脑筋急转弯4_英语写作指导

riddles (4)

1.q: who is closer to you, your mom or your dad?

a: mom is closer, because dad is farther.

　

2.q: can you go to the cinema with your watch broken?

a: of course not, for i don't have the time.

   i don't have the time有两种理解：1。我没有时间；2。我没戴表或是我的表坏了，不知道时间。


3.q: why is the comet like micky mouse?

a: it's a star with a tail.

   tail:（动物的）尾巴；彗（星）尾


4.q: what's the largest room in the world?

a: the room for improvement.

   room：房间；空间，余地


5.q: what's the poorest bank in the world?

a: the river bank.

   bank：银行；堤岸


6.q: when is coffee like the surface of the earth?

a: when it's ground.

   ground地面，也是grind磨碎、碾碎的过去分词形式


7.q: what month do soldiers hate?

a: march.

   march:行军


8.q: when is a person not a person?

a: when he is a little cross.

   cross:恼火，烦恼；十字架


9.q: when is a door not a door?

a: when it's ajar.

   ajar门虚掩，音似a jar

　

10.q: when are boys not boys?

a: when they are bare-footed.

   bear-footed 赤脚，音似bear-footed，脚和熊一样


11.q: when is a clock dangerous?

a: when it runs down the stairs and strikes one.

   strike one 另一个意思是：击中一个人

　

12.q: why is tennis so noisy?

a: each player raises a racket.

   racket （网球等）球拍；喧哗，喧闹

   raise a racket大吵大闹

　

13.q: if a cabbage and a carrot raced, which one would win?

a: the cabbage, because it's always ahead.

   a head of cabbage一颗卷心菜

　

14.q: how many feet are there in a yard?

a: it depends on how many people stand in the yard.

   feet英尺；脚

   yard院子；码

　

15.q: when are people like glasses?

a: when they make spectacles of themselves.

   make a spectacle of oneself使自己出丑，出洋相

　

16.q: what beam is lighter than all the other beams?

a: lightbeam.

　

17.q: what animal eats with its tail?

a: all animals do. no one takes off its tail while eating.

   with用……做事；带着，有……

　

18.q: how can you make a slow horse fast?

a: don't give it anything to eat for a while.

   fast快的；绝食

　

19.q: what is heavier in summer than in winter?

a: traffic to the beach.

   heavy重的；交通量大的，繁忙的

　

20.q: what clothing is always sad?

a: blue jeans.

   blue兰色的；伤感的

　

21.q: how many legs do horses have?

a: six legs--forelegs in front and two in back

   forelegs前腿，音似four legs

　

22.q: when are people smartest?

a: when it's sunny, because everything's brighter then.

   bright明亮；聪明

　

23.q: i have a tree in my hand. what kind of tree is it?

a: it's a palm.

   palm棕榈树；手掌

　

24.q: can you explain what is free speech?

a: your talking on someone else's phone.

   free自由的，的

　

25.q: if the green house is on the right side of the road, and the ed house is on the left side of the road, where is the white house?

a: in washington, d.c.