英语脑筋急转弯-第7章
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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．Santa Claus/》snt＋？kl&z/圣诞老人，也作Father Christmas。
Questions：
1．What’s the birth rate in this area？
这个地区的出生率是多少？
2．What has a mouth but never speaks？
什么有嘴不说话？
3．What has everybody seen before but will never he seen
again？
什么东西人人见过却永不再见？
4．What does everyone have and overlook？
什么东西人人都有却总是忽视。
Keys：
1．Once per person．。。
每人一次。
2．A jar．。。
水壶。
3．Yesterday．。。
昨天。
4．One’s own nose．。。
自己的鼻子。
Notes：
4．overlook/？＋uv＋》luk/v。忽略，看漏
Questions：
1．If you had ten apples and ate eight，how many would you
have？
如果你有十个苹果，吃了八个，还有几个？
2．Why did the ex…chauffeur lie under the mule？
从前做过私人司机的那个人干嘛躺在骡子下面？
3．Why is Jim praying Chicago to be made capital of New
Jersey？
吉姆为何祈祷芝加哥变成新泽西州的首府？
Keys：
1．Ten． Two outside and eight inside．。。
十个。两个在外面，八个在里面。
2．To see why the mule didn’t go．。。
看看骡子为什么不走？
3．That’s the answer he gave on his Geography paper。
他在地理试卷上这样写的。
Notes：
2．chauffeur/》M＋uf＋/ n．私人雇佣的汽车司机ex…加在某些名词前相当
于中文的“前。”，eg ex…wife（前妻），ex…president（前总统），
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 秒钟说出美国所有州的首府吗？
2．A motorist ran into a motorcyclist，yet the motorcyclist
was not hurt while the motorist was badly injured．Why？
一个汽车司机撞上了一个骑摩托车的人，骑摩托车的人安然无恙，
汽车司机却受了重伤。这是怎么回事？
3．A police officer had a brother，but the brother had no
brother． How could that be？
警官有个哥哥，哥哥却没有弟弟，为什么？
Keys：
1．Washington，D．C．。。
是华盛顿。
2．The motorist was walking．。。
汽车司机正在走路。
3．The police officer was a lady．。。
警官是位女士。
Notes：
2．motorcyclist/？m＋ut＋》saik＋list/n．。。
骑摩托车的人
Questions：
1．Why does the Statue of Liberty stand in New York harbour？
自由女神为何矗立在纽约港湾？
2．Why is Mr． Polite teaching his children foullanguage？
礼貌先生为何教他孩子脏话？
3．Why does a cat look first to one side and then to the
other side when it enters a room？。。
猫进房间时为何先朝一边看看又朝另一边看看？
Keys：
1．Because it can’t sit down．。。
因为它不能坐下来。
2．He’s teaching them what not to say．。。
他在教他们什么话不能说。
3．Because it can’t see both sides at once．。。
因为它不能同时两边看。
Notes：
1．statue/》sttju：/ n．。。 雕像，雕塑
liberty/》lib＋ti/ n。自由
harbour/》ha：b＋/n．港湾
Questions：
1．Where was the Declaration of Independence signed ？
独立宣言是在哪里签的？
2．Who usually tries to make you smile？
谁总是让你笑口常开？
Keys：
1．At the bottom。
在文件末尾。
2．A photographer．。。
摄影师。
Notes：
2．photographer/f＋》t&gr＋f＋/n。摄影师
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？
格林先生在去银行的路上碰到三个好朋友，每人都带了太太，每个
太太怀里都抱着两个孩子，请问共有多少人前往银行？
2．My mother and my father had a baby．It wasn’t my brother
nor my sister．Who was it？
我父母生有一个孩子，既非我兄弟亦非我姐妹，这个孩子是谁呢？
3．Why do birds fly south？
鸟为何往南飞？
Keys：
1．Only Mr． Green． The other people may not be going to the bank。
只有格林先生一人，其他的人不一定去银行。
2．It was me。
是我。
3．It’s too far to walk．。。
走去太远了。
Questions：
1．What would you like， 1/2 of an orange or 6/12 of an orange？
1/2 个桔子和 6/12 个桔子，你要哪一份？
2．Why is doing nothing tiring？
为什么无所事事也累？
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？
一个年轻人开着父亲的车从纽约他上学的地方一直开到弗罗里达的
家中，浑然不知他的车车胎破了。这是怎么回事？
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 个桔子，因为6/12 个肯定失掉了很多果汁。
2．Because you can’t possibly stop and rest．。。
因为你停不下来，也就没法歇下来。
3．It was his father’s car that he was driving．。。
他开的是父亲的车。
Notes：
3．puncture/》p）RkCM＋/ n．刺孔，穿孔（尤指车胎）
Questions：
1．If you throw a stone into the Red Sea，what will it become？
假如你把一块石头扔进红海，它会变得怎么样？
2．If two’s company and three’s a crowd，what’s four and
five？
假如两个是伴，三个一伙，那么四个和五个呢？
3．If you took three big apples from a basket or ten apples，
how many apples would you have？
假如你从盛有10 个苹果的篮子里拿走3 个大苹果，那么你有多少个
苹果？
Keys：
1．Wet·。。
会变湿。
2．Nine。
是九。
3．You took three apples and you would certainly have three apples．。。
你拿了三个苹果，当然就有三个。
Notes：
2．company/》k）mp＋ni/ n．伴侣，伙伴
Four and five is nine 四加五等于九
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，船上的两个人掉到水里，可是只有其中一人头发湿了，这
是为什么？
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？
妈妈想把篮子里的三个苹果分给三个女儿，每个女儿一个完整的苹
果，同时篮子里也有一个苹果。她如何做到这一点？
Keys：
1．The other man was bald．
其中另一人秃头。
2．Give two girls an apple each and give the third girl her apple
in the basket．。。
其中两个女儿每人一只苹果，另外一个女儿得一只篮子，篮子里放
着第三只苹果。
Notes：
1．on board 在船上，在交通工具上
bald /b&ld/ adj．秃头的，光头的
Questions：
1．On April lst，1990，160 people walked out of the best
cinema in Chicago．What happened？
1990 年4 月1 日， 160 人从芝加哥最好的影院出来。发生了什事？
2．It usually takes a man two days to travel from San
Francisco to New York by car． But Mr．Black left San
Francisco on Friday and arrives on the same Friday．How
could he do it？
从旧金山到纽约开车一般需要2 天时间，可是布莱克先生星期五离
开旧金山，当天就到了纽约。他怎样做到的？
3．What’s too much for one and just right for two？
什么东西对一个人来说太多，对两个人来说正好？
Keys：
1．The film was over。
电影散场了。
2．He took a plane．。。
他坐的是飞机。
3．A secret．。。
秘密。
Notes：
3．英语中“Just between you and me”意即“keep it a secret”（仅
限于你我之间，请保守秘密）。
Questions：
1．What animal has a head like a cat， feet like a cat， a
tail like a cat but isn’t a cat？
什么动物脑袋像猫，脚像猫，尾巴也像猫，就是不是猫？
2．What has teeth but never eats anything？
什么东西长了牙齿却不�
