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Riddles(2)

2006-6-15 19:58  

  1. Q: What roof never keeps out the wet?

  A: The roof of the mouth?

  roof 屋顶;上颚

  2. Q: Does any child like going to school?

  A: Every child likes going to school. Most of them just hate staying there before going home.

  3. Q: Why is a peacock the best story-teller?

  A: Because it always has a beautiful tale.

  tale 故事,音似tail(尾巴)

  4. Q: Why is a crazy person equal to two ordinary people?

  A: Because he is a man beside himself.

  beside oneself 真正的意思是:发狂,忘形

  5. Q: What coat is always wet when it's put on?

  A: A coat of paint.

  coat衣服;涂层,一层(漆)

  6. Q: Why did the band have a smash hit in the performance?

  A: They had the audience glued to their seats.

  smash hit 很成功的新剧,电影等

  have someone glued to one's seat 真正的意思是:使某人喜欢得不忍离座,直到看完(表演)为止

  7. Q: Why is Sunday the strongest day in a week?

  A: The rest of the days are weak days.

  weak 音似week, weekdays指不包括星期日的那些天

  8. Q: Why are giraffes the cheapest to feed?

  A: They make a little food go a long way.

  因为它们脖子长,一点点食物都要走很长的路才能咽下去。go a long way 维持很长一段时间

  9. Q: Why are dogs afraid to sunbathe?

  A: They don't want to be hot-dogs.

  10. Q: Why are mules helpless in dancing?

  A: They have two left legs.

  have two left legs(跳舞时)苯手苯脚

  11. Q: Why is the pig always eating?

  A: He's making a hog of himself.

  make a pig of oneself 像猪一样吃得很多(贬义)

  hog 肉用肥猪

  12. Q: What kind of shoes are made of banana skins?

  A: Slippers.

  slipper 拖鞋

  slip 滑,跌交

  13. Q: How do you like your school?

  A: Closed.

  how do you like your school有两种理解:你觉得你们学校怎么样?/你希望你们学校是什么样子?

  14. Q: Why are politicians no longer concerned with snowball fights?

  A: The cold war is over.

  cold war 冷战

  15. Q: Why are watches fragile?

  A: Because their hours are numbered.

  因为它们有数字标明时间。

  fragile 易碎的,易坏的

  "Their hours are numbered"源于"One's days are numbered"意思是"某人在世之日屈指可数,寿命不长了".

  16. Q: What's put on the table, cut, but never eaten?

  A: A deck of cards.

  cut the cards 洗牌

  17. Q: Why don't women get bald as soon as men?

  A: Because women wear hair longer.

  wear hair longer 有两个意思:留着更长的头发/头发留得更长久

  18. Q: How can you make the door last?

  A: Make other things first.

  make the door last 另一种理解:最后做门

  19. Q: Why shouldn't you lose your temper?

  A: No one else wants it.

  21. Q: What makes the Tower of Pisa lean?

  A: It never eats.

  lean 倾斜;瘦的

  22. Q: What book has the most stirring chapters?

  A: A cook book.

  stirring 动人的

  stir 搅和,搅拌

  23. Q: What's the most difficult train to catch?

  A: The 12:50 train, because it's ten to one if you catch it.

  ten to one 一点差十分;10比1

  24. Q: What trees do fortune tellers like to look at?

  A: Palms.

  palm 棕榈树;手掌

  fortune teller 算命先生

  25. Q: How do people feel after taking a ferryboat?

  A: They feel vexed, for the ferryboat made them cross.

  cross 过去,渡过;暴躁的,易怒的

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