书城外语课外英语-智力谜语(双语版)
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第11章 字母篇(6)

提示阳光(sunlight)不请自来,但是受人欢迎。

谜底:Sunlight.

What comes up to the door but never comes in?

提示人行道(the sidewalk)直通门口(come up to the door),但是从来不通到门的里面(never come in)。

谜底:The sidewalk.

What cosmetics ghosts use?

提示vanishing cream(雪花膏)是一种化妆品(cosmetics),vanish作为动词是“消失”的意思,跟鬼魂(ghosts)沾上点边。

谜底:Vanishing cream.

What could you call a small wound?

提示a short cut的常用义是“捷径”,也可以解释为“一个小伤口”。

谜底:A short cut.

What creature is born first and gets its legs later?

提示青蛙(frog)刚生下来的时候是蝌蚪(tadpole),没有腿。

谜底:A frog.

What cup can’t you drink from?

提示这是个字谜。cup(杯子)是hiccup(打嗝)的一部分。

谜底:A hiccup.

What day do chickens hate the most?

提示fry days(油煎的日子)跟Fridays(星期五)的读音相同。

谜底:Fry days.

What day of the year is a command to come forward?

提示March fourth(三月四日)跟march forth(前进)的读音相同。

谜底:March fourth.

What did Adam do when he wanted sugar?

提示根据《圣经》的说法,该隐(Cain)是亚当(Adam)的儿子。Cain (该隐)跟cane(甘蔗)的读音相同。

谜底:He raised Cain.

What did Cinderella wear to the beach party?

提示童话里的灰姑娘Cinderella穿的是水晶鞋(glass slippers),而flipper是潜水时缚在脚上的鸭脚板。看起来灰姑娘到了海滨就得把slippers换成flippers了!

谜底:A glass flipper.

What did one strawberry say to another?

提示这则谜语是一句戏言而已。一颗草莓对另一颗草莓说:“你要是不甜的话,我们就不会一起变成果酱啦。”

谜底:If you weren’t sweet,we wouldn’t be in this jam.

What did the astronaut see in his frying pan?

提示宇航员(astronaut)在他的煎锅(frying pan)里见到什么呢?宇航员会见到UFO,是unidentified flying object(不明飞行物)的缩写,但在煎锅里当然只能有unidentified frying object(不明油煎物)!

谜底:An unidentified frying object.

What did the big chimney say to the little chimney!

提示这则谜语是一句戏言而已。一个大烟囱对另一个小烟囱说:“你小小年纪不能冒烟!”smoke的另一个意思是“抽烟”。

谜底:You’re too young to smoke.

What did the birdkeeper get for his birthday?

提示生日礼物是birthday presents;养鸟人得到的是pheasants(雉鸡),这是他喜欢的生日礼物。presents和pheasants的读音相近。

谜底:Birthday pheasants.

What did the cannibal eat when he went on a diet?

提示吸血鬼(cannibal)在节食(went on a diet)的时候吃什么呢?谜底“只吃瘦人”(only thin people)以免发胖,不无道理。

谜底:Only thin people.

What did the duck say when it laid a square egg?

提示鸭子生出个方形鸭蛋的时候能说什么呢?无非是疼得要命地惊呼:“哎哟(ouch)!”

谜底:“Ouch!”

What did the greedy lady get when she asked Santa for some diamonds?

提示圣诞老人(Santa Claus)能送的礼物无非是一副扑克牌而已,里面有的是diamonds。扑克牌里的diamonds是“红方块”,当然不是“宝石”。

谜底:A pack of cards.

What did the lady buy when she went window shopping?

提示went window shopping是“去浏览商店橱窗,看而不买”的意思,可不是去买“橱窗”(windows)。谜底是戏言而已。

谜底:Windows.

What did the miser keep in his sugar bowl?

提示吝啬鬼(miser)用叉(fork)从糖缸(sugar bowl)取糖,可真是名副其实地“吝啬”了。

谜底:A fork.

What did the plank say to the electric drill?

提示动词bore的一个解释是“钻孔”,另一个解释是令人“讨厌”,这两个解释在这里都用得上。

谜底:You bore me.

What did the robber say to the queen bee?

提示强盗通常说的话是“Your money or your life”(给钱还是给命),遇到蜂后的时候说“Your honey or your life”(给蜂蜜还是给命)倒也恰当。妙就妙在money和honey只差一个字母

谜底:“Your honey or your life.”

What did the silly card player do with the scissors?

提示cut the deck是打牌时的用语:“切牌”。只有傻瓜才会真的用剪刀(scissors)去剪(cut)。

谜底:He cut the deck.

What did the snake give his girlfriend on their first date?

提示情人第一次约会(on their first date)分手的时候,男朋友会给女朋友一个吻,英语叫做goodnight kiss,蛇只会hiss(嘶嘶作响)。不过,kiss和hiss相差不远,只不过一个字母。

谜底:A goodnight hiss.

What did the werewolf write on his Christmas cards?

提示圣诞卡(Christmas cards)的常用语是Best wishes of the season (祝你节日快乐),狡猾凶险的人(werewolf)只会邪恶(vicious)!wishes和vicious的读音相近,用心可截然相反!

谜底:“Best vicious of the season.”

What did two old fleas do when they retire?

提示老人退休(retire)以后都喜欢在乡间买栋房子,可以安度晚年。虱子(flea)的想法跟老人没有多大区别,不过它们不用买房子,只要买一条狗可以在狗的身上栖身就行了。

谜底:Bought themselves a dog and went to live in the country.

What do a bed,a lion,and a river in common?

提示床(bed)有弹簧(spring),狮子(lion)会跳(spring),河流(river)有源泉(spring)。

谜底:They each have springs.

What do a very naughty boy and a boiled egg in common?

提示be in hot water有两个意思,第一个是比喻意义“日子不好过”,第二个是字面意义“在热水中”。淘气包的日子不好过,煮鸡蛋泡在热水里。

谜底:They’ve both been in hot water.

What do ants take when they are sick?

提示这是个字谜。ant(蚂蚁)是antibiotics(抗生素)的一部分。

谜底:Antibiotics.

What do bad little wolves become?

提示坏的小狼长大后还是坏,只不过变成“大坏狼”(big bad wolves)了!

谜底:Big bad wolves.

What do bees do for a living?

提示cell(放入蜂巢内)与sell(卖)是同音异义词。

谜底:They cell honey.

What do birds use to clean their houses?

提示feather duster是“鸡毛掸子”的意思,鸟都长羽毛(feathers),它们打扫屋子(clean their houses)用的当然是feather dusters!

谜底:Feather dusters.

What do cats eat at parties.

提示人吃icecream(冰淇淋),猫吃什么呢?mice(耗子)和scream (叫)合在一起,跟icecream的读音十分相似。

谜底:Micescream.

What do cats read in the mornings?

提示人在早晨看newspaper(报纸),猫在早晨看什么呢?mew是猫的叫声,mews和paper合在一起,跟newspaper的读音十分相似。

谜底:Mewspapers.

What do chickens celebrate on 1st April?

提示四月一日是April Fool’s Day(愚人节),小鸡是家禽(fowl),fool 和fowl的读音相似,它们的节日不妨叫做April Fowl’s Day(家禽节)。

谜底:April Fowl’s Day.

What do composers write in the bath?

提示浴室(bath)里要用肥皂(soap),作曲家(composers)在浴室创作的就是soap opera(肥皂剧)了。其实,soap opera是一种以家庭问题为题材的广播或电视连续剧。

谜底:Soap opera.

What do donkeys celebrate on April 1st?

提示四月一日是April Fool’s Day(愚人节),驴子(donkey)的节日不妨叫做April Mule’s Day(骡子节),因为fool和mule的读音相差不远,意思也相差不远。

谜底:April Mule’s Day.

What do elephants sing at Christmas?

提示人在圣诞节唱Jingle bell,jingle bell;那么大象(elephants)在丛林(jungle)里唱的很可能是Jungle bell,jungle bell。

谜底:Jungle bell,jungle bell.

What do farmers learn in school?

提示孩子在学校里学习A,B,C;农夫使用seeds(种子),那么他们在学校里学习的A,B,C很可能变成了A,B,seeds!

谜底:Their A,B,seeds.

What do frozen cows do?

提示母牛(cows)产奶(milk),可以制成奶油(cream)。说冻坏的母牛(frozen cows)产icecream(冰淇淋)只不过是戏言而已。

谜底:They give icecream.

What do geese watch on television?

提示人从电视上看documentaries(纪录片),鹅(geese)跟鸭子(duck)也许都是看duckcumentaries吧!documentaries和duckcumentaries的读音十分相似。

谜底:Duckcumentaries.

What do ghosts drink?

提示spirits的一个意思是“烈酒”,另一个意思是“灵魂”。

谜底:Spirits.

What do humans and fish have in common?

提示school的解释是“学校”,它有一个同形异义词school,意思是“(鱼)群”。

谜底:They both spend part of their lives in schools.

What do polite monsters say at meal time?

提示平时打招呼时的常用语是pleased to meet you(很高兴见到你),魔鬼喜欢吃人,说pleased to eat you(很高兴吃到你)是合乎情理的。尤其有趣的是meet和eat的读音相差不远。

谜底:Pleased to eat you.

What do jigsaw puzzles do when they get bad news?

提示jigsaw puzzles(拼板玩具)拆开以后就成为一小块一小块的木板了。

谜底:They go to pieces.

What do mice do during the day?

提示家庭主妇做的是housework(家务),耗子(mouse,复数是mice)做的自然是mousework!housework和mousework只差一个字母。

谜底:Mousework.

What do mountaineers do when they’re bored?

提示登山运动员(mountaineers)闲得无聊(when they’re bored),就去爬墙吧。

谜底:Climb the walls.

What do pigs do after school?

提示学生做的是homework(家庭作业),猪肉可以制成火腿(ham)。那么,猪放学以后做的很可能是hamwork,跟homework的读音和拼写都差不多。

谜底:Their homework.

What do pigs drink when they want to celebrate?