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趣味英语题解读
趣味英语题
Part I Homonyms&Puns
第 1 篇 谐音及双关类
Questions:
1.Who is closer to you, your mom or your dad?
爸爸和妈妈谁和你更亲?
2.Can you go to the Cinema with your watch broken?
你手表坏了,可以去看电影吗?
3.Why is the comet like Mickey Mouse?
为什么说彗星像米老鼠?
Keys:
1.Mom is closer, because dad is farther.
妈妈更亲,因为爸爸更远。
2.Of course not,for I don’t have the time.
当然不行,因为我没有时间。
3.It’s a star with a tail.
因为它是带着一根尾巴的星星。
Notes:
1.father 父亲,音似 farther/’fa:
J/更远
2. I don’t have the time 有两种理解:
①我没有时
间;②我没戴表或我的表坏了,不知道时间。
3.comet/’k&mit/ n.彗星
Mickey Mouse/ 'miki maus/米老鼠
tail/teil/ n.(动物的)尾巴;彗(星)尾
Questions:
1.What’s the largest room in the world?
世界上最大的房间是什么房间?
2.What’s the poorest bank in the world?
最没有钱的银行是什么银行?
3.When is coffee like the surface of the earth?
咖啡什么时候像地球表面?
4.What month do soldiers hate?
当兵的不喜欢几月份?
Keys:
1.The room for improvement.
改进的空间。
2.The river bank.
河堤。
3.When it’s ground.
被碾成粉末时。
4.March.
三月。
Notes:
1.room·房间;空间,余地
2.bank n.银行;堤岸
3.ground n.地面,它也是 grind/grind/v.磨
碎,碾碎的过去分词形式。
4.march n.行军
Questions:
1.When is a person not a person?
什么时候人不是人?
2.When is a door not a door?
什么时候门不是门?
3.When are boys not boys?
什么时候男孩不是男孩?
4.When is a clock dangerous?
什么时候时钟是危险的?
Keys:
1.When he is a little cross.
当他有点恼怒时。
2.When it’s ajar.
当它虚掩时。
3.When they’re bare-footed.
当他们赤脚时。
4.When it runs down the stairs and strikes one.
当它滚下楼梯敲响一点钟时。
Notes:
1.cross adj.烦恼,恼火; n.十字架
2.ajar/+’DNα:
/adj.(门)虚掩着,露了一条缝的
音似 a jar(一只壶)。
3.bare-footed 赤脚,音似 bear-footed,脚和熊一
样。
4.strikes one 另一层意思是:
击中一个人
Questions:
1.Why is tennis so noisy?
打网球为什么很吵?
2.If a cabbage and a carrot raced, which one
would win?
如果卷心菜和胡萝卜赛跑,谁会赢?
3.How many feet are there in a yard?
一码有多少英尺?
Keys:
1.Each player raises a racket.
因为每个运动员都拿着球拍。
2.The cabbage,because it’s always ahead.
卷心菜,因为它总是领先在前。
3.It depends on how many people stand in the
yard.
这要看院子里站了多少人。
Notes:
1.racket/’r$kit/n.(网球等的)球拍;喧哗,喧闹
raise a racket 大吵大闹
2.cabbage/’k$biDN/n.卷心菜
carrot/’k#+r+t/n.胡萝卜
a head of cabbage 一颗卷心菜
3.feet n.英尺;脚(pl.)
yard n.院子;码
Questions:
1.When are people like glasses?
什么时候人像眼镜?
2.What beam is lighter than all the other beams?
什么梁最轻?
3.What animal eats with its tail?
什么动物用尾巴吃东西?
Keys:
1.When they make spectacles of themselves.
当他们出洋相的时候。
2.lightbeam.
光线。
3.All animals do. No one takes off its tail while
eating.
所有的动物,没有任何一种动物在吃东西时要取
下尾巴。
Notes:
1.spectacle/’spekt+kl/ n.眼镜
make a spectacle of oneself
使自己出丑,出洋相
2.beam/bi:
m/ n.梁;光线
3.with prep.用…做事;带着,有…
Questions:
1.How can you make a slow horse fast?
怎样能使慢马跑得快?
2.What is heavier in summer than in winter?
什么东西夏天比冬天重?
3.What clothing is always sad?
什么衣服总是伤感的?
Keys:
1.Don’t give it anything to eat for a while.
暂时别给它吃东西。
2.Traffic to the beach.
去海滩的人流。
3.Blue Jeans.
蓝色牛仔服。
Notes:
1.fast adj.快的; v.绝食
2.heavy adj.重的;交通量大的,繁忙的
3.jeans/DNi:
nz/ n.牛仔衣,牛仔裤
blue adj.蓝色的;伤感的
Questions:
1.How many legs do horses have?
马有几条腿?
2.When are people smartest?
什么时候人最聪明?
3.I have a tree in my hand.What kind of tree is
it?
我的手上有棵树,是什么树?
Keys:
1.six legs---- forelegs in front and two in back.
有六条腿,前面有前腿,后面有两条腿。
2.When it’s sunny,because everything’s brighter
then.
当天气晴朗的时候,因为这时候万物都更明亮。
3.It’s a palm.
是你的手掌。
Notes:
1.forelegs/’f&:
:
legz/ n.前腿,音似 four legs(四条
腿)
2.bright adj.办明亮;聪明
smart/sma:
t/adj.聪明
3. palm/pa:
m/ n.棕榈树;手掌
Questions :
1.Can you explain what is free speech?
你能说说什么是言论自由吗?
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?
假设绿房子在马路右边,红房子在马路左边,请
问白房子在哪儿?
3.What fruit is never found singly?
什么水果永远不会是单个的?
Keys:
1.Your talking on someone else’s phone.
用别人的电话打电话。
2.In Washington,D. C.
在华盛顿。
3.A pear.
是梨。
Notes:
1.free adj.自由的;免费的
2.The White House 白宫
3.pear/p#+/ n.梨,音似 pair/p#+/ n.一对
Questions:
1.Why is the bride unhappy on her wedding day?
新娘新婚为何不开心?
2.What time must it be when the escaped hungry
wolf ate the paymaster?
逃跑了的饿狼吃掉出纳员是什么时候?
3.What will you break once you say it?
什么东西说出来就碎了?
Keys:
1.Because she didn’t marry the best man.
因为她没有嫁给最好的人。
2.8p.m.
下午 8 点。
3.Silence.
沉默。
Notes:
1.bride/braid/n.新娘
bridegroom/’braidgrum/n.新郎
best man 男傧相;最好的男人
bridesmaid/’braidsmeid/ n.女傧相
2.8 P.m.音似 ate P.m.,而 P.m.是 paymaster 的
缩写。
paymaster n.(发放薪饷的)出纳员
3.break the silence 打破沉默
Questions:
1.What kind of clothes lasts the longest?
什么衣服穿得最久?
2.Why are farmers cruel?
为什么农夫是残酷的?
3.Why are babies like hinges?
为什么说婴儿像门铰链?
Keys:
1.Underwear, because it’s never worn out.
是内衣,因为它永远不会穿在外面。
2.They pull corns by the ears.
因为他们揪着玉米耳朵掰玉米。
3.Because they are things to adore.
因为他们是受宠爱的。
Notes:
1. worn out 穿坏,磨损;穿在外面
2.ear 耳朵;一穗(玉米)
pull corns by the ears 另一种理解是“一穗一穗
地掰玉米”。
3.adore/α’d&:
:
/ v.喜欢,宠爱,音似 a door。
hinge /hinDN/ n.门铰链
things to a door 门上的东西
Questions:
1.If a driver drives too fast he’ll get a ticket.
What will happen to a Poet if he writes too
fast?
司机如果车开得太快就会被罚款,那么诗人如果
诗写得太快,会怎么样呢?
2.Why is an empty purse always the same?
空钱包为什么总是老样子?
3.Why do little birds in the nest agree with each
other?
巢里的小鸟为什么意见总是一致?
Keys:
1.His poetic license will be taken away.
他的写诗执照就会被没收。
2.There’s no change in it.
因为里面没有零钱。
3.Because they would fall out if they didn’t.
因为如果意见不合,它们就会摔出鸟巢。
Notes:
1.poetic license 诗的破格(如不遵从语法规则等)
2. change n.零钱;变化
3. fall out 摔出去;争吵
Questions:
1.Why is an argument like a pen?
为什么说论据就像一支钢笔?
2.When will the wind improve its image?
风什么时候能改进自己的形象?
3.Why is learning English like a light gentle wind
to a smart student?
为什么对聪明的学生来说,学英语就像一阵微
风?
Keys:
1.No good Without a point.
没有笔尖就没有用处。
2.When it turns over a new leaf.
当它把一片刚落的叶子吹翻过来时。
3.It’s a breeze to them.
因为对他们来说学英语轻而易举。
Notes:
1.argument/’%:
gjum+nt/ n.论据,说理
point n.尖,顶端;论点,要点
2.turn over a new leaf 真正的涵义是:
改过自新
3.breeze/bri:
z/ n.微风,和风;轻而易举的事
Questions:
1.What has four wheels and flies?
什么东西有四个轮子还会飞?
2.What’s even harder to catch if you run faster?
什么东西你跑得越快越难追上?
3.What time is it when a man is chased by ten
dogs?
什么时候十条狗追一个人?
4.How can you tell a clock is shy?
你怎么知道时钟害羞呢?
Keys:
1.A garbage truck.
垃圾车。
2.Your breath.
你的呼吸。
3.It’s ten after one.
是一点过十分。
4.It has its hands over its face.
因为它用手遮着脸蛋。
Notes:
1.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?
2.catch one’s breath 恢复正常呼吸(尤指剧烈运
动后)
Questions:
1.Why does time fly?
时间为何飞逝。
2.Why does an invisible man tend to go crazy?
隐形人为何容易发疯?
3.Where can a dog get another tail?
狗去哪里可以再弄到一条尾巴?
4.What bow can never be tied?
什么结不能打?
Keys:
1.To get away from all those who are trying to
kill it.
为的是甩掉所有要谋杀它的人。
2.Out of sight , out of mind.
看不见就变疯了。
3.At a retail store.
在零售商店。
4.A rainbow.
彩虹。
Notes:
1. kill time 消磨时间
2.Out of sight, out of mind 眼不见为净
“
3.前缀 re-表示“再一次”,又…”。
Questions:
1.Why do carpenters think there’s no such thing
as gold in this world?
木匠为什么不相信世上有金子这种东西?
2.Why do you think doctors are mean?
你为什么认为医生很吝啬?
3.What do you think of the Grand Canyon?
你觉得大峡谷如何?
Keys:
1.They never saw it.
因为他们从未锯过金子。
2.Every time they treat me they make me pay for
it.
因为他们每次请我吃饭都让我来付帐。
3.Just gorges.
不过是峡谷罢了。
Notes:
1.saw n.锯,也是 see(看见)的过去式。
英文中讲
”
seeing is believing.(眼见为实)
2.treat/tri:
t/ v.请客;治疗,处理
mean/mi:
n/ adj.小气,吝啬
3.gorges 是 gorge(峡谷)的复数形式,音似 gorgeous/’g&:
s/adj.宜人的,好的,美丽的
Just gorgeous!
太棒了!
太美了!
Questions:
1.How do you punctuate the following sentence?
I saw a $ 100 bill on the ground
你看到下面这个句子怎么给它加上标点?
我看见地上有一张巨元美钞
2.How do you know a photographer is always progressive?
你怎么知道摄影师总是在进步?
3.What roof never keeps out the wet?
什么屋顶不挡雨?
Keys:
1.Make a dash after it.
后面加个破折号。
2.They are always developing.
他们总是在冲(胶卷)。
3.The roof of the mouth.
上颚。
Notes:
1.make a dash after it 另一种理解是:
冲上去拿呀
punctuate v./’p)RkCMueit/加标点
2.develop v.发展;冲(胶卷)
3.roof n.屋顶;上颚
Questions:
1.Does any child like going to school?
有没有小孩子喜欢上学?
2.Why is a peacock the best story-teller?
为什么说孔雀最擅长讲故事?
3.Why is a crazy person equal to two ordinary
people?
为什么说一个疯子抵得上两个正常人?
Keys:
1.Every child likes going to school. Most of them
Just hate staying there before going home.
每个孩子都喜欢去学校,大部分的孩子只不过不
喜欢在回家之前呆在那儿罢了。
2.Because it always has a beautiful tale.
因为它总是有一个美丽的故事。
3.Because he is a man beside himself.
因为他在自己的旁边还有一个人。
Notes:
1.go to School 有两种理解:
①在学校读书,上学;
②去学校,上学校
2.tale/teil/ n.故事,音似 tail(尾巴)。
3. beside oneself 真正的意思是:
发狂,忘形。
Questions:
1.What coat is always Wet When it’S put on?
什么衣服穿上的时候总是湿乎乎的?
2.Why did the band have a smash hit in the performance?
这支乐队何以演出取得巨大成功?
3.Why is Sunday the strongest day in a week?
为什么说星期日是一周里最强壮的一天?
Keys:
1.A coat of paint.
一层油漆。
2.They had the audience glued to their seats.
他们请人把听众粘在椅子上了。
3.The rest of the days are weak days.
因为其余的日子都很弱小。
Notes:
1.coat n.衣服;涂层,一层(漆)
2.smash hit 很成功的新剧、电影等
have someone glued to one’s seat 真正的意思
是:
使某人喜欢得不忍离座,直到看完(表演)为
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?
为什么养长颈鹿最不花钱?
2.Why are dogs afraid to sunbathe?
狗为什么害怕日光浴;
3.Why are mules helpless in dancing?
骡子为什么在跳舞方面一塌糊涂?
4.Why is the pig always eating?
猪为什么没完没了地吃?
Keys:
1.They make a little food go a long wag.
因为它们脖子长,一点点食物都要走很长的路才
能咽下去。
2.They don’t want to be hot-dogs.
因为它们不想成为热狗。
3.They have two left legs.
因为它们有两条左腿。
4.He’s making a hog of himself.
它想成为一只肉猪。
Notes:
1.go a long way 维持很长一段时间
3.have two left legs(跳舞等)笨手笨脚
4.make a pig of oneself 像猪一样吃得很多(贬义)
hog /h&g/n.肉用肥猪
Questions:
1.What kind of shoes are made of banana skins?
什么鞋是用香蕉皮做的?
2.How do you like your school?
你觉得你们学校怎么样?
3.Why are politicians no longer concerned with
snowball fights?
政客们为什么不再关注打雪仗了?
Keys:
1.Slippers.
拖鞋。
2.Closed.
关闭。
3.The cold war is over.
冷战结束了。
Notes:
1.slipper/’slip+/ n.拖鞋
Slip/Slip/ v.滑,跌交
2.How do you like your school?
有两种理解:
①你觉得你们学校怎么样?
②你希望你们学校是什么样子,
3.cold war 冷战
Questions:
1.Why are watches fr