days and still lack no rest?
怎样能保持七天不睡仍旧精神焕发?
Keys:
1.Two. The inside and the outside.
两面,里面和外面。
2.Because it has neither beginning nor ending.
因为它无始无终。
3.All animals, for trees can't jump.
所有的动物都能,因为树根本不会跳。
4.Sleep at night.
晚上睡觉。
Notes:
2.eternity n.永恒
