1、40个趣味英语单词,Are- era(时代) ; bin(贮藏器)- nib(笔尖) ;but - tub(盆) ; deer(鹿)- reed(芦苇) ; door- rood(十字架) ; doom(注定)- mood(心情) ;deem(认为)- meed(适当的报答) ; dot(点)- tod(狐) ;evil(罪恶)- live(生活) ; God- dog;gnat(小烦扰)- tang(强烈的味道) ; gulp(吞)-plug(插座) ;gut(内容,实质)- tug(猛拉,苦干) ; keel(船的龙骨)-leek (韭葱) ;loop(环)- pool(水池) ; loo
2、t(赃物)- tool ,meet- teem(充满,涌现) ; nip(呷)- pin(大头针) ;nod(点头)- don(大学教师) ; not- ton(吨) ;on- no; pan(平底锅)- nap(小睡) ;part- trap(陷阱) ; pets(宠物) - step;pots(壶)-stop; put-tup(公羊) ;rail(铁轨)- liar(说谎者) ; ram(公羊)- mar(弄糟) ;raw(生的) - war; saw(锯)- was;sloop(小型护航舰)-pools; smart(机灵的)- trams(电车) ;snap(猛咬,争购)- pans;
3、 tap(水龙头)- pat(轻拍) ;ten- net(网) ; tog(衣服)- got;tom(雄猫)- mot(警句) ; tops(顶)- spot(点) ;tun(大酒桶)- nut(坚果) 。英语猜词游戏1.what will you break once you see it? silence2. What 有关颜色的成语 1red letter days(纪念日,喜庆日子) 在西方一般指圣诞节或其它节日因为这些日子在日历上都是用红色标明的,所以“red letter”的意思可以转译成“ 可纪念的、有纪念意义的、喜庆的 ”。英语中关于颜色的一些词汇:red 红色、pink 粉红
4、色、baby pink 浅粉红色green 绿色、moss green emerald green dark green 深绿色white 白色、off white 灰白色、ivory 象牙色、snowy white 雪白色 oyster white 乳白色blue 蓝色 cobalt blue 钴监色、 navy blue 天蓝色gray 灰色、smoky gray 炭灰色、 misty gray 雾灰色purple 紫色 lavender 淡紫色、lilac 浅紫色、pansy 紫罗兰色。2. black letter days 倒霉的日子;在日历上大部分日子都是用黑体字写的,但它不可以翻
5、译成“平常的日子”,而是表示“ 倒霉的日子。3. to paint the town red 狂饮,痛饮,胡闹;西方国家的夜生活非常流行,这里它指夜生活中的狂欢作乐,酗酒胡闹,而不是“把全城染红” 的意思。4. roll out the red carpet for somebody 隆重欢迎;它的本意是“展开红地毯”,隆重地欢迎某人。he was the first european head of the state to visit their country, and they rolled out the red carpet for him。他是第一个访问该国的欧洲首脑,他们用隆重
6、的礼节来欢迎他。5. be in red 亏损6. in the red 赤字7. black 构成短语的翻译:call white black/call black white 混淆是非black money 黑钱(指来源不正当而且没有向政府报税的钱)in the black 盈利、赚钱、顺差。black and white 遍体鳞伤black sheep 害群之马black friday 耶稣受难日,不吉利的星期五black lie 用心险恶的诺言the pot calls the kettle black.五十步笑一百步。8. white 构成短语的翻译:white war 没有硝烟的战
7、争,常指“经济竞争”。white sale 大减价white money 银币white elephant 无用而累赘的东西white crow 罕见的事物the white way 白光大街(指城里灯光灿烂的商业区)a white lie 善意的诺言white coffee 牛奶咖啡white feather 胆怯oh, don,t forget black and white ,which means .白纸黑字。在汉语翻译成英语时,某些场合的汉语的“白” 字虽然是颜色,但英语应词中并没有 white 一词。如:白菜(chinese cabbage) 、白熊(polar) 、白蚁(term
8、ite).但在另一些场合,白字与颜色毫无关系,表示徒劳(in vain) 。如:白费事(all in vain , a waste of time and energy),白送(give away, free of charge ,for nothing).此外,白字还可以表示 “单纯的”“不掺杂的 ”。如白开水(boiled water), 白烧肉(plain boiled pork).在某些场合甚至很难概括出某种涵义。如坦白(to confess, to make a clean breast of something ),白痴(idiot ),白话(vernacular).应当记住的是:
9、 “白”字并不都是“white”10. blue(蓝色) 在英语中通常用来表示不愉快。如:in a blue mood 和 having the blues 表示“ 情绪低落”“忧郁 ”“沮丧”“烦闷”;在 a blue mon(倒霉的星期一) 中, “blue”也表示类似的意思- 过了愉快、幸福的周未,星期一又要上班或上学了,所以情绪不佳。如:it was blue monday and he just didn,t feel like going back to work.倒霉的星期一,又该上班了,他真的不愿意。11. 在美国英语中 blue book(蓝皮书)是刊载知名人士,尤其是政府高
10、级官员名字的书。英语趣味小故事1artists consider the basic colors to be red, yellow,and blue,but scientists say they are red, green , and blue. no pigment combination of red , green, and blue will produce yellow.yet, if a beam of red light and green light overlap , the result is yellow. the answer to this riddle li
11、es primarily in the totally different ways colors are achieved with light and with pigments.美术家认为基色是红、黄、蓝;可是科学家却说成红、绿、蓝。用红、绿、蓝三种颜色怎么也调不出黄色来,可是当一束光和一束绿光重叠时,结果却是黄色。这个谜的答案主要在于光线和颜料构成颜色的方法是完全不同的。there are odor technicians in the perfume trade with the olfactory skill to distinguish 19,000 different odor
12、s at twenty levels of intensity each.香水行业中的气味专家具有了不起的嗅觉,他们能区别出19,000种不同的气味,每一种气味能区别出20种浓度。the number of possible ways of playing just the first four moves on each side in a game of chess is 318,979,564,000.在国际象棋中,双方前四步共有318,979,564,000种不同的走法。over the centuries,playing cards have been put to strange
13、uses. they became the first paper currency of canada when the french govern0r, in 1685, used them to pay 0ff some war debts, in 1765, the year of the stamp actwhen every pack of playing cards was being taxed one shilling-they were used for class admission at the university of pennsylvania. napoleon
14、used them as ration cards during thefrench revolution.几个世纪以来,扑克牌曾被振作稀奇古怪的用处。1685年时,法国统治者用扑克牌偿还了部分战争债务,扑克牌便成为加拿大的第一种纸质货币。1765年,即美国实行印花税法的那一年,每副扑克版要纳1先令的税,宾夕法尼亚大学用扑克牌作为进教室的许可证。法国大革命期间,拿破仑还用扑克牌作过定量供应卡。paul charles morphy (1837 - 1884),an american chess master, was acknowledged atage twenty-one to be th
15、e greatest player in the world. his astounding memory allowed him to achieve amazing success while blindfolded. for example ,in a set of eight games of chess played simultaneously against eight opponents, morphy not only had to memorize the positions of 256 chessmen but also had to revise his mental
16、 images of them after every move. at the same time, he had to plan eight separate attack and defence postures. the result: he won six games, tied one, and lost one.美国国际象棋大师保罗查尔斯莫非(1837 1884)21岁时被公认为世界上最伟大的棋手。他的记忆力非凡,蒙上眼睛也能取得惊人的结果。例如有一次他同时与8位对手下8盘棋。莫非需要记住256只棋子的位置,每走一步都要动脑子里的印象,同时他还要构思计划8个不同的攻防棋局。结果是
17、6胜1平1负。cats cradle is one of the most universal games in the world. it is played in almost every culture. what is somewhat a puzzle to ethnologists is that widely scattered peoplemaoris of new zealand, north american indians, arctic eskimos, and africans, for instance make fig ures of string between
18、 their hands that are exactly the same.挑绷绷是全世界最通行的游戏之一,几乎所有的文化里都有。更令民族学家不懈的是,分布在不同地域的人 如新西兰的毛里人、北美印第安人、北极地区的爱斯基摩人、非洲人 用线在两只手上翻出的花样完全一模一样。a whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound(760 miles per hour).鞭子能发出劈啪声,是因为鞭端运动的速度比音速(每小时760英里)快。a ball of glass will bounc
19、e higher than a ball made of rubber. a ball of solid steel will bounce higher than one made entirely of glass.玻璃球比橡胶制的球弹得高。而实心的钢球比完全用玻璃制成的球弹得更高。when glass breaks the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour. to photograph the event a camera must shoot at a millionth of a second.玻璃破裂的速度超过每小时3,000
20、英里。要拍下玻璃破裂的过程,照相机必须以百万分之一秒的速度拍摄。the average automobile traveling at 57 miles per hour gets only two-thirds the gas mileage of a car moving at 50 miles per hour.汽车以平均时速57英里的行驶时消耗一加仑汽油所行的平均里程是以平均时速50英里行驶时的三分之二。during the crusades, the arabs produced “molly pitcher” who took her fallen husbands place i
21、n battle. the wife of an archer who was killed at the battle of damascus picked up his bow and immediately joined the conflict. she hit the crusadess standardbearer with one arrow and the commander with another, damag-ing morale and contributing to the arab victory.十字军时期,阿拉伯人在战斗中,一位妇女接替牺牲了的丈夫继续作战而被称
22、为“莫莉射手”。在大马士革战役中,一位弓箭手被打死,他的妻子拾起丈的弓投入了战斗。她一箭射死了十字军英语趣味故事2老公家是内蒙古农村的,有一对外国老夫妇到这里住了下来。 因为村里的人无法和他们交流,老夫妇很寂寞,就养了一只猫。一天早上,老夫妇正梳理猫毛,一个人从旁边过来,冲着俩人说“鼓捣猫呢” 。夫妇俩随即冲着来人说:“good morning. ” 傍晚时分,二人正在把晾在外边的衣服收起来,路过的一个村民冲着他们说:“鼓捣衣服呢!”二人这回反应很快说:“good evening.” 私下里老夫妇俩感叹,合着他们这里的人都会说英语呀! 某次英文考试有两道题目: 1)我穿上外套,却发现第一个扣子
23、掉了。 2)他听见电话铃响,就过去接了电话。 正确答案应为: 1)i put on my coat and found its first button was gone. 2)as soon as he heard the phone ringing, he went to pick it up. 但是某生的答案是: 1)shit! 2)hello? 老师在黑板上写了一句:time is money,并让同学们翻译。 有名学生答道:“汤姆是玛丽。 ” 小明上英文课时跟老师说:may i go to the toilet? 老师说:go ahead. 小明就坐了下来。过了一会儿,小明又跟老师说
24、:may i go to the toilet? 老师说:go ahead. 小明又坐了下来。他旁边的同学于是忍不住问:你不是跟老师说要上厕所吗?怎么不去? 小明说:你没听老师说去你个头啊! 某日刘洪涛遇到外宾,上前搭话曰:i am hongtao liu 外宾曰:我他妈还是方片七呢! 江青会见外宾,要求翻译要严格按她的意思翻,不许走样。 外宾一见到江青,立刻拍马屁道:“miss jiang, you are very beautiful.“ 翻译照翻,江青心花怒放,嘴上还要谦虚一下:“哪里,哪里”。 翻译不敢怠慢,把江青的话翻成英文:“where? where?“ 外宾一愣,还有这样的人,追
25、问哪里漂亮的,干脆马屁拍到底:“everywhere, everywhere.“ 翻译:“你到处都很漂亮。 ” 江青更高兴了,但总是要客气一下:“不见得,不见得” 。 翻译赶紧翻成英文:“you are not allowed to see, you are not allowed to see.“ 一对热恋中的男女。女生非常没有安全感,于是对着男友说:“say i love you!say it! say it! say it!” 男的答道:“it! ” 某人刻苦学习英语,终有小成。一日上街不慎与一老外相撞, 忙说:i am sorry. 老外应道:i am sorry too. 某人听后又
26、道:i am sorry three. 老外不解,问:what are you sorry for? 某人无奈,道:i am sorry five. 某男,亦粗通英文,至使馆,有表要填,有一栏是:sex,该男思之久已,毅然下笔:“once a week”。签证官观后暴笑,曰:“this item should be filled in with male or female.” 该男顿时赧颜,思之,填下“female ”,官楞之,曰:“shouldnt it be male?” 男急释曰:“i am a normal man, so i have sex with female. 上初一的时候
27、,英语老师让我们读课文,恰好是一段对话,于是叫了一男一女两个同学来读。 男:what time is it now? 女:its nine. 男:lets go to bed. 女:we go to bed at nine. 全班绝倒。 一天,我准备坐车去学校,正在路上走着,一辆车快速从我面前穿过,并且撞到一位正在观光的日本人。当然情况很是吓人,路边的好心人立刻冲上前去问道:“how are you? ” 日本人上气不接下气的回答:“fine,thank you.and you?” 围观的人顿时愣住。 。 。由此可知日本人的英文是死记硬背的!英语趣味故事3留学生初到国外,总是或多或少会把“ch
28、inglish ”带出国门。那些不地道的破烂英语差点没让老外们崩溃。同学们都闹出过怎样的笑话?不妨道来大家听听,顺便得个教训长个见识。you know留学地:美国留学前,我觉得自己英文还行,甚至讲起英语来还有口头禅,总爱模仿美剧中老美的口音,说话前先来句“ you know”作为开场白。当时感觉,这样开始对话会产生些许亲近感,能马上跟对方套上近乎。我们有一门考试是要跟导师面对面坐下交谈的。因为平时上课时我提问比较多,暗自感觉她应该蛮喜欢我。而且我接触到的美国人普遍给人感觉都是挺容易相处的, 所以即使是老师,大家面对面时也能像朋友般。考试的时候,我也想借此营造一种轻松和平等的对话氛围。记得我当时
29、被问及的题目是“你如何看待嘉年华这种形式”。我习惯性地脱口而出:“ you know, i havent had any carnival before, but”正当我准备口若悬河炫耀自己的英语口语时,只见对方面无表情地瞪了我一眼,毫不客气地打断说“i dont know。 ”突然间我尴尬得无地自容。更难堪的是,老师还紧接着用质疑的口吻补充道:“really?you dont have any carnival before?”那表情仿佛在告诉我, “你从没经历过嘉年华?怎么来回答这个问题?怎么发表你的见解?”我就知道接下去的对话没可能简单进行了,更别提想得高分了提示:you know 是一
30、个非正式的表达,所以不合适用于这样的正式场合,也最好不要跟导师这么说。can i have another one?留学地:英国有次跟英国同学一起去一家餐馆,那里主菜是可以续的。因此一群人兴致勃勃一起前去。主菜分量小,吃一份确实还没饱。我当即想要续一份,于是举着手对服务员 叫唤:“can i have another one?服务员连忙跑过来惊恐地看看我,再看看我的盘子,问我:“is there any problem, sir?” 我回答:“no, i just want to have another one。 ”一边说一边还心里犯嘀咕,英国佬也挺抠门的嘛,明明说好能续的,怎么一谈到续餐还
31、要大惊小怪问有什么问题。对面的同学见状,立马微笑着对服务员解释道:“just one more,please。 ”服务员这才跑开去,但仿佛还心有疙瘩。等服务员再端上来一份后,人家还念念不 忘问我是否对主菜有任何问题,我忙不迭地说“没问题,没问题”接下去的餐只敢埋头闷吃,极为不好意思。提示:原来这位同学说的那句话,以及说话前的大声召唤状会被人误以为是我对食物不满意,要求更换一份。通常这对一家餐馆来说是一种极大的不满和批评,属于挺原则性的问题。其实要求续餐只需简单说一句“ one more,please” 即可,意思就是 “再给一份”。英语趣味故事4where you from?留学地:美国第一次
32、打电话叫 taxi,对方问“where you from” 我回答 china。还在奇怪叫 taxi 还分国籍?对方可能以为我在搞笑,很郁闷的说“sorry, we can not do that.” 我一听,火大。怎么有种族歧视啊。就问: why? 对方愣了半天,挂了。提示:好吧,我承认这个有点类似“ how are you ? fine,thank you。 ”的这种条件反射,可惜人家出租车司机只是想知道去哪接你罢了。about telphone number留学地:加拿大朋友刚来的时候不认识什么人,所以在班上试图交朋友,一日, 觉得一白人哥们人挺好,于是想要人家电话号码,日后做朋友。于是
33、问:“how many is you phone number?” 白人说:“ten。 ” (加拿大号码是十位的)提示:要电话的表达一般是“may i have your phone number?”等,像这种“ 你电话是多少”的直译显然是不合适的。bill bill?留学地:加拿大来加拿大的时候,去学校上课谁都不认识,然后中午自己吃饭。听同学说有家的咖啡很不错,然后就想去买。然后走错地方了,跑一个法国餐厅了,然后就坐下来了,点了个最便宜的。吃完饭,不知道咋埋单。然后看到隔壁桌有个男的说 bill。就听到 bill 这个词了,然后就把服务生叫过来说:“i am finished,bill bi
34、ll“然后还顺势用手做手枪的手势指着账单给那女的看,然后人家吓坏了。然后叫了俩男的过来,把我朋友也吓坏了,解释了半天才出去。提示:要买单怎么说?口语中:“check, please!”或 “bill, please!”就是最地道的表达了!还可以这样表达 “waiter, ill take the check。(服务员,买单!)”其他关于付帐的相关表达还有:pay the tab / pay the bill / foot the bill / square for the meal 等。英语趣味故事5leg?ham!留学地:英国一朋友第一次来英国正好遇上入关检查特严,她妈妈让她给这边的一个朋友
35、带了个金华火腿结果被狗狗闻出来了就被领去 office 了。然后 officer 就要她解释用报纸包起来的东西是什么我那同学说 leg然后那 officer 一脸被吓到的表情,问了句“pardon?!“ 我那朋友很大声重复说 leg!她说我当时想那 officer 怎么连火腿都不懂,还特地在腿上比划了半天 leg 啊 leg 就是 leg 啊提示:让我们复习一下火腿怎么说吧是 ham 哦。而 leg 则是腿部的统称,第一反应是人腿。所以officer 绝对被震惊到了呢yes or no?有次房东问我 did u eat anyting yet? 我说 no。她听后重复了一遍 so u didn
36、t eat anyting. 我说 yes。房东老太太犹豫了下又问“did u eat ?“ 我说 no。她接着说 so u didnt eat 。我说 yes。估计她当时要崩溃了提示:这应该是个很老的段子了,无奈小编每次听还是会觉得很好笑。文化差异这东东还真根深蒂固呢。于是再复习一次吧。英语国家的说话习惯是按照事实情况回答,吃了就是 yes,没吃就是 no,不管问句是以肯定开头还是否定。厉害的房产经纪一天看见我住的 house 门前插了个人照片拍子,以为房东要卖房,照片上的人是房产经纪。第二天,突然发现,周围一片都被插上同样的牌子,心想这个经纪厉害。出去转了一天感觉不对,所到之处都是他在卖房
37、,太 nb 了,还没见过一夜之间全城的房子都给一个经纪垄断了。研究一下才知道,md,选举广告。自由女神像怎么说?刚到 us 的朋友,到了纽约,想去看自由女神,但是不知道路。于是乎在路边抓了一个白佬 -hi, do you know where is the free woman?白佬愣了半天,支支吾吾:i. dont know.tell me when you know it。提示:自由女神的正确说法是“statue of liberty” 。而这里的 free,可以理解成“免费的” 。于是这句话自然囧到人家老外了。英语趣味故事6土豆泥怎么说?一天去 kfc, 要土豆泥,不会说,就在那里跟 c
38、ashier 苦喊 potato sauce,估计她以为我傻呢,给我了七八袋 ketchup。提示:土豆泥的标准说法是“mashed potato”,而 ketchup 是番茄酱等的意思,这个词也还有其他拼法:catsup, catchup, ketsup。外带怎么说?初来乍到,跑到麦当劳点餐。虽然紧张,但之前表现都很是不错,一直维持到服务员问:“ here or to go?”第一次接触外带餐这词,还好思维敏捷马上明白过来了,可是嘴上紧张,对着那男服务员直接喊出“lets go!“。服务员石化 1秒后,说了句 ok。提示:for here: 在这儿吃;to go: 打包带走。这两个词很常用,
39、大家要记得哦。washroom or mushroom?一朋友,中午去吃汉堡,厨子问他要加什么,他说:tomato, cheese, and washroom (mushroom) 。当时所有人流汗倒。提示:mushroom 很好吃的哦,是蘑菇的意思。至于 washroom 嘛,就是洗手间啦。大家千万不要因为读音给弄混淆了哦。coke or cock?一个好朋友刚来加拿大,有一天口渴了想喝可乐。去到便利店很大声的说 excuse me , do you have cock? 可是我朋友刚出国,英文尚有很重的口音,好端端的 coke 让她说出来就变成了 excuse me , do you ha
40、ve cock?店主听得一惊一乍的,连连说: what?what ?最后店主终于弄明白她想要喝可乐,钱货两清之后,见我朋友多半是初来乍到,还很好心的给我朋友说以后去买可乐不能再问别人有没有 cock 了,那样很让人误会!本来我朋友完全不知道发生了什么事,可是店主解释以后恨不得立刻找个地缝钻进去!后来很长一段时间都不喝可乐了!提示:coke 就不解释了,大家都知道是可乐的意思。至于 cock 在俚语中的意思嘛,总之不大阳光啦大家还是少用为妙哦。rubber or eraser?刚来上学发现老外都喜欢用铅笔,所以去 book store 跟风买铅笔和橡皮。找不到橡皮就问 do you have r
41、ubber. 人家笑笑说让我去 pharmacy 买。郁闷。为什么去药店买橡皮,去了药店问 do you have rubber。人家笑笑拿给我一盒避孕套。我倒!原来加拿大管橡皮叫 eraser。提示:rubber 可以泛指橡胶及其制品,在美式英语的口语中是 tt 的意思。所以还是用“eraser”保险哦!英语趣味题集锦1.why are girls afraid of the letter c ? 1.because it makes fat fact!2.why is the letter e so important? 2.because its the beginning of eve
42、rything!3.why are the letter g and letter s in “gloves“ close to each other? 3.because there is love between them!4.what letter is an animal ? 4. its the letter b!5.what letter is a question? 5. its the letter y!6.why is u the jolliest letter? 6. because its in the midst of fun!7.how do you feel tod
43、ay? 7. with my hands ,of course!8.how can you make a rope shorter without cutting or winding it?8. take a longer rope and compare with it!9.why do people wish for something they havent got?9. what else is there to wish for? you cease to wish for it once you get it!10.what can you tell from peters re
44、cord card with extremely poor grades? 10. he didnt cheat!11.what does everybody do at the same time? 11. grow old!12.what resembles half a pie? 12. the other half!13.who works only one day in a year but never gets fired? 13. santa claus 圣诞老人14.when do people have two mouth? 14. when theres two of th
45、em 有两个人时 !15.why do lions eat raw meat? 15. they dont know how to cook 他们不知道如何烹饪!16.how many sides does a circle have? 16. two. the inside and the outside!17.what animal can jump as high as a tree? 17. all animals,for trees cant jump!18.how can you be completely sleepless for seven days and still la
46、ck no rest? 18. sleep at night!19.where was the declaration of independence signed? 19. at the bottom!20.if you throw a stone into the red sea,what will it become? 20. wet!1. what letter is a body of water?2. what is it that found in the every center of america and australia?3. why is a river rich?4
47、. which letter is very useful to a deaf woman?5. which runs faster, heat or cold? why?6.下面是一道经典的英语填空题,注意,所有空格均为同一个单词:_ is greater than god._ is more evil than the devil.the poor need _.the rich have _.if you eat _, you will die.7. what number should replace(代替)the question mark?aviator=6fixture=9wiz
48、ard=1diverse=?( ) 8. whats the chinese for “six of one and half a dozen of the other?”a. 六分之一 b. 人云亦云 c.半斤八两 d.见一面分一半( ) 9. what three letters turn a girl into a woman? a.sun b. dab c. eye d.age( ) 10. we dont want it. its “a white elephant.” what is it?a. 一件无用而累的东西 b.一头白象 c. 白给的东西 d. 白色陷阱( ) 11.whats too much for two and just right for one? a. time b. a secret c. friend d. a room( ) 12. whats the chinese for “talk big”? a. 吹牛 b. 说谎话 c.骂人 d.很