1、用英语介绍旗袍 “旗袍”在英语中有一个固定的词，不过是一个 loanword，外来语，写做 cheongsam，是从广东话 Cantonese 里来的。我们也可以拼写为 qipao 或者 chipao：The cheongsam is a body-hugging one-piece Chinese dress for women; the male version is the changshan. It is known in Mandarin Chinese as the qipao or chipao, and is also known in English as a mandari
2、n gown. 旗袍是中国一种紧身的连衣女子服饰，男子的被称为长衫。英语中也用 mandarin gown来表示这种服饰。清朝时候的旗装是很宽松的，1900 年之后，在上海，旗袍的样式发生了改变：The modernized version is noted for accentuating the figures of women, and as such was popular as a dress for high society. As Western fashions changed, the basic cheongsam design changed too, introduci
3、ng high-necked sleeveless dresses, bell-like sleeves, and the black lace frothing at the hem. By the 1940s, cheongsam came in a wide variety of fabrics with an equal variety of accessories.现代版的旗袍很贴身，更能显出女子的身材，为上流社会的女性所推崇。旗袍的式样也跟随西方时尚而变化，出现了高领无袖、喇叭状袖子和黑色蕾丝泡泡镶边的款式。到上世纪四十年代，旗袍已经有很多种不同材质和配饰。旗袍和长衫的那种标志性小
4、立领被称为 mandarin collar，a short unfolded stand-up collar style，而旗袍的那种盘扣被称为 frog，或者 Chinese frog，frog 在这里不是青蛙的意思哦，意为一种用细绳做的扣饰：A frog (sometimes referred to as a Chinese frog) is an ornamental braiding for fastening the front of a garment that consists of a button and a loop through which it passes.盘扣是一
5、种装饰性的编织状扣子，用来扣住一件衣服的前襟英语脑筋急转弯1. What will you break once you say it? (什么东西一说出来就打破？)Silence. (沉默)2. Will liars be honest after they die? (骗子死了之后会诚实吗？)No, they wont. They lie still after they die。(不会，他们依旧撒谎。Lie still 躺着不动，依旧撒谎。)3. What always goes up and never goes down? (什么东西只升不降？)Your age. (你的年龄)5.
6、Why can a bride hide nothing?(为什么新娘子什么也藏不住？)Because someone will give her away. (因为有人会揭发她。Give away 揭发，在婚礼上把新娘交给新郎)14. Whats the poorest bank in the world? (世界的最贫穷的银行是什么？)The river bank。(河岸。)15. What month do soldiers hate?(军人憎恨什么月？)March。(行军。)Q: Why is the letter E so important?A: Because its the b
7、eginning of everything!Q: Why are the letter G and letter S in “gloves“ close to each other? A: Because there is love between them!Q: What resembles half a pie?A: The other half1（Who works only one day in a year butnever gets fired?谁一年只上一天却不会被开除？Santa Claus 圣诞老人）2（Why does the Statue of Lib-erty sta
8、nd in New York harbour?自由女神为何矗立在纽约港湾？Because it cant sit doun因为它不能坐下）3（Why doi birds fly south?鸟为什么往南飞?Its too far to walk 走着去太远了）4（When can you go as fast as aracing car?什么时候你能像跑车一样快？When youre in it当你坐在跑车里时）7. Whats the longest word in the world?世界上最长的单词是什么？Smiles. Because theres a mile between th
9、e letter s.微笑。因为两个字母 S 中间隔了一里。（）Why are young men unwilling to date the daughter of the Fortunes ? (年轻人为什么不愿意和福琼家女儿约会？）Because she is Miss Fortune.（）What kind of table has no legs?A timetableHow many feet are there in a yard ) It depends on how many people stand in the yard. (码，院子)What kind of dog d
10、oesnt bite or bark? Hot dog. (热狗)What is the smallest room in the world? MushroomWhat kind of water should people drink in order to be healthy? Drink well water. (井水，健康的)9) Which can move faster, heat or cold? Heat, because you can catch cold. (追上冷，患感冒)10) Why is the library the highest building It
11、has the most stories. (故事， （楼）层)What eight-letter word has only one letter in it? EnvelopeWhat stays hot even if put it in a fridge?(什么东西即使放在冰箱里也热？）Pepper. (hot 有热、辣的意思)3Here is a very old English puzzleIf you can work out what it means，then itis true！I C U R Y Y 4 M E I see you are too wise for me1
12、.what do you call your fathers fathers only son ?.你怎样称呼你爸爸的爸爸的唯一儿子？答：爸爸2.A woman has 7 children , half of them are boys. How can this be possible 一个女人有七个孩子，他们有一半是男孩。这怎样才有可能？答：四个男孩。七个孩子加上女人就有八个人了.有一半是男孩.所以有四个男孩.要弄清 them 是代指哪些人 .39.What must you do before you return a book to the library? 39.Borrow th
13、e book from library.31.How can you make 6 out of three 7s? 31.easy . 7- 7/7=6!32.How can you make 6 out of three 5s? 32. easy. 5+5/5=6!33.how can you make 1000 out of eight 8s? 33. easy. 8+8+8+8+88+888=1000!9.I have 12 legs，12 arms and 9 heads.Guess,what am l? clock7.What is smaller than the mouth of an ant? 7.The things which ants has eaten
