英语脑筋急转弯 （126）_英语写作指导
1. q: what can pierce one's ears without a hole?
a: noise.
pierce 刺穿,刺破
piercing 刺耳的
2. q: if you had 5 dollars and gave away one quarter, and another quarter, and then still another quarter, how much would you have left?
a: '4.25.
quarter 四分之一; 二十五美分
3. q: what bird lifts heavy things?
a: a crane.
crane 鹤;起重机
4. q: what's the difference between the north pole and the south pole?
a: the whole world.
a world of difference 天壤之别
5. q: what makes naughty boys long to work in a clock factory?
a: people make faces there.
make faces 做鬼脸; 做钟面
6. q: what can i do to avoid falling hair?
a: get out of the way where the hair's falling.
avoid falling hair有两种理解:防止头发脱落;避开(从上面)掉下来的头发
7. q: what do girls find the easiest to part with?
a: a comb.
part with 放弃(尤指不自愿地); 用……分头路或发缝
8. q: what kind of running means walking?
a: running out of gas.
9. q: what do elephants use to communicate with each other?
a: big words.
big words真正的含义是:比较正式的大词
10. q: what makes fish the smartest animal in the world?
a: no one can pull its leg.
pull one's leg真正的含义是:使上当受骗
11. q: what makes the little strawberry worried?
a: it's afraid to be in a jam.
jam 果酱;塞车
12. q: something went wrong with the second hand of my watch. where can i have it replaced?
a: in a second-hand store.
second-hand 二手货的,旧的
second hand 秒针
13. q: why are writers like postmen?
a: they are all men of letters.
men of letters 文人
letter字母
14. q: why are chickens kept away from children?
a: chickens use fowl language.
fowl language 音似foul language(脏话)
15. q: why do people go to bed?
a: because the bed won't come to us.
16. q: what's the best thing to take when you're run-down?
a; the license number of the car that hit you.
take 吃(药);记下来
be run-down 身体不适
be run down 被撞到
17. q: what stays hot even if put in a refrigerator?
a: pepper.
hot热的;辣的
18. q: what is the best year for a kangaroo?
a: leap year.
kangaroo袋鼠
leap跳跃
leap year闰年
19. q: what surprising things happen everywhere every day?
a: day breaks without falling; night falls without breaking.
fall 摔下来;降临
break破碎
daybreak破晓
20. q: what can't be used unless broken?
a: eggs.
a: noise.
pierce 刺穿,刺破
piercing 刺耳的
2. q: if you had 5 dollars and gave away one quarter, and another quarter, and then still another quarter, how much would you have left?
a: '4.25.
quarter 四分之一; 二十五美分
3. q: what bird lifts heavy things?
a: a crane.
crane 鹤;起重机
4. q: what's the difference between the north pole and the south pole?
a: the whole world.
a world of difference 天壤之别
5. q: what makes naughty boys long to work in a clock factory?
a: people make faces there.
make faces 做鬼脸; 做钟面
6. q: what can i do to avoid falling hair?
a: get out of the way where the hair's falling.
avoid falling hair有两种理解:防止头发脱落;避开(从上面)掉下来的头发
7. q: what do girls find the easiest to part with?
a: a comb.
part with 放弃(尤指不自愿地); 用……分头路或发缝
8. q: what kind of running means walking?
a: running out of gas.
9. q: what do elephants use to communicate with each other?
a: big words.
big words真正的含义是:比较正式的大词
10. q: what makes fish the smartest animal in the world?
a: no one can pull its leg.
pull one's leg真正的含义是:使上当受骗
11. q: what makes the little strawberry worried?
a: it's afraid to be in a jam.
jam 果酱;塞车
12. q: something went wrong with the second hand of my watch. where can i have it replaced?
a: in a second-hand store.
second-hand 二手货的,旧的
second hand 秒针
13. q: why are writers like postmen?
a: they are all men of letters.
men of letters 文人
letter字母
14. q: why are chickens kept away from children?
a: chickens use fowl language.
fowl language 音似foul language(脏话)
15. q: why do people go to bed?
a: because the bed won't come to us.
16. q: what's the best thing to take when you're run-down?
a; the license number of the car that hit you.
take 吃(药);记下来
be run-down 身体不适
be run down 被撞到
17. q: what stays hot even if put in a refrigerator?
a: pepper.
hot热的;辣的
18. q: what is the best year for a kangaroo?
a: leap year.
kangaroo袋鼠
leap跳跃
leap year闰年
19. q: what surprising things happen everywhere every day?
a: day breaks without falling; night falls without breaking.
fall 摔下来;降临
break破碎
daybreak破晓
20. q: what can't be used unless broken?
a: eggs.