英语脑筋急转弯-第7部分
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你的呼吸。
2.Your shaddow.。。
你的影子。
3.The worms have to watch out for themselves.。。
因为虫子必须自己当心(不被吃掉)。
Notes:
1.visible/'vizibl/adj.看得见的
3. watch out 当心,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?
假如两只燕子停在一枝小树枝上,你想弄到那枝小树枝,却不想惊
动燕子,怎么办?
2.If you find three sparrows on the roof and you shoot one,
how many are left?
假如你看见屋顶上有三只麻雀,射掉一只,还有几只?
3.If a burglar was informed all the exits were guarded,
what could he do to escape?
假如强盗得知所有的出口都有人站岗,那么他怎么才能逃出去?
Keys:
1.Wait till the swallows fly away.。。
等燕子飞走了以后去弄。
2.None.The others fly away.。。
一只不剩,其余都飞走了。
3.He could go out of the entrance.。。
他可以从入口出去。
Notes:
1.swallow/'sw&l+u/n。燕子
twig/twig/ n.小枝,细枝
2.sparrow/'spr+(/ n.麻雀
Questions:
1.Why do people wish for something they haven’t got?
人们为什么总是想得到没有得到的东西呢?
2.Why do people always find what they are looking for in
the last place they look?
人们找东西时为什么总是在最后一个寻找的地方才找到?
3.What does everybody know about the emperors of China?
关于中国的皇帝每个人都知道的是什么?
Keys:
1.What else is there to wish for? You cease to wish for it once
you get it.
除此以外你还想要得到什么?一旦得到,你就用不着想得到了。
2.No one would keep looking once they find what they are looking
for.。。
一旦人们找到他们寻找的东西后,没有人还会找下去。
3.They’re all dead.。。
他们都作古了。
Notes:
1.cease to do something 停止做某事,与cease doing something 意
思相同。
Questions:
1.How to put you left hand where your right hand can’t
reach it?
把你的左手放在哪儿,使你的右手无论如何也够不到?
2.How can you tell the weather with a rope?
只有一根绳子,如何知道天气?
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,如果它摇晃,说明有风;如果它湿了,说明有雨。
Notes:
1.elbow/》elb+(/ n.肘,肘部
2.in the open 在户外,在野外
Questions:
1.If you take half from a half dollar, how much is left?
如果从一个半块美元里拿走半块,还剩多少?
2.How long should your legs be?
你的腿应该有多长?
3.Why is the woolen sweater marked“cotton”?
为什么羊毛衫上却标着“棉制品”?
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,请问她是你什么?
Keys:
1.A dollar is left.。。
还剩一个美元。
2.Long enough to reach the ground.。。
够得着地就行了。
3.TO fool the moths.。。
是用来瞒着蛀虫的。
4.Your mother.。。
是你的母亲。
Notes:
3. moth/m&I/ n.蛾,蛀虫
woolen/wulin/ adj.羊毛的,呢绒的
也可写作woollen
Questions:
1.Tommy Tucker took two strings and tied two turtles to
two tall trees.How many T’s are there in that?
汤米·塔克拿了两段绳子,把两只乌龟拴在两棵大树上。请问这句
话中有多少个“T”?
2.It usually takes 8 hours to travel from NewYork to Chicago
by train.Then why hasn’t the train leaving the Big Apple
more than ten hours ago arrived yet?
通常从纽约到芝加哥坐火车只要8 小时,可是这列火车离开纽约已
经超过10 小时了,为什么现在还没有到芝城呢?
Keys:
1.There are two T’s in“that”.。。
有两个“T”。
2.The train was not for Chicago.。。
这列火车不是开往芝加哥的。
Notes:
2.The Big Apple 指纽约。
Questions:
1.Whose eyes never close?
谁的眼睛从来不闭?
2.What is a fish net made of?
鱼网是什么做的?
3.What walks all day on its head?
什么东西整天用头走路?
4.What’s the difference between a monkey and a flea?
猴子和跳蚤的区别是什么?
Keys:
1.A neddle’s eye.。。
针眼。
2.Little holes tied together with strings.。。
用绳子系起来的小洞洞。
3.A nail on a horse.。。
马蹄铁上的钉子。
4.A monkey can have fleas but a flea can’t have monkeys.。。
猴子可能长跳蚤,跳蚤不可能生猴子。
Notes:
3.the head of the nail 钉子头
4.flea /fli:/n。跳蚤
Questions:
1.What can you tell from Peter’s record card with extremely
poor grades?
彼得糟糕透顶的成绩单说明什么问题?
2.What would George Washington be most famous for if he
were alive today?
如果乔治·华盛顿今天还活着,那么他最为著名的是什么?
3.What does everybody do at the same time?
所有的人同时在做同一件什么事情?
4.What resembles half a pie?
什么东西像半块饼?
Keys:
1.He didn’t cheat.。。
他没有作弊。
2.Old age.。。
高寿。
3.Grow old.。。
变老。
4. The other half.。。
饼的另一半。
Notes:
1.record card 成绩单
Questions:
1.My uncle hasn’t slept for many days but he isn’t tired
at all.What’s his secret?
我叔叔很多天没有睡觉,却一点也不累,奥妙何在?
2.What has a bed but never sleeps, a mouth but never speaks?
什么东西有床不睡,有口不说?
3.What has four fingers and a thumb but no flesh and bone?
什么东西有五指却没有骨肉?
Keys:
1.He sleeps at night.。。
他晚上睡觉。
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(无名指),和little finger(小拇指)。
Questions:
1.The farmers in this village used modern methods but
harvested no apples this year.Why?
今年这个村落的农民们运用了现代新技术,却没有收获到一只苹
果。为什么?
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?
受了伤的小狗回家无比艰难,他每向前走一步,就得向后滑两步,
但是就是这样他还是回到家了,请问他是怎样做到的?
Keys:
1.They planted peach trees.。。
他们种的是桃树。
2.He walked in the other direction.。。
他朝与回家相反的方向走。
Notes:
1.harvest/'ha:vist/ v.收获,收割
peach/pi:t/ n.桃子
2.Slip/'Slip/ v.滑,溜,跌交
manage/'mniDN/ v.成功地做了某事
Questions :
1.What falls often but never gets hurt?
什么东西经常摔下来却毫无损伤?
2.Why do cowboys ride their horses to town?
牛仔们为什么骑马去城里?
3.Who goes around all day in a car with his bag full of
money?
谁整天坐着车到处逛,包里满是钞票?
4.Why does Jim wish he had enough money to buy an elelphant?
吉姆为何希望有足够的钱买一头大象?
Keys:
1.Snowflakes.。。
雪花。
2.It’11 take much longer if they walk their horses there。
因为牵着马走去花的时间太长了。
3.A bus conductor.。。
汽车售票员。
4.He just wishes he had that much money.。。
他就想有那么多的钱。
Notes:
2. cowboy/'kaub&i/ n.牛仔,牧童
Questions:
1.How did the pick…pocket spot the plain…clothes cop in
the woman’s disguise?
小偷怎么识别出装扮成女人的便衣警察?
2.Which month has 28 days?
哪个月有28 天?
3.What is it that everyone wants to have and get rid of,
too?
什么东西人人都想拥有却又都想甩掉?
Keys:
1.He passed by a cosmetics store without looking in the window.。。
因为他路过一家化妆品商店却看都不看橱窗里的东西。
2. Every month has at least 28 days.。。
每个月都至少有28 天。
3.One’s appetite.。。
人的胃口。
Notes:
1.pick…pocket n.扒钱包的人,小偷plain…clothes adj.便衣的
disguise/dis》gaiz/ n.伪装
3.get rid of one’s appetite 满足胃口,吃饱喝足
Questions:
1.Where did the egg floating down the Mississippi River
come from?
飘在密西西比河上的鸡蛋是从哪儿来的?
2.Lucky Mouse fell off a 1000…step stair and was not
hurt. Why?
幸运鼠从1000 级的台阶上摔下来却安然无恙,为什么?
3.Why do giraffes have long neck?
长颈鹿的脖子为什么那么长?
4.What travels around the earth without using any fuel?
什么东西不用燃料绕着地球转?
Keys:
1.From a hen .。。
是母鸡生下来的。
2.He fell off the last step.。。
他是从最后一个台阶上摔下来的。
3.Because their heads are far from their bodies.。。
因为它们的头离身子远。
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?
什么数字拿走一半就什么都不剩了?
2.What number is like a peacock?
什么数字像孔雀一样?
3.What room has no walls,no doors, no windows,and no one
to live in?
什么房间没有墙,没有门窗,也没有人住?
Keys:
1.The number is 8, because only 0 is left whether you take away
the top half or the bottom half.。。
是数字8,因为不管你拿掉它的上面一半还是下面一半,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.。。
是数字9,因为9 没有尾巴就成了零,同样,孔雀没有尾巴也一无是
处。
3.A mushroom.。。
是蘑菇。
Notes:
2.peacock/'pi:k&k/ n.雄孔雀(雌孔雀为peahen)
Questions:
1.How can you make 6 out of three7’s?
怎样使得3 个7 等于6?
2.How can you make 6 out of three 5’s?
怎样使得3 个5 等于6?
3.How can you make 1000 out of eitht8’s?
怎样使得8 个8 等于1000?
4.What time is it when the clock stikes sixteen?
时钟敲16 下时是什么时候?
Keys:
7
1.Easy.7…=6
7
很简单。7…
77
= 6
5
2.Easy.5+ =6
5
很简单.5+
55
= 6
3.Easy.8+8+8+88+888=1000
很简单。8+8+8+88+888=10004.Time to have the clock fixed.。。
是修时钟的时候。
Notes:
4.strike/》straik/v。敲,击
fix/fiks/v。修理
Questions:
1.Who works only one day in a year but never gets fired?
谁一年只上一天班却不会被开除?
2.When do people have two mouths?
什么时候人有两张嘴?
3.What grows sharper the more it’s used?
什么东西越用越锋利?
4.Why do lions eat raw meat?
狮子为何吃生肉?
Keys:
1.Santa Claus.。。
圣诞老人。
2.When there’re two of them.。。
有两个人时。
3.The tongue.。。
舌头。
4.They don’t know how to cook.。。
它们不会烹饪。
Notes:
1.Sa