脑筋急转弯2_英语写作指导

riddles(2)

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