英语趣味小知识

核心提示趣味英语小知识 a)Ten animals I slam in a net 我把十只动物一网打尽你注意到这句话有什么特别之处吗?对了,无论从左到右,还是从右到左,字母排列顺序都是一样的,英语把这叫做Palindromes 回文(指顺读和倒

趣味英语小知识

a)Ten animals I slam in a net

我把十只动物一网打尽

你注意到这句话有什么特别之处吗?对了,无论从左到右,还是从右到左,字母排列顺序都是一样的,英语把这叫做Palindromes 回文(指顺读和倒读都一样的词语),关于动物的回文还有以下的例子

Otto saw pup ; pup was Otto (奥托看见了小狗,小狗的名字叫奥托)

Was it a car or a cat I saw

Was it a rat I saw (我刚才看见的是条老鼠?)

b)the bee's knees

又来形容最好的至高无上的东西。

[例] She is a very poor singer but she thinks she's the bee's knees (她五音不全却自认为是高高在上的一流歌手。)

该表现起源于20年代的美国,仅仅因为bee's 和 knees押韵,琅琅上口,迅速得到流传,直到现在, 还在日常生活非正式场合的对话中经常使用。

和时间有关的英语趣味小知识(一)时间是金,其值无价

Time is money

(时间就是金钱或一寸光阴一寸金)

Time flies

(光阴似箭,日月如梭)

Time has wings

(光阴去如飞)

Time is a file that wears and makes no noise

(光阴如锉,细磨无声)

Time stays not the fool's leisure

(时间不等闲逛的傻瓜)

Time and I against any two

(和时间携起手来,一人抵两人)

Time is life and when the idle man kills time, he kills himself

(时间就是生命,懒人消耗时间就是消耗自己的生命。或时间就是生命,节省时间,就是延长生命)

Time spent in vice or folly is doubly lost

(消磨于恶习或愚行的时间是加倍的损失)

(二)时间是风,去而不返

Time undermines us

(光阴暗中催人才。或莫说年纪小人生容易老)

Time and tide wait for no man

(岁月不待人)

Time cannot be won again

(时间一去不再来)

Time is , time was , and time is past

(现在有时间,过去有时间,时间一去不复返)

Time lost can not be recalled

(光阴一去不复返)

Time flies like an arrow , and time lost never returns

(光阴似箭,一去不返)

(三)时间是尺,万物皆检

Time tries friends as fire tries gold

(时间考验朋友,烈火考验黄金)

Time tries truth

(时间检验真理)

Time is the father of truth

(时间是真理之父)

Time will tell

(时间能说明问题)

Time brings the truth to light

(时间使真相大白。或时间一到,真理自明。)

Time and chance reveal all secrets

(时间与机会能提示一切秘密)

Time consecrates: what is gray with age becomes religion

(时间考验一切,经得起时间考验的就为人所信仰)

Time reveals(discloses) all things

(万事日久自明)

Time tries all

(时间检验一切)

(四)时间是秤,衡量权质

There is no time like the present

(现在正是时候)

Take time by the forelock

(把握目前的时机)

To choose time is to save time

(选择时间就是节省时间)

Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today

(今日事,今日毕)

Procrastination is the thief of time

(拖延为时间之窃贼)

One of these days is none of these days

(拖延时日,终难实现。或:改天改天,不知哪天)

Tomorrow never comes

(明天无尽头,明日何其多)

What may be done at any time will be done at no time

(常将今日推明日,推到后来无踪迹)

(五)时间是水,淘金流沙

Time works wonders

(时间可以创造奇迹或时间的效力不可思议)

Time works great changes

(时间可以产生巨大的变化)

Times change

(时代正在改变)

英语趣味小知识(2)——你会犯这样的错误吗?

你会犯这样的错误吗?

英语有时候真是莫名其妙,你觉得你明明懂了,可实际上你又没有懂。所以,今天我想讲几件轶事,都是因为没有理解听到看到的东西而闹出的笑话。也许,从他们的经验中,你也可以学到一些东西。

第一个故事发生在秘鲁,一位美国妇女在餐馆里用餐。她问服务员:

Excuse me Where could I wash my hands

服务员把她带到洗手间,可不巧,正有一些工人在粉刷洗手间的墙壁。工人们一看有人要用洗手间,就准备离开。服务员拦住他们,说:

That’s Ok Stay She only wants to wash her hands

在英语里,wash my hands实际上是上厕所的委婉说法。那个服务员按照字面意思理解,结果闹了笑话。

还有一次,一个留学生在国外的学校第一天上学,心里又兴奋又紧张。一个美国人见到一张新面孔,为了表示友好,就问:

Hi! What’s the good word

留学生一听到这个,立刻傻眼了,他想,

My God! I don’t know the good word I’ve studied English for years, but no one told me about the good word!

他犹豫再三,想,反正我也不知道,就问问他好了。于是他吞吞吐吐地问:

Hello What’s the good word

老美听了,很随意地说:

Oh, not much

这下,这个留学生就更吃惊了!

原来,What’s the good word 在美语里,是一句问候语,意思是“你还好吗?”但问话的人并不指望你把遇到的高兴的事情都一一告诉他,只是打个招呼而已。但这个留学生以为对方真的在问什么是Good word,所以闹了笑话,不过还好,也算给他歪打正着了。

下面的故事就更有意思了。一次,一个美国公司的管理人员给公司一个驻外分部发了一份传真,要求对方把职员的人数报上来。他是这么说的:

I need a head count telling the number of people in your factory, the number of people in your office, broken down by sex

在上面的传真里,broken down by sex是“按照性别分开”的意思,但是分公司的外国职员没有理解“broken down by sex”的意思。不过break something/someone down倒是还有一个意思,就是“把某事物,把某人压服”。

结果,美国总部收到了回音。那份传真是这样说的:

Here is your head count Here we have thirty-five people in our factory, fifteen people in our office, five people in the hospital, none broken down by sex

(这是你要的人头数。我们的工厂里有35人,办公室15人,医院5人,无人因纵欲过度而垮掉。)

最后,他还加了一句:And if you really must know, our problem down here is with alcohol (如果你非要知道,我们这儿的问题是饮酒过度。)

查字典,break down就是“把……压服,把……压垮”的意思,因此外国职员就把broken down by sex理解成了“因为纵欲过度而垮了”,但是在那样的语言环境下,broken down by sex实际上是“按照性别分开”的意思。美国人一下子就理解的东西,在外国人眼里,就成了匪夷所思。可见,语言学习还真是麻烦。最好的办法当然是不断积累,还有,如果有不懂的东西,一定要问明白!

动物篇

a)Ten animals I slam in a net 把十只动物一网打尽你注意到这句话有什么特别之处吗?对了,无论从左到右,还是从右到左,字母排列顺序都是一样的,英语把这叫做Palindromes回文(指顺读和倒读都一样的词语)。

Otto saw pup ; pup was Otto(奥托看见了小狗,小狗的名字叫奥托)

Was it a car or a cat I saw

Was it a rat I saw (我刚才看见的是条老鼠?)

b)the bee's knees又来形容最好的至高无上的东西。

[例] She is a very poor singer but she thinks she's the bee's knees(她五音不全却自认为是高高在上的一流歌手。)

该表现起源于20年代的美国,仅仅因为bee's和knees押韵,琅琅上口,迅速得到流传,直到现在,还在日常生活非正式场合的对话中经常使用。

续动物篇

Santa Claus' reindeer(圣诞老人的驯鹿)

你知道圣诞老人的驯鹿是怎么来的吗?它们是Clement Clarke Moore (1779-1863 美国作家)所写的‘A Visit from St Nicholas’1823作品里出现的Dasher、Dancer、Prancer、Vixen、Comet、Cupid、Donner、Blitzen等8头

the world is my oyster (世界是我的牡蛎)

if the world is my oyster 经常作为“如果我的梦想得以实现的话”的意思使用。该句来源于莎士比亚的The Merry Wives of Windsor (1600)Ⅱ、ⅱ、2中,恶棍Pistol对决意不肯借钱的Sir John Falstaff说、“Why then the world's mine oyster, / Which I with sword will open”(这个世界如同我的牡蛎一样,我可以用刀子把它撬开。)人们应用这句话是常把原文的mine该成my这句话也常常出现在Willy Loman的台词中

什么是趣味英语

A man goes to church and starts talking to God He says: "God, what is a million dollars to you" and God says: "A penny", then the man says: "God, what is a million years to you" and God says: "a second", then the man says: "God, can I have a penny" and God says "In a second"

一男子进入教堂和上帝对话他问:"主啊, 一百万美元对你意味着多少"上帝回答:"一便士"男子又问:"那一百万年呢"上帝说:"一秒钟"最后男子请求道:"上帝,我能得到一便士吗"上帝回答:"过一秒钟"

once two hunters went hunting in the forest One of them suddenly fell down by accident He showed the whites of his eyes and seemed to have ceased breathing The other hunter soon took out his mobile phone to call the emergency center for help The operator said calmly:"First, you should make sure that he is already dead" Then the operator heard a gunshot from the other end of the phone and next he heard the hunter asking:"What should I do next"

两个猎人进森林里打猎,其中一个猎人不慎跌倒,两眼翻白,似已停止呼吸。另一个猎人赶紧拿出手机拨通紧急求助电话。接线员沉着地说:“第一步,要先确定你的朋友已经死亡。”于是,接线员在电话里听到一声枪响,然后听到那猎人接着问:“第二步怎办?”

Cat and Mice

Mrs Brown went to visit one of her friend and carried a small box with holes punched in the top

" What's in your box" asked the friend

"A cat," answered Mrs Brown "You see I've been dreaming about mice at night and I'm so scared! This cat is to catch them"

"But the mice are only imaginary," said the friend

"So is the cat," whispered Mrs Brown

布朗夫人去拜访一位朋友,她拿着一个顶部扎满了小眼儿的盒子。“盒子里装的是什么?”朋友问道。“一只小猫,”布朗夫人回答说,“你知道我晚上睡觉总梦见老鼠,我非常害怕。这只猫可以抓住那些老鼠。”“可老鼠都是假想的呀。”朋友说。“小猫也是假想的。”布朗夫人小声说道。

I think that I'm a chicken

Psychiatrist: What's your problem

Patient: I think I'm a chicken

Psychiatrist: How long has this been going on

Patient: Ever since I was an egg!

精神病医师:你哪里不舒服?

病人:我认为我是一只鸡。

精神病医师:这种情况从什么时候开始的?

病人:从我还是一只蛋的时候开始。

我要表现得象位女士

I Am Acting Like a Lady

One day when women's dresses were on sale at the FarEast Department Store, a dignified middle-aged man decided to get his wife a piece But he soon found himself being battered by frantic women

He stood it as long as he could; then, with head lowered and arms flailing, he plowed through the crowed

"You there!" challenged a thrill voice "Can't you act like a gentleman"

"Listen," he said, "I have been acting like a gentleman for an hour From now on, I am acting like a lady"

我要表现得象位女士

一天,远东百货公司的女装大减价,一位高贵的中年男士想给太太买一件。可是,没过多久,他发现自己已被疯狂的女人冲得踉踉跄跄。

他竭力忍耐着。后来,他低下头,挥动双臂,挤过人群。

“你干嘛?”有人尖声叫道,“你难道不能表现得象位绅士吗?”

“听着,”他说,“我已经象绅士一样表现了一个小时。从现在起,我要表现得象个女士。”

The Broom Seller and the Barber

A man who sold brooms went into a barber's shop to get shaved The barber bought one of his brooms, and, when he had shaved him, asked for the price of it

"Two pence," said the man

"No, no, " said the barber, "I will give you a penny, and if you do not think that enough, you may take your broom again"

The man took it, and asked what he had to pay for his shave

"A penny" said the barber

"I will give you a half-penny, and if that is not enough, you may put my beard on again"

卖扫帚的人和理发师

一个卖扫帚的人去一家理发店修面理发师向他买了一把扫帚当理发师给他修完面后,问了一下扫帚的价钱

卖扫帚的人说:"两便士"

"不,不"理发师说,"我只出一便士如果你认为不够的话,可以把扫帚拿回去"

卖扫帚的人取回了扫帚,随后问修面要付多少钱

卖扫帚的人说:"我只能给你半个便士,如果你认为不够的话,你可以把胡子再替我装上"

Want a Day Off 想请一天假

Smith goes to see his supervisor in the front office "Boss," he says, " We're doing some heavy house-cleaning at home tomorrow, and my wife needs me to help with the attic and the garage, moving and hauling stuff" "We're short-handed, Smith" the boss replies " I can't give you the day off" "Thanks, boss," says Smith, "I knew I could count on you!"

一天,史密斯去见他的客户部领导,“老板”,斯密斯说,“我们家明天要大搞清洁,我老婆需要我回去帮忙清洁阁楼和车库,搬搬挪挪什么的。”“斯密斯啊,你也知道,我们现在人手已经不够了”老板说,“明天的假我是没法给你批了”。“多谢老板,” Smith说,“我就知道跟着您干准没错”。

I Lost 我输了

It was at a five o’clock tea. A young man came to the hostess to apologize for his lateness.

“So good of you to come, Mr.Jones,and where is your brother?”

“You see we're very busy in the office and only one of us could come,so we tossed up for it.”

“How nice!And so original, too! And you won?”

“No,” said the young man absently,“I lost.”

五点钟,下午茶的时间,一个年轻人因为迟到向女主人致歉。

“您能来可真好,琼斯先生,您的兄弟在哪儿呢?”

“您知道我们在办公室里有非常忙,我们俩只能来一个,所以就掷币来决定由谁来。”

“太有意思了!还那么有独创性!那您赢了?”

“不,”年轻人心不在焉地说,“我输了。”

趣味英语

= = 趣味英语 = =

是一种英语学习的概念,就是合乎人性的让你感觉学习象游戏一样轻松的学习理念

它强调以点燃兴趣为导向,以丰富的交互元素为特征,以自由自主宽松的学习氛围为最大特色

它绝对不同于一般的课堂学习,是对一般课堂式英语学习的超越和创新,必将成为引领21世纪语言学习的新航标

趣味英语~介绍下

Go

all

out

without(

break

)全力以赴不间断。

Learn

English

every

day每天坚持学英语。

Practice

is

the

right(

way

)反复操练方法对。

Learn

English

every

day每天坚持学英语。

Make

progress

day

by(

day

)天天进步看得见。

Learn

English

every

day每天坚持学英语。

Test

for

me

is

too(

easy

)考试当然不犯难。

Learn

English

every

day每天坚持学英语。

I'm

happy

and(

gay

)快乐时光绕身边。

英语小知识 关于英语的趣味小知识

f-father

a-and

m-mother

i-I

l-love

y-you

合起来就是Father and mother I love you

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**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、**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 fragile?

手表为什么容易坏?

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

什么东西摆在桌上,切好以后却不能食用?

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

为什么总是男人比女人先秃头?

Keys:

1.Because their hours are numbered.

因为它们有数字标明时间。

2.A deck of cards.

一副扑克牌。

3.Because women wear hair longer.

因为女人头发留得长。

Notes:

1.fragile/’fr$ail/ adj.易碎的,易坏的

“Their hours are numbered”源于“One’s days

are numbered”意思是“某人在世之日屈指可数,

寿命不长了”。

2.cut the cards洗牌

3.wear hair longer有两层意思:

①留着更长的头发;

②头发留得更长久

Questions:

1.How can you make the door last?

怎样能使门经久耐用?

2.Why shouldn’t you lose your temper?

为什么不该发脾气?

3.What makes the Tower of Pisa lean?

比萨塔为什么是斜的?

4.What book has the most stirring chapters?

什么书中有最动人的篇章?

Keys:

1.Make other things first.

先做其他的东西。

2.No one else wants it.

没人愿意要。

3.It never eats

因为它从不食人间烟火。

4.A cook book.

烹饪书。

Notes:

1.make the door last另一种理解是:最后做门

3.lean v倾斜;adj.瘦的

4.stirring adj.动人的

Stir v搅和,搅拌

Questions:

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

赶什么火车最不容易?

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

算命先生喜欢看什么树?

3.How do people feel after taking a ferryboat?

乘渡船之后人们有什么感觉?

Keys:

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

catch it.

是12点50分的火车,因为赶上它只有10比1的概

率。

2.Palms.

棕榈树。

3.They feel vexed, for the ferryboat made them

cross.

他们觉得烦恼,是因为渡船使然。

Notes:

1.ten to one 1点差10分;10比1

2.palm n.棕榈树;手掌

fortune teller算命先生,预言将来的人

palmist n.看手相者

3.cross v.过去,渡过,穿过

adj暴躁的,易怒的

Questions:

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

什么东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?

假设你有5美元,拿走四分之一,再拿走四分之

一,接着又拿走四分之一,你还剩多少钱?

3.What bird lifts heavy things?

什么鸟可以举起重物?

Keys:

1.Noise

噪音。

2.$ 4.25.

还有4美元25美分。

3.A crane

鹤。

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.鹤;起重机

Questions:

1.What’s the difference between the North Pole

and the South Pole?

北极和南极的区别是什么?

2.What makes naughty boys long to work in a

clock factory?

淘气的男孩子为什么盼望到钟表厂工作?

3.What can I do to avoid falling hair?

怎样防止头发脱落?

Keys:

1.The whole world.

整个世界。

2.People make faces there.

因为那儿人们做鬼脸。

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

别站在头发掉下来的地方就行了。

Notes:

1.A world of difference天壤之别

2.make faces做鬼脸;做钟面

3.avoid falling hair有两种理解:

①防止头发脱落;

②避开(从上面)掉下来的头发

Questions:

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

女孩子们发现什么东西最舍得放弃?

2.What king of running means walking?

什么样的跑步意味着走路?

3.What do elephants use to communicate with

each other?

大象用什么交谈?

4.What makes fish the smartest animal in the

world?

鱼为什么是世界上最聪明的动物?

Keys:

1.A comb.

梳子。

2.Running out of gas.

汽油用完了。

3.Big Words.

大个的词。

4.No one can pull its leg.

它没有腿给人拉。

Notes:

1.part with放弃(尤指不自愿地);用…分头路或

发缝

2.big words真正的涵义是:比较正式的大词

4.pull one’s leg真正的涵义是:使…上当受骗

Questions:

1.What made the little strawberry worried?

什么事让小草莓忧心忡忡?

2.Something went Wrong with the second hand of

my watch.Where can I have it replaced?

我手表上的秒针坏了,请问哪儿有换的?

3.Why are Writers like postmen?

为什么作家与邮递员相似?

Keys:

1.It’s afraid to be in a jam.

它害怕被做成果酱。

2.In a second-hand store.

在旧货店里。

3.They are all men of letters.

他们都是文人。

Notes:

1.jam/DN$m/ n.果酱;塞车

2.second hand adj. 二手货的,旧的

second hand n.秒针

3.men of letters文人

letter n.字母;信件

Questions:

1.Why are chickens kept away from children?

为什么孩子们不能和鸡呆在一起?

2.Why do people go to bed?

人们为什么睡觉?

3.Why shouldn’t we have tte-鄑te e in the country?

我们为什么不能在乡间密谈?

Keys:

1.Chickens use fowl language.

因为鸡用的是禽语。

2.Because the bed won’t come to us.

因为床不会走向我们。

3.Because the corn have ears.

因为玉米有耳。

Notes:

1.fowl language音似foul language(脏话)

2.go to bed另一种理解是:走向床,走到床跟前

3.tte-—-tte/’teit%:’teit/n私下密谈

corns have ears源于 walls have ears隔墙有耳

ear n耳朵;一穗(玉米)

Questions:

1.What’s the best thing to take when you run-

down?

身体不适时吃什么最好?

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

什么东西就是放在冰箱里也是热的?

3.What is the best year for a kangaroo?

什么是袋鼠的幸运年?

1、航空用语还是英语

你应该知道有许多国家都在使用英语(它是67个国家的官方语言),但你知道它也是门空中用语吗?是的,飞机上所有的飞行员,无论他们来自哪个国家,都需要用英语来介绍自己。另外,学习英语还可以提高就业能力,比如旅游行业或是跨国公司。

2、最常用的单词:“you”orI?

我们一直在使用“你”和“我”这两个单词,但你认为这两个词哪个更常用?你会惊讶地发现,英文中的“你”在最常用的词表中只排第18名;而“我”更是排到了第50名。那么最常用的英文单词究竟是哪一个?答案是定冠词“the”。

3、要数字母b的数,得数十亿个数!

如果你将英语数字依次写出来(比如:one,two,three,four……),直到你写到十亿(billion)的时候才会写到“b”这个字母。

 
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