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 樓主| cwjjzhou 發表於 2007-3-18 06:50 | 只看該作者

腦筋急轉彎(01)

Questions:

  1.Who is closer to you, your mom or your dad?

  爸爸和媽媽誰和你更親?

  2.Can you go to the Cinema with your watch broken?

  你手錶壞了,可以去看電影嗎?

  3.Why is the comet like Mickey Mouse?

  為什麼說彗星像米老鼠?

  Keys:

  1.Mom is closer, because dad is farther.

  媽媽更親,因為爸爸更遠。

  2.Of course not,for I don't have the time.

  當然不行,因為我沒有時間。

  3.It's a star with a tail.

  因為它是帶著一根尾巴的星星。

  Notes:

  1.father父親,音似farther/'fa:J/更遠

  2. I don't have the time  有兩種理解:①我沒有時間;②我沒戴錶或我的表壞了,不知道時間。

  3.comet/'k&mit/ n.彗星

  Mickey Mouse/ 'miki maus/米老鼠

  tail/teil/ n.(動物的)尾巴;彗(星)尾

  Questions:

  1.What's the largest room in the world?

  世界上最大的房間是什麼房間?

  2.What's the poorest bank in the world?

  最沒有錢的銀行是什麼銀行?

  3.When is coffee like the surface of the earth?

  咖啡什麼時候像地球表面?

  4.What month do soldiers hate?

  當兵的不喜歡幾月份?

  Keys:

  1.The room for improvement.

  改進的空間。

  2.The river bank.

  河堤。

  3.When it's ground.

  被碾成粉末時。

  4.March.

  三月。

  Notes:

  1.room·房間;空間,餘地

  2.bank n.銀行;堤岸

  3.ground n.地面,它也是grind/grind/v.磨碎,碾碎的過去分詞形式。

  4.march n.行軍

  Questions:

  1.When is a person not a person?

  什麼時候人不是人?

  2.When is a door not a door?

  什麼時候門不是門?

  3.When are boys not boys?

  什麼時候男孩不是男孩?

  4.When is a clock dangerous?

  什麼時候時鐘是危險的?

  Keys:

  1.When he is a little cross.

  當他有點惱怒時。

  2.When it's ajar.

  當它虛掩時。

  3.When they're bare-footed.

  當他們赤腳時。

  4.When it runs down the stairs and strikes one.

  當它滾下樓梯敲響一點鐘時。

  Notes:

  1.cross adj.煩惱,惱火; n.十字架

  2.ajar/+'DNα:/adj.(門)虛掩著,露了一條縫的音似a jar(一隻壺)。

  3.bare-footed赤腳,音似bear-footed,腳和熊一樣。

  4.strikes one另一層意思是:擊中一個人

  Questions:

  1.Why is tennis so noisy?

  打網球為什麼很吵?

  2.If a cabbage and a carrot raced, which one would win?

  如果捲心菜和胡蘿蔔賽跑,誰會贏?

  3.How many feet are there in a yard?

  一碼有多少英尺?

  Keys:

  1.Each player raises a racket.

  因為每個運動員都拿著球拍。

  2.The cabbage,because it's always ahead.

  捲心菜,因為它總是領先在前。

  3.It depends on how many people stand in the yard.

  這要看院子里站了多少人。

  Notes:

  1.racket/'r$kit/n.(網球等的)球拍;喧嘩,喧鬧

  raise a racket大吵大鬧

  2.cabbage/'k$biDN/n.捲心菜

  carrot/'k#+r+t/n.胡蘿蔔

  a head of cabbage一顆捲心菜

  3.feet n.英尺;腳(pl.)

  yard n.院子;碼

  Questions:

  1.When are people like glasses?

  什麼時候人像眼鏡?

  2.What beam is lighter than all the other beams?

  什麼梁最輕?

  3.What animal eats with its tail?

  什麼動物用尾巴吃東西?

  Keys:

  1.When they make spectacles of themselves.

  當他們出洋相的時候。

  2.lightbeam.

  光線。

  3.All animals do. No one takes off its tail while eating.

  所有的動物,沒有任何一種動物在吃東西時要取下尾巴。

  Notes:

  1.spectacle/'spekt+kl/ n.眼鏡

  make a spectacle of oneself 使自己出醜,出洋相

  2.beam/bi:m/ n.梁;光線

  3.with prep.用…做事;帶著,有…
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 樓主| cwjjzhou 發表於 2007-3-18 06:52 | 只看該作者

腦筋急轉彎(02)

Questions:

  1.How can you make a slow horse fast?

  怎樣能使慢馬跑得快?

  2.What is heavier in summer than in winter?

  什麼東西夏天比冬天重?

  3.What clothing is always sad?

  什麼衣服總是傷感的?

  Keys:

  1.Don't give it anything to eat for a while.

  暫時別給它吃東西。

  2.Traffic to the beach.

  去海灘的人流。

  3.Blue Jeans.

  藍色牛仔服。

  Notes:

  1.fast adj.快的; v.絕食

  2.heavy adj.重的;交通量大的,繁忙的

  3.jeans/DNi:nz/ n.牛仔衣,牛仔褲

  blue adj.藍色的;傷感的

  Questions:

  1.How many legs do horses have?

  馬有幾條腿?

  2.When are people smartest?

  什麼時候人最聰明?

  3.I have a tree in my hand.What kind of tree is it?

  我的手上有棵樹,是什麼樹?

  Keys:

  1.six legs—— forelegs in front and two in back.

  有六條腿,前面有前腿,後面有兩條腿。

  2.When it's sunny,because everything's brighter then.

  當天氣晴朗的時候,因為這時候萬物都更明亮。

  3.It's a palm.是你的手掌。

  Notes:

  1.forelegs/'f&::legz/ n.前腿,音似four legs(四條腿)

  2.bright adj.辦明亮;聰明

  smart/sma:t/adj.聰明

  3. palm/pa:m/ n.棕櫚樹;手掌

  Questions :

  1.Can you explain what is free speech?

  你能說說什麼是言論自由嗎?

  2.If the green house is on the right side of the road,and the red house is on the left side of the road,where is the white house?

  假設綠房子在馬路右邊,紅房子在馬路左邊,請問白房子在哪兒?

  3.What fruit is never found singly?

  什麼水果永遠不會是單個的?

  Keys:

  1.Your talking on someone else's phone.

  用別人的電話打電話。

  2.In Washington,D. C.

  在華盛頓。

  3.A pear.

  是梨。

  Notes:

  1.free adj.自由的;免費的

  2.The White House白宮

  3.pear/p#+/ n.梨,音似 pair/p#+/ n.一對

  Questions:

  1.Why is the bride unhappy on her wedding day?

  新娘新婚為何不開心?

  2.What time must it be when the escaped hungry wolf ate the paymaster?

  逃跑了的餓狼吃掉出納員是什麼時候?

  3.What will you break once you say it?

  什麼東西說出來就碎了?

  Keys:

  1.Because she didn't marry the best man.

  因為她沒有嫁給最好的人。

  2.8p.m.

  下午8點。

  3.Silence.

  沉默。

  Notes:

  1.bride/braid/n.新娘

  bridegroom/'braidgrum/n.新郎

  best man男儐相;最好的男人

  bridesmaid/'braidsmeid/ n.女儐相

  2.8 P.m.音似ate P.m.,而P.m.是 paymaster的縮寫。

  paymaster n.(發放薪餉的)出納員

  3.break the silence打破沉默

  Questions:

  1.What kind of clothes lasts the longest?

  什麼衣服穿得最久?

  2.Why are farmers cruel?

  為什麼農夫是殘酷的?

  3.Why are babies like hinges?

  為什麼說嬰兒像門鉸鏈?

  Keys:

  1.Underwear, because it's never worn out.

  是內衣,因為它永遠不會穿在外面。

  2.They pull corns by the ears.

  因為他們揪著玉米耳朵掰玉米。

  3.Because they are things to adore.

  因為他們是受寵愛的。

  Notes:

  1. worn out穿壞,磨損;穿在外面

  2.ear耳朵;一穗(玉米)

  pull corns by the ears另一種理解是「一穗一穗地掰玉米」。

  3.adore/α'd&::/ v.喜歡,寵愛,音似 a door.

  hinge /hinDN/ n.門鉸鏈

  things to a door門上的東西
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 樓主| cwjjzhou 發表於 2007-3-18 06:54 | 只看該作者

腦筋急轉彎(03)

Questions:

  1.When are your eyes not your eyes?

  什麼時候你的眼睛不再是你的眼睛?

  2.Does this road go to the zoo?

  這條路是去動物園的路嗎?

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

  為什麼在沙灘上的人永遠不會覺得餓?

  4.Why don't you take the bus home?

  你為什麼不乘車回家?

  Keys:

  1.When the wind makes them water.

  當風沙進去,眼淚汪汪的時候。

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

  不,你得自己去(路是不會去的)。

  3. Because of the sand which is there.

  因為那兒有沙子。

  4.Because my home is not that big.

  因為我家不夠大。

  Notes:

  1.water v.流口水,流眼淚

  3.the sand which is there音似 the sandwiches there(那裡有三明治)。

  4.take the bus home另一種解是:把車帶回家。

  Questions:

  1.What kind of cats are good for mice?

  用什麼樣的貓對付老鼠好?

  2.Why is mother so tired?

  媽媽為什麼這麼累?

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

  骷髏為什麼拒絕參加舞會?

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

  兩個錯也不算對,那麼兩個對算什麼呢?

  Keys:

  1.Cats who don't eat mice.

  不吃老鼠的貓。

  2.She makes beds every day.

  因為她每天都要制床。

  3.He has no body to dance with.

  他沒有身體可以跳舞。

  4.The first airplane.

  第一架飛機。

  Notes:

  1.be good for mice對老鼠好;用來對付老鼠好

  2.make beds真正的意思是:鋪床

  3.He has nobody to dance with沒有人和他跳舞

  4.two rights音似 two Wrights(發明第一架飛機的懷特兩兄弟)

  Questions:

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

  三個男朋友都叫威廉的女孩叫什麼?

  2.What is lighter than a feather,but you can't hold it for even 10 minutes?

  什麼東西比羽毛還輕,但是拿著它你卻堅持不了十分鐘?

  3.Mary kissed her aunt good-bye but her aunt didn't kiss her back.Why?

  瑪莉吻了姑姑再見,可是姑姑卻沒有吻瑪莉,為什麼?

  Keys:

  1.A Bill collector.

  收帳單的人。

  2.Your breath.

  你的呼吸。

  3.Her aunt kissed her face.

  她姑姑親了她的臉。

  Notes:

  1.Bill collector 另一層意思是:搜集比爾的人(Bill是William昵稱)

  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?

  英語里最長的單詞是什麼?

  2.Why is Willie such a perfect idiot?

  威利為什麼是個十足的傻瓜?

  3.Does your watch tell the time?

  你的手錶顯示時間嗎?

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

  這個男孩為什麼讓他的狗曬太陽?

  Keys:

  1.「Smiles」, because there's a mile between the beginning and the end of it.

  是「微笑」這個單詞,因為這個單詞從首字母到末尾字母之間是一英里。

  2.He practises a lot.

  他時常練習。

  3.No,you'll have to look at it.

  不,你得自己看。

  4.He wanted a hot dog.

  他想要個熱狗。

  Notes:

  2.practice makes perfect熟能生巧

  3.tell v.顯示;告訴,對…講

  Questions:

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

  急匆匆的時候做什麼最好?

  2.What does the falling of the barometer mean?

  氣壓計下降意味著什麼?

  3.What's wrong with the dog chasing its tail?

  追著自己尾巴跑的狗怎麼了?

  Keys:

  1.Make haste.趕緊。

  2.It means whoever nailed the barometer did a poor job.

  它說明把氣壓計釘上去的人沒有釘牢它。

  3.It's having some difficulty making ends meet.

  它很難使尾巴與腦袋碰到一起。

  Notes:

  1.make haste 抓緊,趕緊

  2.the falling of the barometer有兩層意思:

  ①氣壓計上的氣壓下降;

  ②氣壓計本身掉下來了

  barometer/b+'r&mit+/ n.氣壓計,晴雨表

  3.make ends meet真正的意思是:使收入和支出維持平衡,不致於入不敷出
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 樓主| cwjjzhou 發表於 2007-3-18 06:55 | 只看該作者

腦筋急轉彎(04)

Questions:

  1.If a driver drives too fast he'll get a ticket.What will happen to a Poet if he writes too fast?

  司機如果車開得太快就會被罰款,那麼詩人如果詩寫得太快,會怎麼樣呢?

  2.Why is an empty purse always the same?

  空錢包為什麼總是老樣子?

  3.Why do little birds in the nest agree with each other?

  巢里的小鳥為什麼意見總是一致?

  Keys:

  1.His poetic license will be taken away.

  他的寫詩執照就會被沒收。

  2.There's no change in it.

  因為裡面沒有零錢。

  3.Because they would fall out if they didn't.

  因為如果意見不合,它們就會摔出鳥巢。

  Notes:

  1.poetic license詩的破格(如不遵從語法規則等)

  2. change n.零錢;變化

  3. fall out摔出去;爭吵

  Questions:

  1.Why is an argument like a pen?

  為什麼說論據就像一支鋼筆?

  2.When will the wind improve its image?

  風什麼時候能改進自己的形象?

  3.Why is learning English like a light gentle wind to a smart student?

  為什麼對聰明的學生來說,學英語就像一陣微風?

  Keys:

  1.No good Without a point.

  沒有筆尖就沒有用處。

  2.When it turns over a new leaf.

  當它把一片剛落的葉子吹翻過來時。

  3.It's a breeze to them.

  因為對他們來說學英語輕而易舉。

  Notes:

  1.argument/'%:gjum+nt/ n.論據,說理

  point n.尖,頂端;論點,要點

  2.turn over a new leaf真正的涵義是:改過自新

  3.breeze/bri:z/ n.微風,和風;輕而易舉的事

  Questions:

  1.What has four wheels and flies?

  什麼東西有四個輪子還會飛?

  2.What's even harder to catch if you run faster?

  什麼東西你跑得越快越難追上?

  3.What time is it when a man is chased by ten dogs?

  什麼時候十條狗追一個人?

  4.How can you tell a clock is shy?

  你怎麼知道時鐘害羞呢?

  Keys:

  1.A garbage truck.

  垃圾車。

  2.Your breath.

  你的呼吸。

  3.It's ten after one.

  是一點過十分。

  4.It has its hands over its face.

  因為它用手遮著臉蛋。

  Notes:

  1.what has four wheels and flies?

  另一種理解是:什麼東西既有四個輪子又有許多蒼蠅?

  2.catch one's breath 恢復正常呼吸(尤指劇烈運動后)

  Questions:

  1.Why does time fly?

  時間為何飛逝。

  2.Why does an invisible man tend to go crazy?

  隱形人為何容易發瘋?

  3.Where can a dog get another tail?

  狗去哪裡可以再弄到一條尾巴?

  4.What bow can never be tied?

  什麼結不能打?

  Keys:

  1.To get away from all those who are trying to kill it.

  為的是甩掉所有要謀殺它的人。

  2.Out of sight , out of mind.

  看不見就變瘋了。

  3.At a retail store.

  在零售商店。

  4.A rainbow.

  彩虹。

  Notes:

  1. kill time消磨時間

  2.Out of sight, out of mind 眼不見為凈

  3.前綴 re- 表示「再一次」,「又…」。

  Questions:

  1.Why do carpenters think there's no such thing as gold in this world?

  木匠為什麼不相信世上有金子這種東西?

  2.Why do you think doctors are mean?

  你為什麼認為醫生很吝嗇?

  3.What do you think of the Grand Canyon?

  你覺得大峽谷如何?

  Keys:

  1.They never saw it.

  因為他們從未鋸過金子。

  2.Every time they treat me they make me pay for it.

  因為他們每次請我吃飯都讓我來付帳。

  3.Just gorges.

  不過是峽谷罷了。

  Notes:

  1.saw n.鋸,也是see(看見)的過去式。英文中講

  seeing is believing.(眼見為實)「

  2.treat/tri:t/ v.請客;治療,處理

  mean/mi:n/ adj.小氣,吝嗇

  3.gorges是 gorge(峽谷)的複數形式,音似 gorgeous/'g&:s/adj.宜人的,好的,美麗的

  Just gorgeous!太棒了!太美了!
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Questions:

  1.How do you punctuate the following sentence?I saw a $ 100 bill on the ground

  你看到下面這個句子怎麼給它加上標點?我看見地上有一張巨元美鈔

  2.How do you know a photographer is always progressive?

  你怎麼知道攝影師總是在進步?

  3.What roof never keeps out the wet?

  什麼屋頂不擋雨?

  Keys:

  1.Make a dash after it.

  後面加個破折號。

  2.They are always developing.

  他們總是在沖(膠捲)。

  3.The roof of the mouth.

  上顎。

  Notes:

  1.make a dash after it另一種理解是:衝上去拿呀

  punctuate v./'p)RkCMueit/加標點

  2.develop v.發展;沖(膠捲)

  3.roof n.屋頂;上顎

  Questions:

  1.Does any child like going to school?

  有沒有小孩子喜歡上學?

  2.Why is a peacock the best story-teller?

  為什麼說孔雀最擅長講故事?

  3.Why is a crazy person equal to two ordinary

  people?

  為什麼說一個瘋子抵得上兩個正常人?

  Keys:

  1.Every child likes going to school. Most of them just hate staying there before going home.

  每個孩子都喜歡去學校,大部分的孩子只不過不喜歡在回家之前呆在那兒罷了。

  2.Because it always has a beautiful tale.

  因為它總是有一個美麗的故事。

  3.Because he is a man beside himself.

  因為他在自己的旁邊還有一個人。

  Notes:

  1.go to School有兩種理解:

  ①在學校讀書,上學;

  ②去學校,上學校

  2.tale/teil/ n.故事,音似tail(尾巴)。

  3.beside oneself 真正的意思是:發狂,忘形。

  Questions:

  1.What coat is always Wet When it'S put on?

  什麼衣服穿上的時候總是濕乎乎的?

  2.Why did the band have a smash hit in the performance?

  這支樂隊何以演出取得巨大成功?

  3.Why is Sunday the strongest day in a week?

  為什麼說星期日是一周里最強壯的一天?

  Keys:

  1.A coat of paint.

  一層油漆。

  2.They had the audience glued to their seats.

  他們請人把聽眾粘在椅子上了。

  3.The rest of the days are weak days.

  因為其餘的日子都很弱小。

  Notes:

  1.coat n.衣服;塗層,一層(漆)

  2.smash hit 很成功的新劇、電影等

  have someone glued to one's seat 真正的意思是:使某人喜歡得不忍離座,直到看完(表演)為止。

  3.weak adj.弱的,音似week

  weekdays指不包括星期日的那些天。但是,目前流行的看法是:weekdays指周一至周五,而weekends包括周六和周日。

  Questions:

  1.Why are giraffes the cheapest to feed?

  為什麼養長頸鹿最不花錢?

  2.Why are dogs afraid to sunbathe?

  狗為什麼害怕日光浴;

  3.Why are mules helpless in dancing?

  騾子為什麼在跳舞方面一塌糊塗?

  4.Why is the pig always eating?

  豬為什麼沒完沒了地吃?

  Keys:

  1.They make a little food go a long wag.

  因為它們脖子長,一點點食物都要走很長的路才能咽下去。

  2.They don't want to be hot-dogs.

  因為它們不想成為熱狗。

  3.They have two left legs.

  因為它們有兩條左腿。

  4.He's making a hog of himself.

  它想成為一隻肉豬。

  Notes:

  1.go a long way 維持很長一段時間

  3.have two left legs(跳舞等)笨手笨腳

  4.make a pig of oneself像豬一樣吃得很多(貶義)

  hog /h&g/n.肉用肥豬

  Questions:

  1.What kind of shoes are made of banana skins?

  什麼鞋是用香蕉皮做的?

  2.How do you like your school?

  你覺得你們學校怎麼樣?

  3.Why are politicians no longer concerned with

  snowball fights?

  政客們為什麼不再關注打雪仗了?

  Keys:

  1.Slippers.

  拖鞋。

  2.Closed.

  關閉。

  3.The cold war is over.

  冷戰結束了。

  Notes:

  1.slipper/'slip+/ n.拖鞋

  Slip/Slip/ v.滑,跌交

  2.How do you like your school?有兩種理解:

  ①你覺得你們學校怎麼樣?

  ②你希望你們學校是什麼樣子,

  3.cold war冷戰
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腦筋急轉彎(06)

Questions:

  1.Why are watches fragile?

  手錶為什麼容易壞?

  2. What's put on the table,cut,but never eaten?

  什麼東西擺在桌上,切好以後卻不能食用?

  3.Why don't women get bald as soon as men?

  為什麼總是男人比女人先禿頭?

  Keys:

  1.Because their hours are numbered.

  因為它們有數字標明時間。

  2.A deck of cards.

  一副撲克牌。

  3.Because women wear hair longer.

  因為女人頭髮留得長。

  Notes:

  1.fragile/'fr$ail/ adj.易碎的,易壞的

  「Their hours are numbered」源於「One's days are numbered」意思是「某人在世之日屈指可數,壽命不長了」。

  2.cut the cards洗牌

  3.wear hair longer有兩層意思:

  ①留著更長的頭髮;

  ②頭髮留得更長久

  Questions:

  1.How can you make the door last?

  怎樣能使門經久耐用?

  2.Why shouldn't you lose your temper?

  為什麼不該發脾氣?

  3.What makes the Tower of Pisa lean?

  比薩塔為什麼是斜的?

  4.What book has the most stirring chapters?

  什麼書中有最動人的篇章?

  Keys:

  1.Make other things first.

  先做其他的東西。

  2.No one else wants it.

  沒人願意要。

  3.It never eats.

  因為它從不食人間煙火。

  4.A cook book.

  烹飪書。

  Notes:

  1.make the door last另一種理解是:最後做門

  3.lean v.傾斜;adj.瘦的

  4.stirring adj.動人的

  Stir v.攪和,攪拌

  Questions:

  1.What's the most difficult train to catch?

  趕什麼火車最不容易?

  2.What trees do fortune tellers like to look at?

  算命先生喜歡看什麼樹?

  3.How do people feel after taking a ferryboat?

  乘渡船之後人們有什麼感覺?

  Keys:

  1.The 12:50 train, because it's ten to one if you catch it.

  是12點50分的火車,因為趕上它只有10比1的概率。

  2.Palms.

  棕櫚樹。

  3.They feel vexed, for the ferryboat made them cross.

  他們覺得煩惱,是因為渡船使然。

  Notes:

  1.ten to one 1點差10分;10比1

  2.palm n.棕櫚樹;手掌

  fortune teller算命先生,預言將來的人

  palmist n.看手相者

  3.cross v.過去,渡過,穿過

  adj.暴躁的,易怒的

  Questions:

  1.What can pierce one's ears without a hole?

  什麼東西不用打洞就可以在耳朵上穿孔?

  2.If you had 5 dollars and gave away one quarter,and another quarter,and then still mother quarter, how much would you have left?

  假設你有5美元,拿走四分之一,再拿走四分之一,接著又拿走四分之一,你還剩多少錢?

  3.What bird lifts heavy things?

  什麼鳥可以舉起重物?

  Keys:

  1.Noise.

  噪音。

  2.$ 4.25.

  還有4美元25美分。

  3.A crane.

  鶴。

  Notes:

  1.pierce/p!+s/v.刺穿,刺破

  piercing/'p!+siR/adj.刺耳的

  2.quarter/'kw&:t/n.四分之一;二十五美分

  3.crane/krein/n.鶴;起重機

  Questions:

  1.What's the difference between the North Pole and the South Pole?

  北極和南極的區別是什麼?

  2.What makes naughty boys long to work in a clock factory?

  淘氣的男孩子為什麼盼望到鐘錶廠工作?

  3.What can I do to avoid falling hair?

  怎樣防止頭髮脫落?

  Keys:

  1.The whole world.

  整個世界。

  2.People make faces there.

  因為那兒人們做鬼臉。

  3.Get out of the way where the hair's falling.

  別站在頭髮掉下來的地方就行了。

  Notes:

  1.A world of difference天壤之別

  2.make faces做鬼臉;做鐘面

  3.avoid falling hair有兩種理解:

  ①防止頭髮脫落;

  ②避開(從上面)掉下來的頭髮
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Questions:

  1.What do girls find the easiest to part with?

  女孩子們發現什麼東西最捨得放棄?

  2.What king of running means walking?

  什麼樣的跑步意味著走路?

  3.What do elephants use to communicate with each other?

  大象用什麼交談?

  4.What makes fish the smartest animal in the world?

  魚為什麼是世界上最聰明的動物?

  Keys:

  1.A comb.

  梳子。

  2.Running out of gas.

  汽油用完了。

  3.Big Words.

  大個的詞。

  4.No one can pull its leg.

  它沒有腿給人拉。

  Notes:

  1.part with 放棄(尤指不自願地);用…分頭路或發縫

  2.big words 真正的涵義是:比較正式的大詞

  4.pull one's leg 真正的涵義是:使…上當受騙

  Questions:

  1.What made the little strawberry worried?

  什麼事讓小草莓憂心忡忡?

  2.Something went Wrong with the second hand of my watch.Where can I have it replaced?

  我手錶上的秒針壞了,請問哪兒有換的?

  3.Why are Writers like postmen?

  為什麼作家與郵遞員相似?

  Keys:

  1.It's afraid to be in a jam.

  它害怕被做成果醬。

  2.In a second-hand store.

  在舊貨店裡。

  3.They are all men of letters.

  他們都是文人。

  Notes:

  1.jam/DN$m/ n.果醬;塞車

  2.second hand adj. 二手貨的,舊的

  second hand n.秒針

  3.men of letters 文人

  letter n.字母;信件

  Questions:

  1.Why are chickens kept away from children?

  為什麼孩子們不能和雞呆在一起?

  2.Why do people go to bed?

  人們為什麼睡覺?

  3.Why shouldn't we have tte-tte in the country?

  我們為什麼不能在鄉間密談?

  Keys:

  1.Chickens use fowl language.

  因為雞用的是禽語。

  2.Because the bed won't come to us.

  因為床不會走向我們。

  3.Because the corn have ears.

  因為玉米有耳。

  Notes:

  1.fowl language音似foul language(髒話)

  2.go to bed另一種理解是:走向床,走到床跟前

  3.tte-—-tte/'teit:'teit/n.私下密談

  corns have ears源於 walls have ears隔牆有耳

  ear n.耳朵;一穗(玉米)

  Questions:

  1.What's the best thing to take when you run-down?

  身體不適時吃什麼最好?

  2.What stays hot even if put in a refrigerator?

  什麼東西就是放在冰箱里也是熱的?

  3.What is the best year for a kangaroo?

  什麼是袋鼠的幸運年?

  Keys:

  1.The license number of the car that hit you.

  要記下撞你的那輛車的車牌號碼。

  2.Pepper.

  辣椒。

  3.Leap year.

  是閏年。

  Notes:

  1.take v.吃(葯等);記下來

  be run-down身體不適,音似be run down(被…撞倒)

  license/'lais+ns/ n.執照,特許證

  2.pepper/'pep+/ n.胡椒粉,辣椒

  hot adj.熱的;辣的

  3.kangaroo/k$Rg+'ru:/n.袋鼠

  leap/li:p/跳躍;leap year閏年

  Questions:

  1.What surprising things happen everywhere every day?

  什麼怪事隨時隨地都發生?

  2.What can't be used unless broken?

  什麼東西不碎就不能用?

  3.Why do People wear watches when they cross the desert?

  人們穿越沙漠為什麼要戴手錶?

  Keys:

  1.Day breaks without falling; night falls without breaking.

  天不摔下來就破曉;夜幕降臨卻不碎掉。

  2.Eggs.

  是雞蛋。

  3.Because watches have springs in them.

  因為手錶裡面有彈簧。

  Notes:

  1.fall v.摔下來,跌下來;降臨

  break破碎;daybreak n.破曉,拂曉

  2.break v.打(雞蛋);打碎

  3. spring/spriR/ n.泉水;彈簧
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Questions:

  1.How does the sun affect weight?

  太陽如何影響重量?

  2.What makes opening piano so hard?

  為什麼鋼琴蓋不好打開?

  3.What's the best way to prevent infection caused by biting insects?

  什麼辦法預防咬人昆蟲引起的感染最好?

  Keys:

  1.It makes the daylight.

  它帶來白晝。

  2.All the keys are inside.

  所有的琴鍵都在裡面。

  3.Don't bite any.

  別咬昆蟲。

  Notes:

  1.makes the day light使白天變輕

  2.key n.琴鍵;鑰匙

  3.biting insects咬人的昆蟲(biting用來修飾insects);咬昆蟲(biting的賓語為 insects)

  infection/in'fekM+n/n.感染

  Questions:

  1.What two words contain thousands of letters?

  哪兩個單詞包含了所有的字母?

  2.What's the easiest way to catch a fish?

  最便捷的釣魚辦法是什麼?

  3.What kind of dog doesn't bite or bark?

  什麼狗不咬人也不叫?

  4.What do you get if you cross stereo and fridge?

  把音響和冰箱混合在一起可以得到什麼?

  Keys:

  1.Post Office.

  郵局。

  2.Have someone throw it to you.

  叫別人扔給你。

  3.Hot dog.

  熱狗。

  4.Very cool music.

  很棒的音樂。

  Notes:

  1.letter n.信件;字母

  4.cool adj.冷的,涼的;棒的,美的

  Questions:

  1.Is it better to write your homework on a full stomach or on an empty one?

  肚子飽的時候寫作業好,還是空肚子的時候寫作業好?

  2.What goes up every time the rain comes down?

  每當雨點落下時什麼東西會上去?

  3.Which is easier to spell Riddle-de-dee or Riddle-de-dum?

  Riddle-de-dee和Riddle-de-dum哪一個更好寫?

  Keys:

  1.It's better to write it on your exercise book.

  寫在練習本上好。

  2.An umbrella.

  是雨傘。

  3.It's Riddle-de-dee, because it's spelled with more e's.

  是Riddle-de-dee,因為它寫出來e比較多。

  Notes:

  1.on a full/empty stomach肚子飽/餓的時候;在

  飽飽的/空空的肚子上

  2.go up上升;(傘)撐起來

  3.e's音似ease(容易)

  with more ease更容易做…

  Questions:

  1.Why is the sweating boy sitting in the sun?

  哪個男孩子大汗淋漓為什麼還坐在太陽下面?

  2.Upon leaving the Cafe,one boy paid his bill,while his friend handed the cashier a slip of paper with the number 1004180 on it.The Cashiersmiled and let him pass without paying. Why?

  離開咖啡屋的時候,一個男孩付了帳,他的朋友卻遞給收銀員一張紙條,上面寫著一串數字1004180,收銀員笑了笑,讓他不付錢通過了。奧妙何在?

  Keys:

  1.For sundry reasons.

  有很多不同的原因。

  2.1004180 means「I owe nothing; for I ate nothing.」1004180意思是:「我什麼沒吃,所以不欠什麼。」

  Notes:

  1.Sundry/'s)ndri:/adj.各種各樣的,形似sun-

  dried曬太陽曬乾(身上的汗水)

  2.cashier/k$>M!+/n.收銀員

  1004180讀作「I O nothing four I eight nothing」,

  意思是「I owe nothing for I ate nothing」。

  Questions:

  1.Which state in the United States is round at both ends and high in the middle?

  美國哪個州兩頭圓,中間高?

  2.My hen laid a five-pound egg,can you beat it?

  我家的母雞生了一個五鎊重的雞蛋,你比得過嗎?

  3.What sense do you lose when you are sick?

  生病時會失去哪種感覺,

  Keys:

  1.Ohio.

  俄亥俄州。

  2.Sure, with an egg-beater.

  當然,用打蛋器就行了。

  3.Your sense of touch,for you don't feel well.

  觸覺,因為你感覺不對頭。

  Notes:

  1.Ohio兩頭是O,中間是hi,音似high.

  2.beat v.勝過,比過;打(蛋)

  Can you beat it?另一層意思是「你會打這個蛋嗎?」

  3.feel well身體好;觸覺良好
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 樓主| cwjjzhou 發表於 2007-3-18 07:00 | 只看該作者

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Questions:

  1.What animals are well-educated?

  什麼動物受的教育好?

  2.What's the smallest room in the World?

  世界上什麼房間最小?

  3.Why are young men unwilling to date the daughter of the Fortunes?

  年輕人為什麼都不願和費群家的小姐約會?

  Keys:

  1.Fish, because they go around in schools.

  是魚,因為它們總是成群地游來游去。

  2.A mushroom.

  是蘑菇。

  3.Because she is Miss Fortune.

  因為她是費群小姐。

  Notes:

  1.school n.一群(魚);學校

  2.mushroom/'m)Mrum/n.蘑菇

  3.Miss Fortune音似misfortune/mis>f&:CM+n/ n.不幸

  Questions:

  1.What has nothing but a head and a tail?

  什麼東西只有腦袋和尾巴?

  2.As a large horse is getting on in age,why should he always stay in cold and wet?

  當一匹馬日漸衰老,為什麼總呆在又濕又冷的地方?

  3.If you stand with your back to the north and face south,what would be on your left hand?

  假設你站著時前面是南,後面是北,那麼左手是什麼方向?

  Keys:

  1.A coin.

  是硬幣。

  2.So that he could catch cold and become a little hoarse.

  這樣他就可以著涼,嗓子就可以有些嘶啞。

  3.Fingers.

  是手指。

  Notes:

  1.head頭;錢幣的正面(指有人頭像的一面)

  tail尾巴;錢幣的反面

  2.hoarse/h&:s/adj.嘶啞的,音似horse

  a little horse一匹小馬

  3.on one's left hand可以指左手方向,也可以指在左手上面

  Questions:

  1.What kind of water should people drink in order to be healthy?

  為了健康應該喝什麼水?

  2.Why is 10×10=1000.like your left eye?

  為什麼說10×10=1000就像你的左眼?

  3.What do you still keep after giving it to someone else?

  什麼東西給了別人自己卻還留著?

  Keys:

  1.Drink well water.

  喝井水。

  2.It's not right.

  它不是右眼。

  3.Your word.

  你的話。

  Notes:

  1.well n.井; adj.健康的

  2.It's not right 另一層意思是:它不對

  3. give one's word 允諾,答應

  keep one's word 信守諾言

  keep one's word after giving it 真正的意思是:答應別人的事一定要做到

  Questions:

  1.Are cats bigger in the morning or at night?

  貓是早晨大還是夜晚大?

  2.What did the big chimney say to the little chimney while working?

  工作時大煙囪對小煙囪說些什麼?

  3.What is a sleeping child?

  睡覺的孩子是幹什麼的?

  Keys:

  1.At night, because they're let out in night time and taken in in the day time.

  夜晚的貓大,因為它們晚上出動,白天收兵。

  2.「You're too young to smoke.」

  「你還年輕,不該抽煙。」

  3.A kidnapper.

  是個綁匪。

  Notes:

  1.let out放出去;改長,改寬(尤指改衣服)

  take in收回;改短,改小(尤指改衣服)

  2.smoke v.抽煙;冒煙

  3.kidnapper/'kidn$p+/n.綁匪

  kid/kid/ n.小孩

  nap/n$p/v.打瞌睡

  Questions:

  1.Who is lazier,the tall man or the short man?

  高個子和矮個子的人誰更懶惰?

  2.When did the driver stop to have lunch?

  司機什麼時候停下來吃午飯?

  3.Take away my first letter,take away my second letter,take away all my letters, and I remain the same. What am I?

  拿走我的第一個字母,第二個字母,拿走我所有的字母,我還是我,請問我是誰?

  Keys:

  1.The tall one, because he's longer In bed.

  高個子懶,因為他在床上的時間更長。

  2.When he came to a fork in the road.

  當他開到三叉口的時候。

  3.A postman.

  郵遞員。

  Notes:

  1.longer adv.(時間)更長;(距離,身高等)更長

  2.fork n.三叉口;叉子

  3. letter n.字母;信
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Questions:

  1.Will it rain for several days continuously?

  會不會連續幾天陰雨連綿?

  2.Who can raise things without lifting them?

  什麼人不用舉就能把東西抬起來?

  3.What did the king cloud say to the rest of the clouds?

  雲中之王對芸芸眾生說什麼?

  4.Who is married to the First Lady?

  第一夫人嫁給了誰?

  Keys:

  1.Never, because there're nights in between.

  永遠不會,因為白晝之間有黑夜隔開。

  2.Farmers.

  農民。

  3.「I'm the one who should rain here.」

  「我要在這裡降雨。」

  4.Adam.

  是亞當。

  Notes:

  1.day n.一天;一個白晝

  continuously/k+n>tinju+sli/ adv.連續不斷地

  2.raise舉起,抬起;飼養,種植

  3. rain v.下雨,音似reign/rein/v.統治

  4.the First Lady第一夫人,總統夫人

  the first lady第一位女士,指夏娃

  Questions:

  1.What does the man who just had his face shaved resemble?

  剛剛修過鬍鬚的男人像什麼?

  2.Why did the farmer take his chicken to task?

  農夫為什麼訓斥小雞?

  3.How do we know the ocean is friendly?

  人們如何知道海洋是友好的呢?

  Keys:

  1.A bear.

  像熊。

  2.Because they use foul language.

  因為它們說髒話。

  3.It waves.

  它總是招手致意。

  Notes:

  1.resemble/ri>zembl/ v.與…相像

  bear n.熊,音似bare adj.光禿禿的,無遮蓋的

  bare-faced面孔乾乾淨淨,沒有鬍鬚的

  bear-faced臉和熊一樣的

  2.foul adj.髒的,音似fowl n.家禽

  3.wave v.起波浪;招手致意

  Questions:

  1.How did the hangman get married?

  絞刑吏是怎麼結婚的?

  2.Why did little Tom put his brother's guitar in the refrigerator?

  小湯姆為什麼把他哥哥的吉他放在冰箱里?

  3.Why is the inside of everything so mysterious?

  為什麼說凡事內部都神秘莫測?

  Keys:

  1.He tied a knot.

  他打了一個結。

  2.Because he enjoyed cool music.

  因為他愛聽美妙的音樂。

  3.Because you can never make them out.

  因為你永遠也不能弄懂它們。

  Notes:

  1.hangman n.絞刑吏,劊子手

  tie a knot打一個結;締結良緣

  2.refrigerator n.電冰箱(也可寫作fridge或者icebox)

  cool adj.涼的,冷的;棒的,超級的,美妙的

  3.make them out有兩層意思:①把它們變到外面來;②弄懂它們,看清它們

  mysterious adj.難理解的,神秘的

  Questions:

  1.Why is a coward like a leaky faucet?

  為什麼說膽小鬼和漏水的籠頭一樣?

  2.Why should we never ask balloons for advice?

  為什麼我們絕不向汽球徵求意見?

  3.What band can't play music?

  什麼樂隊不會演奏音樂?

  Keys:

  1.They both run.

  因為它們都會溜走。

  2.They are full of hot air.

  因為它們裡面全是熱空氣。

  3.Rubber band.

  橡皮筋。

  Notes:

  1.coward/'kau+d/n.懦夫,膽小鬼

  faucet/'f&:sit/ n.水籠頭

  leaky/'li:ki/ adj.漏的,有漏洞的

  run v.跑,溜走;流動,流(水)

  2.hot air熱空氣;吹牛,胡說

  3.band n.樂隊,吹奏樂隊;帶子,繩子

  rubber band橡皮筋

  Questions:

  1.Do audience ever steal anything?

  聽眾會偷東西嗎?

  2.What will the farmer grow in his garden if he doesn't mind working hard?

  假如一個農夫不在乎勞動有多辛苦,他會在園子里種什麼?

  Keys:

  1.Yes,when they take the floor.

  當他們發言時就會這樣做。

  2.He will grow tired.

  他會累的。

  Notes:

  1.audience/>&j+dns/ n.聽眾,觀眾

  take the floor有兩種理解:①片語真正的含義是「發言」;②在答案中可理解為「拿走地板」。

  2.grow v.種植;變得…
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Questions:

  1.Can you tell me when was the Iron Age?

  能告訴我鐵器時代是什麼時候嗎?

  2.Why did the rooster refuse to fight?

  公雞為何不應戰?

  3.What king belongs to a student?

  什麼國王屬於學生?

  Keys:

  1.Before the drip-dry era.

  在滴干成衣時期之前。

  2.Because it's a chicken.

  因為它是一隻雞。

  3.A ruler.

  一把尺。

  Notes:

  1.iron n.鐵器,鐵;熨斗

  drip/drip/ v.滴水

  drip-dry adj.(指衣服)滴干免熨的

  2.rooster/'ru:st+/ n.公雞,也作 cook

  chicken n.雞,包括 hen(母雞), rooster/cock(公雞),Chick(小雞);膽小鬼,懦夫

  3.ruler n.統治者;尺

  Questions:

  1.Why didn't the baseball catcher meet Cinderella?

  棒球隊的接球員為什麼沒有見到灰姑娘?

  2.What would happen if the rock beard a most funny joke?

  要是石頭聽了一個非常好笑的笑話會怎麼樣?

  Keys:

  1.Because he missed the ball.

  因為他沒有接住球。

  2.He would crack up.

  他會笑破肚皮。

  Notes:

  1.baseball/'beisb&:l/ n.棒球賽,棒球隊隊員有catcher(接球員), batter(擊球員)和pitcher(投球員)。

  Cinderella是童話中的人物,原名叫Ella,因為繼母讓她整天呆在廚房裡,身上的衣服都是灰(cinder),所以大家叫她灰姑娘(cinderella)。

  cinder/'sind+/ n.餘燼,煤塊燒剩下的煤核

  ball n.球;舞會

  miss the ball另一層意思是:錯過了舞會

  2. crack up(引起)哄堂大笑,笑痛肚子

  crack/'kr$k/ v.破裂,敲破

  The rock would crack up另一層意思是:石頭會裂開的

  Questions:

  1.Why do you put your head on the piano?

  你為何把頭放在鋼琴上?

  2.Why do you put your bed in the fireplace?

  你為何把床放在壁爐里?

  3.Why does the liar stay in his room all day?

  撒謊的人為何成天呆在家裡?

  Keys:

  1.I want to play piano by ear.

  因為我想用耳朵彈琴。

  2.I want sleep like a log.

  因為我想像木頭一樣睡覺。

  3.So that nobody can find him out.

  這樣任何人都不會在外面發現他。

  Notes:

  1.play(piano) by ear真正的涵義是:不用樂譜演奏(鋼琴曲)

  2.sleep like a log真正的涵義是:睡得很沉很香

  fire place壁爐

  3.find…out真正的涵義是:發現真相,使真相大白

  Questions:

  1.How long is a shoe, usually?

  一般鞋有多長?

  2.What ten-letter word starts with gas?

  什麼單詞是由gas開頭的10個字母組成?

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

  什麼東西全身黑、白、紅相間?

  Keys:

  1.A little more than a foot long.

  一英尺多一點。

  2.Automobile.

  汽車。

  3.Newspaper.

  報紙。

  Notes:

  1.foot n.英尺;腳

  「A little more than a foot long」實指「比腳長點點」。

  2.automobile/'tmabi:l/ n.汽車

  start v.以…開始;發動,啟動(尤指汽車)

  3.red音似read(read過去分詞)

  read all over從頭讀到尾

  Questions:

  1.What has a tongue but can't talk?

  什麼東西有舌頭卻不能講話?

  2.What has a ear but can't bear?

  什麼東西有耳朵卻聽不見?

  3.What has a head but can't think?

  什麼東西有頭腦卻不會思考?

  4.What has a foot but can't walk?

  什麼東西有腳卻不會走路?

  Keys:

  1.An envelope.

  一個信封。

  2.An ear of corn.

  一穗玉米。

  3.A nail.

  一顆釘子。

  4.A bed.

  一張床。

  Notes:

  1.tongue n.舌頭;舌狀物

  3.head n.頭;頂端

  4.foot n.腳;底部

  the foot of a bed床腳處
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Questions:

  1.Why is the letter E so sad?

  字母E為什麼傷心不已?

  2.Why is the letter E so important?

  字母E為什麼至關重要?

  3.Why are the letter Grand the letter Sin「gloves」close to each other?

  為什麼說在「gloves」這個單詞中字母G和字母S關係密切?

  Keys:

  1.Because it's always out of cash and always in debt.

  因為它總是缺錢花,又總是債務纏身。

  2.Because it's the beginning of everything.

  因為它是萬物的開端。

  3.Because there is love between them.

  因為它們有「愛」牽繫著。

  Notes:

  1.out of cash沒有現款

  in debt欠債

  3.glove/gl)v/ n.手套

  Questions:

  1.What letter is an animal?

  什麼字母是一種動物?

  2.What letter is a vegetable?

  什麼字母是一種蔬菜?

  3.What letter is a question?

  什麼字母是一個問題?

  4.What letter is a part of the head

  什麼字母是頭的一部分?

  Keys:

  1.The letter B.

  字母B.

  2.The letter P.

  字母P.

  3.The letter Y.

  字母Y.

  4.The letter I.

  字母I.

  Notes:

  1.Bee蜜蜂

  2.Pea/pi:/ n.豌豆

  3.Y音似Why

  4.I音似eye

  Questions:

  1.What letter is most precious for a deaf old lady?

  什麼字母對於耳背的老太尤其珍貴?

  2.What do we learn in primary schools?

  我們在小學里學什麼?

  3.What has four eyes but can't see?

  什麼有四隻眼卻看不見?

  Keys:

  1.The letter「A」, for it makes her hear.

  是字母A,因為它使老太耳聰。

  2.ABCs.

  是基本常識。

  3.The Mississippi.

  是密西西比河。

  Notes:

  1.precious/'preM+s/ adj.寶貴的,珍貴的

  2.ABC/'eibi:'si:/ n.基礎知識,複數形式為 ABC's或ABCs.

  3. Mississippi單詞中有四個「i」(four eyes)。

  Questions:

  1.What part of London is in France?

  倫敦哪個部分在法國?

  2.What makes a road broad?

  什麼使馬路變寬?

  3.What letter stands for the ocean?

  什麼字母代表海洋?

  4.What letter is to be avoided if you want to borrow money?

  要想借錢,就得避開什麼字母?

  Keys:

  1.The lette5r 「N」。

  字母N.

  2.The letter「B」。

  字母B.

  3.The letter「C」。

  字母C.

  4.The letter「A」, because it makes men mean.

  是字母A,因為它使人變得吝嗇。

  Notes:

  3.C音似sea(大海)。

  4.mean/mi:n/adj.小氣,吝嗇

  Questions:

  1.What three letters turn a boy into a man?

  哪三個字母可以男孩子變成男人?

  2.What is written with three letters but is pronounced like one letter?

  什麼寫出來是三個字母,讀出來卻像一個字母?

  3.What starts with T, ends with T, and can be full of T?

  什麼開始是T,結尾是T,還可能全是T?

  4.How can you change a pear into a pearl?

  怎樣可以把梨變成珍珠?

  Keys:

  1.A-G-E.

  是A-G-E.

  2.Eye.

  是眼睛。

  3.Teapot.

  是茶壺。

  4.Add the letter L.

  加上字母L.

  Notes:

  1.A-G-E拼出來是age(年齡)。

  3.teapot/'ti:p&t/n.茶壺
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Questions:

  1.Why is the letter B like fire?

  字母B為什麼跟火一樣?

  2.Why is the letter D like a sailor?

  字母D為什麼跟海員一樣?

  3.Why is the letter T like a boat?

  字母T為什麼跟船一樣?

  Keys:

  1.It makes the oil Boil,too.

  因為它也可以讓油沸騰。

  2.It follows the C.

  因為它跟在字母C後面。

  3.It's in the midst of water,too.

  因為它也在水中間。

  Notes:

  1.fire(火)可以加熱 oil(油)至沸騰,B加在oil前也可使之變成 Boil(沸騰)。

  2.follow the C音似 follow the sea(跟尋大海)。

  3.in the midst of在…中間

  Questions:

  1.Why is the letter K like flour?

  字母K為什麼與麵粉相似?

  2.Why is the letter A like high noon?

  字母A為什麼與正午相似?

  3.Why are farmers surprised by the letter G?

  農民為何對字母G驚嘆不已?

  4.What's the end of the world?

  世界末日是什麼樣子?

  Keys:

  1.You can't make a cake without it.

  沒有它你做不成蛋糕。

  2.It's also in the middle of the day.

  它也在一天的正當中。

  3.It turns oats into goats.

  它能把燕麥變成山羊。

  4.The letter「d」。

  就是字母d.

  Notes:

  1.flour/flau+/ n.麵粉

  2.high noon正午

  Questions:

  1.What is the significance of the letter"B"to the growing up of children?

  字母B對於兒童的成長有何重大意義?

  2.What is the origin of eternity?

  永恆的起源是什麼?

  3.What letter separates Europe from Africa?

  哪個字母把歐洲和美洲隔開?

  Keys:

  1.It made them bolder as they grow older.

  它使得他們隨著年齡增長而變得膽大而勇敢。

  2.The letter「E」。

  字母E.

  3.The letter「C」。

  字母C.

  Notes:

  1.bold adj.大膽,勇敢

  significance n.重要,意義,價值

  2.origin n.起源,源頭

  eternity n.水恆

  3.C音似sea(海洋)。

  Questions:

  1.What eight-letter word has only one letter in it?

  什麼單詞拼出來有8個字母,裡面卻只有一個?

  2.What five-letter word has only one left once you take two away?

  什麼單詞拼出來有5個字母,拿走2個,卻只剩下一個?

  3.What seven-letter word has only three letters?

  什麼單詞拼出來有7個字母,卻只用3個字母?

  4.What nine-letter word has seven left if you take four away?

  什麼單詞拼出來有9個字母,拿走四個,卻還剩下七個?

  Keys:

  1.Envelope.

  信封。

  2.Stone.

  石頭。

  3.Barbara.

  芭芭拉(人名)。

  4.Seventeen.

  十七。

  Notes:

  1.letter n.字母;信

  Questions:

  1.Can you spell jealousy with two letters?

  你能用2個字母把「嫉妒」這個詞拼出來嗎?

  2.Can you spell donkey with one letter?

  你能用一個字母把「驢子」拼出來嗎?

  3.Can you end a game of hide-and-seek with three letters?

  你能用三個字母結束捉迷藏的遊戲嗎?

  4.Can you turn an odd number into even by removing one letter?

  你能拿走一個字母,把奇數變成偶數嗎?

  Keys:

  1.N.V.

  是N.V,音似envy(嫉妒)。

  2.U.

  字母 U,音似You(你)。

  3.I——C——U.

  字母 I——C——U,音似I see you(我看見你了)。

  4.Sure. You can get 「even」if you remove the first letter from「seven', which is an odd number.

  當然,從「七」這個奇數單詞中拿走第一個字母,就得到了偶數。

  Notes:

  4.even/'i:vin/n.偶數
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Questions:

  1.Why are girls afraid of the letter C?

  女孩為什麼害怕字母C?

  2.Why are painters fond of the letter R?

  油漆工為什麼青睞字母R?

  3.How many peas are there in a pint?

  一品脫有多少粒豌豆?

  4.What are the most sensible letters?

  什麼字母最明智?

  Keys:

  1.Because it makes fat fact.

  因為它使肥胖成為現實。

  2.Without it, varnish would vanish.

  沒有它,清漆就會消失。

  3.One.

  一粒。

  4.The Y's.

  是字母Y.

  Notes:

  2.varnish n.清漆

  vanish v.消失

  3.pea音似P.

  4.Y's音似wise(睿智)。

  Questions:

  1.If Sally goes to school in Sydney and Sally's sister has supper in a scenic spot near the sea,how many S's are there in all?

  假如莎莉在悉尼上學,莎莉的妹妹在海邊風景區吃晚飯,請問總共有多少個S字母出現?

  2.What occurs once in every minute,twice in every moment, but not once in a hundred years?

  什麼事每分鐘一次,每片刻兩次,可是一百年也不遇?

  3.What letter do most people fear most?

  大多數人最害怕什麼字母?

  Keys:

  1.None. There's no「s」in「all」。

  一個也沒有,all這個單詞不用s.

  2.The letter M.

  是字母M.

  3.The letter E, because it's the end of life.

  是字母E,因為它是「life」這個單詞末尾的字母。

  Notes:

  3.「It's the end of life.」另一種理解是:它是生命的結束。

  Questions:

  1. What letter is a kind of drink?

  什麼字母是一種飲料?

  2.Why is the letter R absolutely necessary to friendship?

  為什麼說字母R對於友誼至關重要?

  3.What are a banker's favourite vowels?

  銀行家最喜歡的母音是什麼?

  Keys:

  1.The letter「T」。

  是字母「T」。

  2.Without it,a friend will become a fiend.

  沒有它,朋友就成了惡魔。

  3.I——O——U.

  是三個母音I-O-U.

  Notes:

  1.T音似tea(茶)。

  2.absolutely adv.完全地,絕對地

  fiend/fi:nd/n.惡魔,魔鬼

  3.favourite/'feiv+rit/ adj.喜愛的,偏愛的,也可

  寫作 favorite.

  vowel/vau+l/ n.母音,母音字母

  I-O-U音似「I owe you」(我欠了你的)。

  IOU n.借據,也寫作I.O.U.

  Questions:

  1.Why is U the jolliest letter?

  為什麼說U是最開心的字母?

  2.What is the difference between here and there?

  這裡和那裡的區別是什麼?

  3.Thirteen different letters are hidden in this design.Please find them.

  有13個字母躲藏在此圖內,你能找出來嗎?

  Keys:

  1.Because it's in the midst of fun.

  因為它在開心的當中。

  2.The letter「T」。

  是字母T.

  3.E,F,H,I,K,L,M,N,T,V,X,Y,Z

  Notes:

  1.jolly adj.歡樂的,快活的

  midst/'midst/ n.中間,中部,當中

  in the midst of fun有兩層意思:

  ①字母u是單詞fun當中的一個字母;

  ②字母u在歡樂的當中,當然最開心。
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Questions:

  1.How can you make a rope shorter without cutting or winding it?

  不能剪也不能卷,怎樣使一根繩子變短?

  2.How can you throw a ball and have it return to you without hitting anything or having anyone throw it back to you?

  把球扔出去,不能碰任何物體,不能讓別人扔回來,怎樣使球乖乖地回到你手裡?

  3.Why are you wearing two watches at the same time?

  你為何同時戴兩塊表?

  Keys:

  1.Take a longer rope and compare with it.

  拿一根長點的繩子比一比就行了。

  2.Just throw it up in the air.

  往上拋。

  3.To see if the other one keeps good time.

  互相監督是否走時準確。

  Notes:

  1.與更長的繩子相比,原來那根繩子肯定是更短了(shorter)。

  Questions:

  1.What is visible only in winter time?

  什麼東西冬天才能看見?

  2.What do you have that you can't lend to others?

  什麼東西屬於你而且不能借給別人?

  3.Why don't boys need to watch out for worms when they're eating apples?

  男孩子吃蘋果時為什麼不用當心蘋果里的蟲?

  Keys:

  1.Your breath.

  你的呼吸。

  2.Your shadow.

  你的影子。

  3.The worms have to watch out for themselves.

  因為蟲子必須自己當心(不被吃掉)。

  Notes:

  1.visible/'vizibl/adj.看得見的

  3. watch out當心,注意,留神

  Questions:

  1.If two swallows are sitting on a twig and you wish to get the twig without disturbing the swallows,what shall you do?

  假如兩隻燕子停在一枝小樹枝上,你想弄到那枝小樹枝,卻不想驚動燕子,怎麼辦?

  2.If you find three sparrows on the roof and you shoot one,how many are left?

  假如你看見屋頂上有三隻麻雀,射掉一隻,還有幾隻?

  3.If a burglar was informed all the exits were guarded,what could he do to escape?

  假如強盜得知所有的出口都有人站崗,那麼他怎麼才能逃出去?

  Keys:

  1.Wait till the swallows fly away.

  等燕子飛走了以後去弄。

  2.None.The others fly away.

  一隻不剩,其餘都飛走了。

  3.He could go out of the entrance.

  他可以從入口出去。

  Notes:

  1.swallow n.燕子

  twig/twig/ n.小枝,細枝

  2.sparrow n.麻雀

  Questions:

  1.Why do people wish for something they haven't got?

  人們為什麼總是想得到沒有得到的東西呢?

  2.Why do people always find what they are looking for in the last place they look?

  人們找東西時為什麼總是在最後一個尋找的地方才找到?

  3.What does everybody know about the emperors of China?

  關於中國的皇帝每個人都知道的是什麼?

  Keys:

  1.What else is there to wish for? You cease to wish for it once you get it.

  除此以外你還想要得到什麼?一旦得到,你就用不著想得到了。

  2.No one would keep looking once they find what they are looking for.

  一旦人們找到他們尋找的東西后,沒有人還會找下去。

  3.They're all dead.

  他們都作古了。

  Notes:

  1.cease to do something停止做某事,與cease doing something意思相同。

  Questions:

  1.How to put you left hand where your right hand can't reach it?

  把你的左手放在哪兒,使你的右手無論如何也夠不到?

  2.How can you tell the weather with a rope?

  只有一根繩子,如何知道天氣?

  Keys:

  1.Put your left hand on your right elbow.

  把你的左手放在右肘上。

  2.Take it in the open.If it swings, it's windy; if it's wet, it's raining.

  拿到室外,如果它搖晃,說明有風;如果它濕了,說明有雨。

  Notes:

  1.elbow n.肘,肘部

  2.in the open在戶外,在野外
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Questions:

  1.If you take half from a half dollar, how much is left?

  如果從一個半塊美元里拿走半塊,還剩多少?

  2.How long should your legs be?

  你的腿應該有多長?

  3.Why is the woolen sweater marked「cotton」?

  為什麼羊毛衫上卻標著「棉製品」?

  4.If your uncle's sister is not you aunt, what relation is she to you?

  如果你舅舅的妹妹不是你阿姨,請問她是你什麼?

  Keys:

  1.A dollar is left.

  還剩一個美元。

  2.Long enough to reach the ground.

  夠得著地就行了。

  3.TO fool the moths.

  是用來瞞著蛀蟲的。

  4.Your mother.

  是你的母親。

  Notes:

  3. moth n.蛾,蛀蟲

  woolen/wulin/ adj.羊毛的,呢絨的,也可寫作woollen

  Questions:

  1.Tommy Tucker took two strings and tied two turtles to two tall trees.How many T's are there in that?

  湯米·塔克拿了兩段繩子,把兩隻烏龜拴在兩棵大樹上。請問這句話中有多少個「T」?

  2.It usually takes 8 hours to travel from New York to Chicago by train.Then why hasn't the train leaving the Big Apple more than ten hours ago arrived yet?

  通常從紐約到芝加哥坐火車只要8小時,可是這列火車離開紐約已經超過10小時了,為什麼現在還沒有到芝城呢?

  Keys:

  1.There are two T's in「that」。

  有兩個「T」。

  2.The train was not for Chicago.

  這列火車不是開往芝加哥的。

  Notes:

  2.The Big Apple指紐約。

  Questions:

  1.Whose eyes never close?

  誰的眼睛從來不閉?

  2.What is a fish net made of?

  魚網是什麼做的?

  3.What walks all day on its head?

  什麼東西整天用頭走路?

  4.What's the difference between a monkey and a flea?

  猴子和跳蚤的區別是什麼?

  Keys:

  1.A neddle's eye.

  針眼。

  2.Little holes tied together with strings.

  用繩子系起來的小洞洞。

  3.A nail on a horse.

  馬蹄鐵上的釘子。

  4.A monkey can have fleas but a flea can't have monkeys.

  猴子可能長跳蚤,跳蚤不可能生猴子。

  Notes:

  3.the head of the nail釘子頭

  4.flea /fli:/n.跳蚤

  Questions:

  1.What can you tell from Peter's record card with extremely poor grades?

  彼得糟糕透頂的成績單說明什麼問題?

  2.What would George Washington be most famous for if he were alive today?

  如果喬治·華盛頓今天還活著,那麼他最為著名的是什麼?

  3.What does everybody do at the same time?

  所有的人同時在做同一件什麼事情?

  4.What resembles half a pie?

  什麼東西像半塊餅?

  Keys:

  1.He didn't cheat.

  他沒有作弊。

  2.Old age.

  高壽。

  3.Grow old.

  變老。

  4. The other half.

  餅的另一半。

  Notes:

  1.record card成績單

  Questions:

  1.My uncle hasn't slept for many days but he isn't tired at all.What's his secret?

  我叔叔很多天沒有睡覺,卻一點也不累,奧妙何在?

  2.What has a bed but never sleeps, a mouth but never speaks?

  什麼東西有床不睡,有口不說?

  3.What has four fingers and a thumb but no flesh and bone?

  什麼東西有五指卻沒有骨肉?

  Keys:

  1.He sleeps at night.

  他晚上睡覺。

  2.A river.

  河流。

  3.A glove.

  手套。

  Notes:

  2.the bed of the river河床

  the mouth of the river河口(河入海的地方)

  3.thumb /I)m/ n.拇指

  此外有 forefinger(食指), middle finger(中指),ring finger(無名指),和little finger(小拇指)。
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Questions:

  1.The farmers in this village used modern methods but harvested no apples this year.Why?

  今年這個村落的農民們運用了現代新技術,卻沒有收穫到一隻蘋果。為什麼?

  2.The injured dog had some difficulty going home.Every step he took,he slipped back two. However, he still manage to get home.How did he do it?

  受了傷的小狗回家無比艱難,他每向前走一步,就得向後滑兩步,但是就是這樣他還是回到家了,請問他是怎樣做到的?

  Keys:

  1.They planted peach trees.

  他們種的是桃樹。

  2.He walked in the other direction.

  他朝與回家相反的方向走。

  Notes:

  1.harvest/'ha:vist/ v.收穫,收割

  peach/pi:t/ n.桃子

  2.Slip/'Slip/ v.滑,溜,跌交

  manage v.成功地做了某事

  Questions :

  1.What falls often but never gets hurt?

  什麼東西經常摔下來卻毫無損傷?

  2.Why do cowboys ride their horses to town?

  牛仔們為什麼騎馬去城裡?

  3.Who goes around all day in a car with his bag full of money?

  誰整天坐著車到處逛,包里滿是鈔票?

  4.Why does Jim wish he had enough money to buy an elephant?

  吉姆為何希望有足夠的錢買一頭大象?

  Keys:

  1.Snowflakes.

  雪花。

  2.It'11 take much longer if they walk their horses there.

  因為牽著馬走去花的時間太長了。

  3.A bus conductor.

  汽車售票員。

  4.He just wishes he had that much money.

  他就想有那麼多的錢。

  Notes:

  2. cowboy n.牛仔,牧童

  Questions:

  1.How did the pick-pocket spot the plain-clothes cop in the woman's disguise?

  小偷怎麼識別出裝扮成女人的便衣警察?

  2.Which month has 28 days?

  哪個月有28天?

  3.What is it that everyone wants to have and get rid of, too?

  什麼東西人人都想擁有卻又都想甩掉?

  Keys:

  1.He passed by a cosmetics store without looking in the window.

  因為他路過一家化妝品商店卻看都不看櫥窗里的東西。

  2. Every month has at least 28 days.

  每個月都至少有28天。

  3.One's appetite.

  人的胃口。

  Notes:

  1.pick-pocket n.扒錢包的人,小偷plain-clothes adj.便衣的

  disguise n.偽裝

  3.get rid of one's appetite滿足胃口,吃飽喝足

  Questions:

  1.Where did the egg floating down the Mississippi River come from?

  飄在密西西比河上的雞蛋是從哪兒來的?

  2.Lucky Mouse fell off a 1000-step stair and was not hurt. Why?

  幸運鼠從1000級的台階上摔下來卻安然無恙,為什麼?

  3.Why do giraffes have long neck?

  長頸鹿的脖子為什麼那麼長?

  4.What travels around the earth without using any fuel?

  什麼東西不用燃料繞著地球轉?

  Keys:

  1.From a hen .

  是母雞生下來的。

  2.He fell off the last step.

  他是從最後一個台階上摔下來的。

  3.Because their heads are far from their bodies.

  因為它們的頭離身子遠。

  4.The moon.

  是月亮。

  Notes:

  4.fuel/fju:+l/n.燃料

  Questions:

  1.What number has nothing left if you take a half from it?

  什麼數字拿走一半就什麼都不剩了?

  2.What number is like a peacock?

  什麼數字像孔雀一樣?

  3.What room has no walls,no doors, no windows,and no one to live in?

  什麼房間沒有牆,沒有門窗,也沒有人住?

  Keys:

  1.The number is 8, because only 0 is left whether you take away the top half or the bottom half.

  是數字8,因為不管你拿掉它的上面一半還是下面一半,剩下的都是零。

  2.The number is 9, because it's 0 without its tail and likewise, a peacock is nothing without its tail.

  是數字9,因為9沒有尾巴就成了零,同樣,孔雀沒有尾巴也一無是處。

  3.A mushroom.

  是蘑菇。

  Notes:

  2.peacock n.雄孔雀(雌孔雀為peahen)
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Questions:

  1.Who works only one day in a year but never gets fired?

  誰一年只上一天班卻不會被開除?

  2.When do people have two mouths?

  什麼時候人有兩張嘴?

  3.What grows sharper the more it's used?

  什麼東西越用越鋒利?

  4.Why do lions eat raw meat?

  獅子為何吃生肉?

  Keys:

  1.Santa Claus.

  聖誕老人。

  2.When there're two of them.

  有兩個人時。

  3.The tongue.

  舌頭。

  4.They don't know how to cook.

  它們不會烹飪。

  Notes:

  1.Santa Claus 聖誕老人,也作Father Christmas.

  Questions:

  1.What's the birth rate in this area?

  這個地區的出生率是多少?

  2.What has a mouth but never speaks?

  什麼有嘴不說話?

  3.What has everybody seen before but will never he seen again?

  什麼東西人人見過卻永不再見?

  4.What does everyone have and overlook?

  什麼東西人人都有卻總是忽視。

  Keys:

  1.Once per person.

  每人一次。

  2.A jar.

  水壺。

  3.Yesterday.

  昨天。

  4.One's own nose.

  自己的鼻子。

  Notes:

  4.overlook v.忽略,看漏

  Questions:

  1.If you had ten apples and ate eight,how many would you have?

  如果你有十個蘋果,吃了八個,還有幾個?

  2.Why did the ex-chauffeur lie under the mule?

  從前做過私人司機的那個人幹嘛躺在騾子下面?

  3.Why is Jim praying Chicago to be made capital of New Jersey?

  吉姆為何祈禱芝加哥變成新澤西州的首府?

  Keys:

  1.Ten. Two outside and eight inside.

  十個。兩個在外面,八個在裡面。

  2.To see why the mule didn't go.

  看看騾子為什麼不走?

  3.That's the answer he gave on his Geography paper.

  他在地理試卷上這樣寫的。

  Notes:

  2.chauffeur n.私人雇傭的汽車司機ex-加在某些名詞前相當於中文的「前…」,e.g. ex-wife(前妻),ex-president(前總統),ex-cop(前任警官),etc.。

  Questions:

  1.Can you name the capital of every state in the U. S.in ten seconds?

  你能用10秒鐘說出美國所有州的首府嗎?

  2.A motorist ran into a motorcyclist,yet the motorcyclist was not hurt while the motorist was badly injured.Why?

  一個汽車司機撞上了一個騎摩托車的人,騎摩托車的人安然無恙,汽車司機卻受了重傷。這是怎麼回事?

  3.A police officer had a brother,but the brother had no brother. How could that be?

  警官有個哥哥,哥哥卻沒有弟弟,為什麼?

  Keys:

  1.Washington,D.C.

  是華盛頓。

  2.The motorist was walking.

  汽車司機正在走路。

  3.The police officer was a lady.

  警官是位女士。

  Notes:

  2.motorcyclist n.騎摩托車的人

  Questions:

  1.Why does the Statue of Liberty stand in New York harbour?

  自由女神為何矗立在紐約港灣?

  2.Why is Mr. Polite teaching his children foullanguage?

  禮貌先生為何教他孩子髒話?

  3.Why does a cat look first to one side and then to the other side when it enters a room?

  貓進房間時為何先朝一邊看看又朝另一邊看看?

  Keys:

  1.Because it can't sit down.

  因為它不能坐下來。

  2.He's teaching them what not to say.

  他在教他們什麼話不能說。

  3.Because it can't see both sides at once.

  因為它不能同時兩邊看。

  Notes:

  1.statue n. 雕像,雕塑

  liberty n.自由

  harbour n.港灣
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不論鈔票多少, 只要開心就好;
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Questions:

  1.Where was the Declaration of Independence signed ?

  獨立宣言是在哪裡簽的?

  2.Who usually tries to make you smile?

  誰總是讓你笑口常開?

  Keys:

  1.At the bottom.

  在文件末尾。

  2.A photographer.

  攝影師。

  Notes:

  2.photographer n.攝影師

  Questions:

  1.On the way to the bank, Mr. Green met three of his friends.Each of them had his wife with him and each of the ladies had two babies in her arms.How many people are going to the bank?

  格林先生在去銀行的路上碰到三個好朋友,每人都帶了太太,每個太太懷裡都抱著兩個孩子,請問共有多少人前往銀行?

  2.My mother and my father had a baby.It wasn't my brother nor my sister.Who was it?

  我父母生有一個孩子,既非我兄弟亦非我姐妹,這個孩子是誰呢?

  3.Why do birds fly south?

  鳥為何往南飛?

  Keys:

  1.Only Mr. Green. The other people may not be going to the bank.

  只有格林先生一人,其他的人不一定去銀行。

  2.It was me.

  是我。

  3.It's too far to walk.

  走去太遠了。

  Questions:

  1.What would you like, 1/2 of an orange or 6/12 of an orange?

  1/2個桔子和 6/12個桔子,你要哪一份?

  2.Why is doing nothing tiring?

  為什麼無所事事也累?

  3.A young man drove his father's car all the way from his school in New York to his home in Florida, without knowing his car had a puncture. How could it be?

  一個年輕人開著父親的車從紐約他上學的地方一直開到弗羅里達的家中,渾然不知他的車車胎破了。這是怎麼回事?

  Keys:

  1.I'd like 1/2 of an orange, for 6/12 of an orange would have had much juice lost.

  我想1/2個桔子,因為6/12個肯定失掉了很多果汁。

  2.Because you can't possibly stop and rest.

  因為你停不下來,也就沒法歇下來。

  3.It was his father's car that he was driving.

  他開的是父親的車。

  Notes:

  3.puncture n.刺孔,穿孔(尤指車胎)

  Questions:

  1.If you throw a stone into the Red Sea,what will it become?

  假如你把一塊石頭扔進紅海,它會變得怎麼樣?

  2.If two's company and three's a crowd,what's four and five?

  假如兩個是伴,三個一夥,那麼四個和五個呢?

  3.If you took three big apples from a basket or ten apples,how many apples would you have?

  假如你從盛有10個蘋果的籃子里拿走3個大蘋果,那麼你有多少個蘋果?

  Keys:

  1.Wet.

  會變濕。

  2.Nine.

  是九。

  3.You took three apples and you would certainly have three apples.

  你拿了三個蘋果,當然就有三個。

  Notes:

  2.company n.伴侶,夥伴

  Four and five is nine 四加五等於九

  Questions:

  1.A boat turned over and the two men on board fell in the water. But only one man got his hair wet. Why?

  船翻了,船上的兩個人掉到水裡,可是只有其中一人頭髮濕了,這是為什麼?

  2.Mother wants to give the three apples in her basket to her three girls so that each girl gets one whole apple and there's still one in her basket.How can she manage to do that?

  媽媽想把籃子里的三個蘋果分給三個女兒,每個女兒一個完整的蘋果,同時籃子里也有一個蘋果。她如何做到這一點?

  Keys:

  1.The other man was bald.

  其中另一人禿頭。

  2.Give two girls an apple each and give the third girl her apple in the basket.

  其中兩個女兒每人一隻蘋果,另外一個女兒得一隻籃子,籃子里放著第三隻蘋果。

  Notes:

  1.on board在船上,在交通工具上

  bald  adj.禿頭的,光頭的
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