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因为我想用耳朵弹琴。

2.I want sleep like a log...

因为我想像木头一样睡觉。

3.So that nobody can find him out...

这样任何人都不会在外面发现他。

Notes:

1.play(piano) by ear 真正的涵义是:不用乐谱演

奏(钢琴曲)

2.sleep like a log 真正的涵义是:睡得很沉很香

fire place 壁炉

3.find.out 真正的涵义是:发现真相,使真相大

Questions:

1.How long is a shoe, usually?

一般鞋有多长?

2.What ten-letter word starts with gas?

什么单词是由gas 开头的10 个字母组成?

3.What is black and white and red all over?

什么东西全身黑、白、红相间?

Keys:

1.A little more than a foot long...

一英尺多一点。

2.Automobile...

汽车。

3.Newspaper...

报纸。

Notes:

1.foot n.英尺;脚

“A little more than a foot long”实指“比脚长

点点”。

2.automobile/'tmabi:l/ n.汽车

start v.以.开始;发动,启动(尤指汽车)

3.red 音似read(read 过去分词)

read all over 从头读到尾

Questions:

1.What has a tongue but can’t talk?

什么东西有舌头却不能讲话?

2.What has a ear but can’t bear?

什么东西有耳朵却听不见?

3.What has a head but can’t think?

什么东西有头脑却不会思考?

4.What has a foot but can’t walk?

什么东西有脚却不会走路?

Keys:

1.An envelope...

一个信封。

2.An ear of corn...

一穗玉米。

3.A nail...

一颗钉子。

4.A bed...

一张床。

Notes:

1.tongue n.舌头;舌状物

3.head n.头;顶端

4.foot n.脚;底部

the foot of a bed 床脚处

Questions:

1.Books always claim to be kings,why?

书本都自诩为国王,为什么?

2.Is a hen who seldom lay eggs a good layer?

不常下蛋的鸡是好蛋鸡吗?

3.How do you feel today?

今天你感觉怎么样?

4.Why are schools haunted?

学校为什么闹鬼?

Keys:

1.They all have a lot of pages...

因为它们都由很多页组成。

2.Yes, as long as it doesn’t lay bad eggs.

是的,只要它下的蛋不是坏蛋。

3.With my hands,of course...

自然是用双手呀。

4.They have the school spirit.

因为它们都有学校团队精神。

Notes:

1.page n.页;侍从

3.How do you feel today?另一种理解是:今天你

怎样触摸?

4.spirit n.幽灵,鬼魂;精神,活力

Questions:

1.What has four legs but only one face?

什么东西有四条腿,却只有一只脚?

2.What has many tails but no head?

什么东西有许多尾巴,却没有一个脑袋?

3.What has three hands but only one face?

什么东西有三只手,却只有一张脸?

4.What has its heart in its head?

什么东西的心在脑袋里面?

Keys:

1.A bed...

是床。

2.A book of stories...

是故事书。

3.A clock...

是时钟。

4.A lettuce...

是生菜。

Notes:

1.the foot/head of a bed

床尾(床脚处)/床头

2.tail 音似tale(故事)

3.hand n.手;指针

4.ahead of lettuce 一颗生菜

Questions:

1.Which can move faster, heat or cold?

冷和热谁跑得快?

2.What coat has no collars, no sleeves, no pockets and

no buttons?

什么衣服没领没袖,没有口袋也没有钮扣?

3.What weather do mice and rats fear?

老鼠害怕什么天气?

4.Who always finds things dull?

谁总觉得什么事都无聊?

Keys:

1.Heat, because you can catch cold...

热跑得快,因为你追得上冷。

2. A coat of paint...

一层油漆。

3.When it’s raining cats and dogs...

下滂沱大雨的时候。

4.A knife-sharpener...

磨刀师傅。

Notes:

1. cold n.冷;感冒

catch cold 追上冷;患感冒

2.coat n.衣服;一层(油漆,灰尘等)

4.dull adj.无聊,没劲;钝

Questions:

1.What kind of ribbons do politicians use?

政客们用什么样的带子?

2.When does a doctor get angry?

医生什么时候会生气?

3.Who always drives his customer away?

谁总是把顾客撵走?

4. Who makes a million dollars a day?

谁每天挣一百万美元?

Keys:

1.Red tape...

红色的带子。

2.When he loses his patients...

当他的病人不来找他看病的时候。

3.A taxi-driver.

出租汽车司机。

4.People who work in a mint...

在造币厂工作的人。

Notes:

1.red tape 真正的含义是:繁文缛节,官僚作风

2.patients 音似 patiencelose one’s patience 不耐烦,发脾气

3. drive. away 另一种理解是:用车把.接走

4.nt/mint/ n.造币厂

Questions:

1.Can you tell me how fast light travels?

你能告诉我光速有多快吗?

2.What’s the hardest in the world?

世界上最难的谜语是什么?

3. What’s the smallest bridge in the world?

世界上最小的桥梁是什么?

Keys:

1.The same way as slow light travels...

和慢的光线一样传播。

2.Life, because everyone has to give it up...

生命,因为每个人都有生命终止的一天。

3.The bridge of a nose...

鼻梁。

Notes:

1.travel/'tr$v+l/v .传播,运行

“how fast light travel”有两种理解:①光速有多

快;②快的光线如何传播

2.give.up(努力不成之后)放弃;终止

3.bridge n.桥;鼻梁

Questions:

1.Can I try on that dress in the window?

我可以试穿橱窗里那件连衣裙吗?

2.When is a secret like a dress?

什么时候秘密像衣服?

3.What comes before six?

六前面是什么?

Keys:

1.You can use the dressing room...

你可以在试衣室里试穿。

2. When it’s let out...

当它泄露以后。

3.The milkman...

送牛奶的人。

Notes:

1.“Can I try on that dress in the window?”..

另一种理解是:我能在橱窗里试那件连衣裙吗?

2.let out(秘密)泄露;(衣服)改大

3.“What comes before six?”..

另一种理解是:什么在六点钟之前来?

Questions:

1.What’s the difference between a woman and an

umbrella?

女人和伞的区别是什么?

2.What sport do waiters and waitresses excel in?

服务员最擅长什么运动?

3.What has four legs and flies?

什么东西有四条腿还可以飞?

Keys:

1.You can shut up an umbrella.

你可以把伞收起来。

2.Tennis. They really know how to serve...

打网球。因为他们熟谙发球。

3.A dead horse...

一匹死马。

Notes:

1.shut up 关起来,收起来;(使)闭嘴,住嘴

you can shut up an umbrella”的含义是:

you can’t shut up a woman(你可没法叫一个女

人住嘴)

2.serve v.发球;服务,侍候

3.flies v.飞(fly 单数第三人称形式)

n.苍蝇

Questions:

1.Will liars be honest after they die?

撒谎的人死后会诚实吗?

2.Why are people always tired on April Fool’s

Day?..

愚人节这天人们为什么总是疲惫不堪?

3.What driver never speed?

什么司机从不超速开车?

Keys:

1.No, they won’t. They lie still after they die...

不会,他们死后还是撒谎。

2.Because they’ve just had a long March...

因为他们刚刚结束一次漫长行军。

3. A screwdriver...

螺丝刀。

Notes:

1.lie Still 静躺,静卧;仍旧撒谎

2.March 三月;march n.行军,行进

3.screwdriver/'skru:draiv+/n.螺丝刀

Questions:

1.Why is the heart of a tree like the end of a dog’s

tail?..

为什么说树心像狗尾巴梢?

2.Why is the airplane pilot like the escaping prisoner?

为什么说飞机驾驶员与在逃囚犯相似?

3.When is a horse the heaviest?

什么时候马最重?

Keys:

1.Because it’s the farthest place from the bark.

因为它离树皮最远。

2.They both want safe flights.

因为他们都希望飞行安全。

3.When it’s led。

当有人牵它的时候。

Notes:

1.bark/b%:k/ n.树皮;狗吠

the end of a dog’s tail 狗尾巴梢,离狗的嘴最远

2. flight/flait/ n.飞行;逃亡,逃跑

safe flight 安全飞行;安全出逃

3.led: lead(牵引)的过去分词,音似 lead/led/n.

Questions:

1.What vegetable do people have if they want privacy?

人们在需要旁人避开时总是选什么蔬菜?

2.What do you do with your shoes after you wear

them out?

你的鞋子穿破以后你怎么处理它们?

3.Why do you think 10 points are no less than 100

points?

你为什么说10 分和100 分差不多?

Keys:

1.Lettuce alone...

只要莴苣。

2.Wear them back in...

当然是穿回家。

3. Because the difference between them is just

nothing.

因为它们之间的区别仅仅是零。

Notes:

1.Lettuce alone 音似 let us alone(让我们单独呆一

会儿)

privacy/'praiv+si/ n.隐私

2.wear.out 把.穿破,穿坏;把.穿着到外面

Questions:

1.Who will be your real friend, a poor friend or a

rich one?

贫穷的朋友和富贵的朋友,谁会成为你真正的朋

友?

2.Why don’t you buy a vacuum cleaner?

你为什么不买个真空吸尘器?

3.What’s the most contradictory sign in a library?

图书馆里最自相矛盾的标牌是什么?

Keys:

1.A poor friend, because a friend in need is a

friend indeed.

贫穷的朋友,因为患难之交是真情。

2. I don’t have any vacuum to clean...

我没有真空要打扫。

3. To speak aloud is not allowed...

大声讲话是不允许的。

Notes:

1.a friend in need 患难之交

in need 需要帮助,需要资助,穷困的

2. vacuum/'v$kju:m/ n.真空

3.contradictory/、k&ntr+'dikt+ri/adj.互相抵触的

To speak aloud is not allowed 音似 to speakaloud is not aloud.(大声讲话不是大声)

Questions:

1. Is there anything that you can’t get over?

有没有你无法释怀淡忘的事?

2.Why did the hippies remind one Of a coal miner

in the old days?..

嬉皮士为何使人联想起旧时代的矿工?

3.DO people fish with a permit in this area?

在这个地方钓鱼必须要有特许证吗?

Keys:

1.Lots of. The sun, the moon, and lots of buildings.

很多。太阳,月球,还有许多高大建筑。

2.Because they’re fond of saying:“ I dig.”..

因为他们喜欢说,“我来挖”。

3.NO, We fish with a bait...

不,我们用鱼饵钓鱼。

Notes:

1.get over 淡忘,痊愈(不愉快的经历、感受等);越

2.“I dig”真实涵义是:我喜欢

3.with 持有;用.做某事

permit/'p+:mit/n.许可证,执照

Questions:

1. Why is jaywalking tiring?

乱穿马路为什么很累?

2.Why are giraffes considered intelligent?

人们为什么认为长颈鹿是有智慧的?

3.Why are horses considered talented in painting?

人们为什么认为马在绘画方面有天赋?

Keys:

1.Because it may make one have a rundown feeling...

因为它有可能让人觉得身体情况不佳。

2.Because it’s the highest form of animal life.

因为它是动物的最高形态。

3. Because they draw a lot of things...

因为它们拖很多很多东西。

Notes:

1.run-down adj.身体不好的,音似 run down(被

车撞倒)

jaywalk/'DNeiw&k/ v.乱穿马路

2.high adj.高的

the highest form 最高级形态

3.draw v.拖,拉;画

Questions:

1.What job will make people look up to you?

干什么工作人们会敬仰你?

2.Why is an empty matchbox the thing to

have in the world?

为什么说一个空火柴盒是世界上最好的东西?

3.Why do smart students refuse to write about the

king as their subject?

聪明的学生为什么不把国王作为写作的课题?

Keys:

1.Window-washing on high-rises...

给高层建筑擦窗户的工作。

2.Because it’s matchless...

因为它没有火柴。

3.Because the king is not a subject...

因为国王不是臣民。

Notes:

1.look-up to 向上看,抬头望;敬仰,敬佩

2. matchless/'m$CMlis/adj.无可匹敌的,举世无

双的

-less 后缀,意思是:没有.的,所以matchless 又

可理解为:没有火柴的

3.subject/'s)bDNikt/n.话题,主题;臣民,国民

Questions:

1.Why did the banker keep looking up at the sky

银行家为什么老是抬头看天?

2.When do dogs refuse to follow their owners?

什么时候狗不愿跟随主人?

3.Do astronauts ever get hungry once they are in

outer space?

宇航员在太空里会觉得饿吗?

Keys:

1.To see if there’s any change in the sky...

看看天上有没有变化。

2.When their owners go to the flea market...

当他们的主人去跳蚤市场时。

3.Never,for they had a big launch...

不会,因为他们经历了火箭发射。

Notes:

1.change n.变化;零钱

2.flea market 跳蚤市场,卖旧物或小东西的市场

flea n.跳蚤

3.launch/l&:CM/n.发射(尤指火箭),音似lunch/l)nCM/ n.午餐,也作luncheon。

Questions:

1.Henry was sent by his mother to see how old

Mrs. Smith was but was scolded by the old lady,why?..

亨利听母亲的话去探望史密斯老太太,却被老太

太训斥,这是为什么呢?

2.Mr.White followed a parking sign but was given a ticket

by the policeman.Can you guess what that sign reads?..

怀特先生按停车指示牌停车,却被警察开票罚款。你猜得出指示牌

上的内容吗?

Keys:

1.Old Mrs. Smith thought it was her privacy how old she was...

因为史密斯太太认为年龄属于个人隐私。

2.It reads,“Fine for parking.”..

上面写着,“可以停车”。

Notes:

1. how old Mrs. Smith is 有两种理解:

①史密斯老太太身体怎么样;

②史密斯太太有多大年纪

2.“Fine for parking”另一种理解是:“停车罚款”。

fine adj.好的; n.罚款

Questions:

1.When is a football team like a scrambled egg?

足球队什么时候像炒鸡蛋?

2.What’s the difference between a fly and a mosquito?

苍蝇与蚊子的区别何在?

3.How can you keep your friend’s friendship?

怎样保持朋友对你的友情?

Keys:

1.When it’s beaten...

当它输了球时。

2.You can’t sew a zipper on a mosquito...

不可能在蚊子身上缝一根拉链。

3.By not returning it...

不要还给朋友就行了。

Notes:

1.beat v.击败,打输;打(蛋)

scramble/'skr$mbl/ v.把蛋白蛋黄搅拌在一起

2.fly n.苍蝇;(裤子)前边的开口

mosquito/m+s>ki:t+u/ n.蚊子

3.keep v,保持;保存,留住

Questions:

1.What color is the wind?

风是什么颜色?

2.Why can a bride hide nothing?

新娘为何藏不住东西?

3.What kind of people are most extravagant about their

clothes?

什么人穿衣服最奢侈?

4.Why is the library the highest building?

为什么说图书馆是最高的建筑?

Keys:

1.Blue...

蓝色。

2.Because some one will give her away...

因为有人会揭发她。

3.Those who wear their clothes out the first day...

那些第一天就穿着新衣服出门的人。

4.It has the most stories...

因为图书馆里故事最多。

Notes:

1.The wind blew 风在吹

2.give.away 揭发;在婚礼上把新娘交给新郎

3.extravagant/ik>str$vig+nt/ adj.奢侈的

wear.out 穿到外面;穿破,用坏

4.story n.故事;(楼)层

Questions:

1.When are your eyes not your eyes?

什么时候你的眼睛不再是你的眼睛?

2.Does this road go to the zoo?

这条路是去动物园的路吗?

3.Why do people never feel hungry on a beach?

为什么在沙滩上的人永远不会觉得饿?

4.Why don’t you take the bus home?

你为什么不乘车回家?

Keys:

1.When the wind makes them water...

当风沙进去,眼泪汪汪的时候。

2.Well,you’11 have to go there yourself...

不,你得自己去(路是不会去的)。

3. Because of the sand which is there...

因为那儿有沙子。

4.Because my home is not that big...

因为我家不够大。

Notes:

1.water v.流口水,流眼泪

3.the sand which is there 音似 the sandwichesthere(那里有三明治)。

4.take the bus home 另一种解是:把车带回家。

Questions:

1.What kind of cats are good for mice?

用什么样的猫对付老鼠好?

2.Why is mother so tired?

妈妈为什么这么累?

3.Why did the skeleton refuse to go the ball?

骷髅为什么拒绝参加舞会?

4.Two wrongs don’t make a right, but what do two rights

make?

两个错也不算对,那么两个对算什么呢?

Keys:

1.Cats who don’t eat mice...

不吃老鼠的猫。

2.She makes beds every day...

因为她每天都要制床。

3.He has no body to dance with...

他没有身体可以跳舞。

4.The first airplane...

第一架飞机。

Notes:

1.be good for mice 对老鼠好;用来对付老鼠好

2.make beds 真正的意思是:铺床

3.He has nobody to dance with 没有人和他跳舞

4.two rights 音似 two Wrights(发明第一架飞机的怀特两兄弟)

Questions:

1.What do you call a girl who has three boy friends named

william?

三个男朋友都叫威廉的女孩叫什么?

2.What is lighter than a feather,but you can’t hold it

for even 10 minutes?

什么东西比羽毛还轻,但是拿着它你却坚持不了十分钟?

3.Mary kissed her aunt good-bye but her aunt didn’t kiss

her back.Why?

玛莉吻了姑姑再见,可是姑姑却没有吻玛莉,为什么?

Keys:

1.A Bill collector...

收帐单的人。

2.Your breath...

你的呼吸。

3.Her aunt kissed her face...

她姑姑亲了她的脸。

Notes:

1.Bill collector 另一层意思是:搜集比尔的人(Bill 是William 昵

称)

2.hold one’s breath 屏住呼吸

3.kiss her back 回吻她;吻她的背

Questions:

1.What is the longest word in the English language?

英语里最长的单词是什么?

2.Why is Willie such a perfect idiot?

威利为什么是个十足的傻瓜?

3.Does your watch tell the time?

你的手表显示时间吗?

4.Why did the boy make his dog sit in the sun?

这个男孩为什么让他的狗晒太阳?

Keys:

1.“Smiles”, because there’s a mile between the begining and

the end of it...

是“微笑”这个单词,因为这个单词从首字母到末尾字母之间是一

英里。

2.He practises a lot.

他时常练习。

3.No,you’ll have to look at it...

不,你得自己看。

4.He wanted a hot dog...

他想要个热狗。

Notes:

2.practice makes perfect 熟能生巧

3.tell v.显示;告诉,对.讲

Questions:

1.What is the best thing to make in a hurry?

急匆匆的时候做什么最好?

2.What does the falling of the barometer mean?

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