英语脑筋急转弯 （130）_英语写作指导
1. q: what fruit is never found singly?
a: a pear.
pear 梨，音似pair一对
2. q: why is the bride unhappy on her wedding day?
a: because she didn't marry the best man.
bride新娘bridegroom新郎best man男傧相；最好的男人bridesmaid女傧相
3. q: what time must it be when the escaped hungry wolf ate the paymaster?
a: 8 p.m.
8 p.m.音似ate p.m., 而p.m. 是paymaster的缩写。paymaster（发放薪饷的）出纳员
4. q: what will you break once you say it?
a: silence.
break the silence打破沉默
5. q: what kind of clothes lasts the longest?
a: underwear, because it's never worn out.
worn out穿坏，磨损；穿在外面
6. q: why are farmers cruel?
a: they pull corns by the ears.
ear耳朵；一穗（玉米）
pull corns by the ears一穗一穗地掰玉米；揪着玉米耳朵掰玉米
7. q: why are babies like hinges?
a: because they are things to adore.
adore喜爱，音似a door
things to a door门上的东西
8. q: if a driver drives too fast he'll get a ticket. what will happen to a poet if
he writes too fast?
a: his poetic licence will be taken away.
poetic licence 诗的破格（如不遵从语法规则等）
9. q: why is an empty purse always the same?
a: there is no change in it.
change 零钱；变化
10. q: why do little birds in the nest agree with each other?
a: because they would fall out if they didn't.
fall out 摔出去；争吵
11. q: why is an argument like a pen?
a: no good without a point.
point 尖，顶端；论点，要点
12. q: when will the wind improve its image?
a: when it turns over a new leaf.
turn over a new leaf的真正涵义是：改过自新
13. q: why is learning english like a light gentle wind to a smart student?
a: it's a breeze to them.
breeze 微风，和风；轻而易举的事
14. q: what has four wheels and flies?
a: a garbage truck.
what has four wheels and flies?另一种理解是：什么东西既有四个轮子又有许多苍蝇？
15. q: what's even harder to catch if you run faster?
a: your breath.
catch one's breath 恢复正常呼吸（尤指剧烈运动后）
16. q: what time is it when a man is chased by ten dogs?
a: it's ten after one.
17. q: how can you tell a clock is shy?
a: it has its hands over its face.
18. q: why does time fly?
a: to get away from all those who are trying to kill it.
kill time 消磨时间
19. q: why does an invisible man tend to go crazy?
a: out of sight, out of mind.
out of sight, out of mind 眼不见为净
20. q: where can a dog get another tail?
a: at a retail store.
前缀re-表示“再一次”，“又……”。
21. q: why do carpenters think there's no such thing as gold in this world?
a: they never saw it.
saw 锯，也是see的过去式，seeing is believing眼见为实
22. q: why do you think doctors are mean?
a: everything they treat me they make me pay for it.
treat 请客；治疗
mean 小气，吝啬
23. q: what do you think of the grand canyon?
a: just gorges.
gorges 是gorge(峡谷）的复数形式，音似gorgeous，宜人的，好的，美丽的
just gorgeous!太棒了！太美了！
24. q: how do you punctuate the following sentence?
a: make a dash after it.
make a dash after it另一种理解是：冲上去拿呀
25. q: how do you know a photographer is always progressive?
a: they are always developing.
develop 发展；冲（胶卷）
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