1、英语脑筋急转弯二Questions： 1Why does the Statue of Liberty stand in New York harbour？ 自由女神为何矗立在纽约港湾？ 2Why is Mr Polite teaching his children foullanguage？ 礼貌先生为何教他孩子脏话？ 3Why 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： 1Because it cant sit d
2、own 因为它不能坐下来。 2Hes teaching them what not to say 他在教他们什么话不能说。 3Because it cant see both sides at once 因为它不能同时两边看。 Notes： 1statue/st$tju ：/ n 雕像，雕塑 liberty/lib+ti/ n.自由 harbour/ha：b+/n港湾 Questions： 1Where was the Declaration of Independence signed ？ 独立宣言是在哪里签的？ 2Who usually tries to make you smile？ 谁
3、总是让你笑口常开？ Keys： 1At the bottom. 在文件末尾。 2A photographer 摄影师。 Notes： 2photographer/f+t&gr+f+/n.摄影师 Questions： 1On the way to the bank， Mr Green met three of his friendsEach of them had his wife with him and each of the ladies had two babies in her armsHow many people are going to the bank？ 格林先生在去银行的路上
4、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？ 2My mother and my father had a babyIt wasnt my brother nor my sisterWho 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？ 3Why do birds fly south？ 鸟为何往南飞？ Keys： 1Only 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。 2It was me. 是我。 3Its too
5、far to walk 走去太远了。 Questions： 1What 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？ 2Why is doing nothing tiring？ 为什么无所事事也累？ 3A young man drove his fathers car all the way from his school in New York to his home in Florida， without knowing his car had a puncture How c
6、ould 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： 1Id 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。 2Because you cant possibly stop and rest 因为你停不下来，也就没法歇下来。 3It was his fathers car that he was driving 他开的是父亲的车。 Notes：
7、3puncture/p)RkCM+/ n刺孔，穿孔（尤指车胎） Questions： 1If 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？ 2If twos company and threes a crowd，whats four and five？ 假如两个是伴，三个一伙，那么四个和五个呢？ 3If you took three big apples from a basket or ten apples，how many apples would you have？ 假如你从盛有
8、 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： 1Wet 会变湿。 2Nine. 是九。 3You took three apples and you would certainly have three apples 你拿了三个苹果，当然就有三个。 Notes： 2company/k)mp+ni/ n伴侣，伙伴 Four and five is nine 四加五等于九 Questions： 1A boat turned over and the two men on board fell in the water. But only one man got his
9、 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？ 2Mother wants to give the three apples in her basket to her three girls so that each girl gets one whole apple and theres still one in her basketHow 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： 1The other man
10、was bald 其中另一人秃头。 2Give 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： 1on board 在船上，在交通工具上 bald /b&ld/ adj秃头的，光头的 Questions： 1On April lst，1990，160 people walked out of the best cinema in ChicagoWhat happened？ 1990 年 4 月 1 日， 160
11、人从芝加哥最好的影院出来。发生了什事？ 2It usually takes a man two days to travel from San Francisco to New York by car But MrBlack left San Francisco on Friday and arrives on the same FridayHow 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？ 3Whats too much for one and just right for two？ 什么东西对一个人
12、来说太多，对两个人来说正好？ Keys： 1The film was over. 电影散场了。 2He took a plane 他坐的是飞机。 3A 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： 1What animal has a head like a cat， feet like a cat， a tail like a cat but isnt a cat？ 什么动物脑袋像猫，脚像猫，尾巴也像猫，就是不是猫？ 2What has teeth
13、 but never eats anything？ 什么东西长了牙齿却不吃东西？ 3What do you drop when you need it and take back when you dont？ 什么东西你需要它的时候扔掉，不需要时才收回来？ 4What do you have that others use far more often than you do？ 什么东西属于你，而别人用的次数却比你多得多？ Keys： 1A kitten. 小猫。 2A comb 梳子。 3An anchor 锚。 4your name. 你的名字。 Questions： 1What word
14、 can be made shorter by adding something to it？ 什么单词加长后更短？ 2What is full of holes but still holds water？ 什么东西千疮百孔却可以盛水？ 3What is both over and under the water but doesnt touch the water？ 什么头上脚下都是水，却滴水不沾？ 4What is smaller than a humming-birds mouth？ 什么比蜂鸟的嘴小？ Keys： 1The word “short” 是“短”这个单词。 2A spon
15、ge 是海绵。 3A girl crossing a bridge with a pail of water on her head 头上顶着一桶水过桥的女孩。 4Anything it eats. 任何它吃的东西。 Notes： 1short 加上-er 变成 shorter，拼写长了，意思却是“更短” 。 Questions： 1How many times can you take 6 apples out of a cart with 8，888 apples？ 从装有 8，888 只苹果的货车里取走 6 只苹果，可以取多少次？2What has many a tooth but ne
16、ver a mouth？ 什么东西有无数牙齿却没有嘴巴？ 3What has cities but no houses， roads but no cars，and rivers but no water？ 什么东西有城无房，有路无车，有河无水？ 4What is higher without a head than with a head？什么东西无头反比有头高？ Keys： 1Only once After that there arent 8，888 apples in the cart 只能取一次，因为接下去车里就没有 8，888 只苹果了。 2A saw 锯子。 3A map 地图。
17、 4A pillow 枕头。 Questions： 1How many sides does a circle have？ 一个圆圈有几面？ 2Why is eternity like a circle？ 永恒为何似圆圈？ 3What animal can jump as high as a tree？ 什么动物可以和树跳得一样高？ 4How can you be completely sleepless for seven days and still lack no rest？ 怎样能保持七天不睡仍旧精神焕发？ Keys： 1Two The inside and the outside 两
18、面，里面和外面。 2Because it has neither beginning nor ending 因为它无始无终。 3All animals， for trees cant jump 所有的动物都能，因为树根本不会跳。 4Sleep at night 晚上睡觉。 Notes： 2eternity/it+：niti/n.永恒 Questions： 1Where does afternoon come before morning in the world？ 世界上哪个地方下午比早上先到？ 2A doctor had a brother who went out westBut the
19、man who went out west had no brotherHow can this be？ 医生有个哥哥去了西部，可是去了西部的这个人没有弟弟，这是怎么回事？ 3How do you know policemen are strong？ 为什么说警察很健壮？ Keys： 1In the dictionary 在字典里。 2The doctor was a lady doctor 医生是女的。 3Because they can hold up traffic with just one hand 因为他们一只手就能让车辆停住。 Notes： 3hold up 使停顿，受阻 Que
20、stions： 1With which hand do you write？ 你用哪只手写字？ 2What must you do before you return a book to the library？ 把书还到图书馆里之前必须做什么？ 3What should you do if you are faced with a hungry tiger？ 如果面对一头饥饿的老虎，你该怎么做？ 4What makes more noise than a pig caught under a fence？ 比一头夹在篱笆下面的猪更吵的是什么？ Keys： 1Neither I use a p
21、en 我不用手而是用笔写字。 2Borrow the book from the library 从图书馆借这本书。 3Move to the next cage 参观下面一个笼子。 4TWO pigs 两头猪。 Questions： 1What goes on four legs in the morning， on two at noon， and on three in the evening？ 什么走路早上用四条腿，中午用两条腿，晚上用三条腿？ 2What do we get if We Cross a woodpecker with a homing pigeon？ 把一只啄木鸟和一
22、只识途的鸽子融合在一起，会得到什么？ 3What question can never be answered by“Yes”？ 什么问题永远也不能回答说“是的”？ Keys： 1PeopleThey crawled when they were babies and walked with two legs before they had to rely on a crutch in old age 是人，他们刚生下来时用四肢爬行，后来用双腿走路，老年时又不得不依靠拐杖走。2A bird that knocks on the door when delivering messages. 将得
23、到一只送信时会敲门的鸟。 3 “Are you asleep？ “你睡着了吗？” Notes： 2woodpecker/wudpek+/n.啄木鸟 Questions： 1What gets larger the more you take away？ 什么东西你拿走越多，反而越大？ 2What becomes less the more you learn？ 什么东西你学得越多，变得越少？ 3What has no length，width or depth and can still be measured？ 什么东西没有长度、宽度和深度，但还是可以测量？ 4Where can you a
24、lways find money？ 哪儿总是能找到钞票？ Keys： 1A hole 洞。 2What you havent learned 你没有学的东西。 3Temperature. 温度。 4In the dictionary 在字典里。 Notes： 3three dimensions 三维： length（长度） ， width（宽度） ，depth（深度） 。 Questions 1Iron will rust if put in the open Then what if gold is put there？ 铁放在外面会生锈，那么金子呢？ 2What is a pimple？
25、什么是青春美丽豆？ 3Do planes of this make crash very often？ 这种牌子的飞机经常坠毁吗？ Keys： 1Itll be taken away 会被人拿走。 2Its a dimple going the other way 是方向长错了的酒窝。 3No，only once 不，只会坠毁一次。 Notes： 1rust/r)st/v.生锈 2pimple /pimpl/n 丘疹，脓疱 dimple/dimpl/n酒窝，笑窝 3make n牌子，产品 crash/kr$M/v.坠毁，撞毁 Questions： 1When can you have some
26、thing and nothing at the same time in your pocket？ 什么时候你的口袋里既有东西又没有东西？ 2What can run and whistle but cant walk or talk？什么东西能跑不能走，会吹哨不会说话？ 3Why cant the world come to an end？ 世界为何不会末日临头？ 4Wheres the biggest city in the world？ 全世界最大的城市在哪儿？ Keys： 1When theres a hole in it 当口袋里有个洞的时候。 2A locomotive. 火车头。 3Because its round 因为它是圆的。 4On the map 在地图上。 Notes： 2locomotive/l+uk+?m+utiv/ n火车头 3The world is round 地球是圆的，因此没有beginning（开始） ，也没有 end（结束） 。
