巧问妙答（十九）_英语写作指导
| | 5月16日
q: what question can you never answer 'yes' to?
a: 'are you asleep?'
这句话可能还有其他答案，不过这一个肯定是经典之一。因为绝对没有人在睡着后还能回答“你睡着了吗？”这个问题的。
q: when were the middle ages?
a: between the ones that came before and the ones that came after.
middle ages本来是指欧洲上的中世纪（约ad500——ad1500年）。但答案却巧妙运用了middle（中间的）的含义：中间的年代就是处于以前年代和以后年代之间的年代。
q: why were the middle ages called the dark ages?
a: there were more knights in those days.
dark ages本来是指欧洲中世纪早期的“黑暗时代”，而middle ages（中世纪）正是以骑士（knights）著称的时代。答案借助了knights和nights（夜晚）读音相同的特点，而且night和dark也相互呼应，非常巧妙。
q: what question can you never answer 'yes' to?
a: 'are you asleep?'
这句话可能还有其他答案，不过这一个肯定是经典之一。因为绝对没有人在睡着后还能回答“你睡着了吗？”这个问题的。
q: when were the middle ages?
a: between the ones that came before and the ones that came after.
middle ages本来是指欧洲上的中世纪（约ad500——ad1500年）。但答案却巧妙运用了middle（中间的）的含义：中间的年代就是处于以前年代和以后年代之间的年代。
q: why were the middle ages called the dark ages?
a: there were more knights in those days.
dark ages本来是指欧洲中世纪早期的“黑暗时代”，而middle ages（中世纪）正是以骑士（knights）著称的时代。答案借助了knights和nights（夜晚）读音相同的特点，而且night和dark也相互呼应，非常巧妙。