书城外语课外英语-智力谜语(双语版)
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第12章 字母篇(7)

提示人在喜庆(celebrate)的时候喝的是wine(葡萄酒),猪(pig或swine)喝的也许是swine(猪)吧!wine和swine的读音和拼写都很相似。

谜底:Swine.

What do pigs wear to bed?

提示英语词pajamas的意思是“睡衣”,猪穿的睡衣pigpajamas也许可以拼缀成pigjamas吧。

谜底:Pigjamas.

What do pigs write with?

提示pen的意思是“钢笔”,但是pig pen的正常意思是“猪圈”,解释成“猪的钢笔”只不过是戏言而已。

谜底:A pig pen.

What do polar bears have for lunch?

提示北极熊(polar bears)吃什么当午饭呢?人吃hamburger(汉堡包)、cheeseburger(奶酪包),burger似乎有了“包”的意思。那么,北极熊吃ice burger(冰包)也似乎有点道理,更有意思的是iceburg的意思是“冰山”。

谜底:iceburger.

What do sailors in school?

提示孩子在学校里学习按A,B,C;海员(sailor)总要出海,那么他们在学校里学习的A,B,C很可能变成了A,B,seas!

谜底:Their A,B,seas.

What do sea monsters eat?

提示英国人爱吃fish and chips(鱼加土豆条),海妖(sea monsters)吃fish and ships(鱼加船)合乎推理。更有意思的是fish and chips 和fish and ships的读音如此相似。

谜底:Fish and ships.

What do space aliens eat for breakfast?

提示人吃frying sausage(煎香肠),外星人(space aliens)吃的flying sausage(飞行香肠)谁也没有见过。但是frying sausage和flying sansage只差了一个字母!

谜底:Frying sausages.

What do students do when they come home from barber school?

提示一般的学生回家后要做homework(家庭作业),理发学校的学生做comb work(梳子作业)有点道理,因为他们总要跟梳子(comb work)打交道。

谜底:Their comb work.

What do thieves eat?

提示小偷总要“拿走”(take away)东西,他们吃takeaway是想当然的事情。只不过takeaway的原意是“外卖食品”(跟“堂吃”相对)。

谜底:Takeaway.

What do they do with a tree after they chop it down?

提示chop down的意思是“砍倒”,chop up的意思是“砍碎”。

谜底:Chop it up.

What do traffic wardens have in their sandwiches?

提示jam的意思是“果酱”,而traffic jam的意思是“交通堵塞”。

谜底:Traffic jam.

What do undertakers carry their papers in?

提示想到丧事承办人(undertakers)就会想到棺材(coffin),不过,他们的文件也是放在公文包(briefcases)里的,跟平常人一样。

谜底:Briefcases.

What do women gardeners wear when they get married?

提示新娘穿的是wedding dress(结婚礼服),女园林工(women gardeners)每天都要锄草(weeding),她们在婚礼上也该穿weeding dress (锄草服)吧!wedding dress和weeding dress的读音和拼写都差不多。

谜底:Weeding dresses.

What do women lifeguards wear when they get married?

提示新娘穿的是wedding dress(结婚礼服),女救生员(women lifeguards)总待在水里,经常趟水(wade),她们在婚礼上也该穿wading dress(趟水服)吧!wedding dress和wading dress的读音和拼写都差不多。

谜底:Wading dresses.

What do worms do in a cornfield?

提示短语go in one ear and out of the other的意思是“一个耳朵进一个耳朵出,听不进去”。在这个谜语里,农田里ear是“谷穗”的意思,蠕虫(worms)从一个穗进,从另一个穗出。

谜底:They go in one ear and out the other.

What do you always see running along the streets in town?

提示英语中形容人行道(pavements)“向前延伸”也可以用动词run。

谜底:Pavements.

What do you become if the teacher makes you stand outside the room?

提示形容词outstanding的意思是“杰出的”,跟standing outside(站在外面)毫不相干!这里是一句戏言。

谜底:An outstanding student.

What do you call a bull that’s sleeping?

提示名词bulldozer的意思是“推土机”,而a bull dozer作“打瞌睡的公牛”解只不过是戏言而已。

谜底:A bull dozer.

What do you call a chicken who is not afraid of anything?

提示什么都不怕的小鸡(a chicken who is not afraid of anything)只能是做熟的菜肴,端上来当晚餐(dinner)。

谜底:Dinner.

What do you call a cow with no legs?

提示ground beef作“牛肉馅”解。这个谜语中的“没有腿的母牛”(a cow with no legs)被称作“地上的牛肉”(ground beef)也不无道理。

谜底:Ground beef.

What do you call a deer with no eyes?

提示谜底no idea(不知道)是个绝妙的回答,它跟noeye deer(没有眼睛的鹿)读音完全相同。

谜底:No idea.

What do you call a deer with no eyes and no legs?

提示这个谜底与前一个相似,still no idea(还是不知道)跟still noeye deer(不会动的没有眼睛的鹿)读音完全相同。

谜底:Still no idea.

What do you call a duck that can’t read?

提示blind(瞎眼的)用在这里正合适,不识字就是睁眼瞎。

谜底:A blind duck.

What do you call a fight between two roadmaking companies?

提示大家都熟悉电影Star Wars(星球大战),两个筑路公司之间的争吵被称为Tar Wars(柏油大战)就是仿Star Wars而来。

谜底:Tar Wars.

What do you call a flower in a windowbox?

提示把窗栏花箱(windowbox)里的花称作a bloom with a view(有景致的花)倒也恰当。

谜底:A bloom with a view.

What do you call a flying policeman?

提示把飞行警察叫做helicopper,是由helicopter(直升机)引起的联想。

谜底:A heli copper.

What do you call a frightened skin diver?

提示skindiver是只戴面罩不穿潜水衣的潜游者,chicken是“胆小鬼”的比喻说法,所以可以把害怕的潜游者称为chicken of the sea (海上胆小鬼)。

谜底:Chicken of the sea.

What do you call a funny book about eggs?

提示英语里的“笑话书”是joke book,“鸡蛋黄”是yolk。由于joke 和yolk的读音相近,所以把“关于鸡蛋的有趣的书”戏称为yolk book。

谜底:A yolk book.

What do you call a girl with five friends called William?

提示William(威廉)的爱称是Bill(比尔),而bill collector的意思是“收账的人”。把有五个男朋友都叫比尔的人叫做Bill collector是戏谑的说法。

谜底:A Bill collector.

What do you call a girl who gambles?

提示Betty(贝蒂)是英语中常见的人名。把爱赌博(gamble)的女孩叫做Betty,因为bet的意思是“打赌”。

谜底:Betty.

What do you call a girl with only one trouser leg?

提示Jean(吉恩)是英语中常见的人名。jeans是“牛仔裤”的意思,需要用复数。所以,把只有一条裤腿的女孩称为Jean。

谜底:Jean.

What do you call a goodlooking emu?

提示鸸鹋(emu)是高大而不飞的鸟,长得难看。长得漂亮的鸸鹋当然稀罕(rare)。

谜底:Rare.

What do you call a man driving a truck?

提示Laury(劳利)是英语中常见的人名,跟lorry(卡车)的读音接近,所以把开车的人(a man driving a truck)戏称作Laurie.

谜底:Laurie.

What do you call a man who arrives in your letter box?

提示Bill(比尔)是William(威廉)的爱称,名词bill的意思是“账单”。

谜底:Bill.

What do you call a man who makes faces all day?

提示face的通用意思是“脸”,特指“钟面”。所以把“做鬼脸的人”(a man who makes faces)戏称为“钟表匠”。

谜底:A clock maker.

What do you call a man who claps at Christmas?

提示圣诞老人是Santa Claus,所以把圣诞节拍手的人(a man who claps at Christmas)戏称为Santapplause。

谜底:Sant applause.

What do you call a man who makes bread?

提示loaf是“一块面包”,所以把做面包的人(a man who makes bread)戏称为loafer。其实,loafer的意思是“流浪者”。

谜底:A loafer.

What do you call a man with a car on his head?

提示Jack是英语中常用的人名,名词jack有“千斤顶”的意思,可以顶起汽车。所以,把“头顶上有汽车的人”(a man with a car on his head)戏称为Jack。

谜底:Jack.

What do you call a man with no ears?

提示该怎么称呼没有耳朵的人(a man with no ears)呢?谜底倒是大实话:“叫他啥都行,因为他听不见”(anything you like,because he won’t hear you)。