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标题: 英语谜语的魅力在哪里?-谜底揭晓 [打印本页]

作者: tingroom    时间: 2012-3-2 13:47     标题: 英语谜语的魅力在哪里?-谜底揭晓

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Q: What are two things people never eat before breakfast?
A: Lunch and supper.

Q: Why did the man throw a bucket of water out the window?
A: (谜底)He wanted to see the waterfall. (因为他想看“瀑布”(借用 “看到水落下(see the water fall)的双关”))

Q: Why did the man throw the butter out the window?
A: (谜底)He wanted to see the butterfly. (因为他想看蝴蝶(借用 “黄油飞”(the butter fly)的双关) Q: Why did the man put the clock in the safe?
A: (谜底)He wanted to save time. (因为他要节省时间(借用“把时间藏起来”的双关))

Q: What has two hands and a face, but no arms and legs?
A: (谜底)A clock. (此处的“face”指钟的面板)
Q: What has a neck, but no head? A: (谜底)A bottle. (“neck”指“瓶颈”)
Q: Where is the ocean the deepest?
A: (谜底)On the bottom. (当然底部最深)

Q: Why did the man throw his watch out of the window?
A: (谜底)He wanted to see time fly. (因为他想看到时光飞逝,此处借用了“让他的手表飞走”的双关) Submitted

Q: What State in the United States is High in the middle and round at the ends? 美国的那个地方中间最高,两头又是圆的? A: (谜底)Ohio. (“Ohio”是美国的一个州名,其中间的“hi”代表“high”(高处),两头的“O”代表“Round(圆的)”)

作者: kobe    时间: 2012-3-2 17:59

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