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2010-11-19 15:12阅读:
 Questions:
  1.Why is the letter B like fire?
  字母B为什么跟火一样?
  2.Why is the letter D like a sailor?
  字母D为什么跟海员一样?
  3.Why is the letter T like a boat?
  字母T为什么跟船一样?
  Keys:
  1.It makes the oil Boil,too.
  因为它也可以让油沸腾。
  2.It follows the C.
  因为它跟在字母C后面。
  3.It's in the midst of water,too.
  因为它也在水中间。
  Notes:
  1.fire(火)可以加热 oil(油)至沸腾,B加在oil前也可使之变成 Boil(沸腾)。
  2.follow the C音似 follow the sea(跟寻大海)。
  3.in the midst of在…中间
  Questions:
  1.Why is the letter K like flour?
  字母K为什么与面粉相似?
  2.Why is the letter A like high noon?
  字母A为什么与正午相似?
  3.Why are farmers surprised by the letter G?
  农民为何对字母G惊叹不已?
  4.What's the end of the world?
  世界末日是什么样子?
  Keys:
  1.You can't make a cake without it.
  没有它你做不成蛋糕。
  2.It's also in the middle of the day.
  它也在一天的正当中。
  3.It turns oats into goats.
  它能把燕麦变成山羊。
  4.The letter“d”。
  就是字母d.
  

  Questions:
  1.What is the significance of the letter"B"to the growing up of children?
  字母B对于儿童的成长有何重大意义?
  2.What is the origin of eternity?
  永恒的起源是什么?
  3.What letter separates Europe from Africa?
  哪个字母把欧洲和美洲隔开?
  Keys:
  1.It made them bolder as they grow older.
  它使得他们随着年龄增长而变得胆大而勇敢。
  2.The letter“E”。
  字母E.
  3.The letter“C”。
  字母C.
  Notes:
  1.bold adj.大胆,勇敢
  significance n.重要,意义,价值
  2.origin n.起源,源头
  eternity n.水恒
  3.C音似sea(海洋)。
  Questions:
  1.What eight-letter word has only one letter in it?
  什么单词拼出来有8个字母,里面却只有一个?
  2.What five-letter word has only one left once you take two away?
  什么单词拼出来有5个字母,拿走2个,却只剩下一个?
  3.What seven-letter word has only three letters?
  什么单词拼出来有7个字母,却只用3个字母?
  4.What nine-letter word has seven left if you take four away?
  什么单词拼出来有9个字母,拿走四个,却还剩下七个?
  Keys:
  1.Envelope.
  信封。
  2.Stone.
  石头。
  3.Barbara.
  芭芭拉(人名)。
  4.Seventeen.
  十七。
 

  Questions:
  1.Can you spell jealousy with two letters?
  你能用2个字母把“嫉妒”这个词拼出来吗?
  2.Can you spell donkey with one letter?
  你能用一个字母把“驴子”拼出来吗?
  3.Can you end a game of hide-and-seek with three letters?
  你能用三个字母结束捉迷藏的游戏吗?
  4.Can you turn an odd number into even by removing one letter?
  你能拿走一个字母,把奇数变成偶数吗?
  Keys:
  1.N.V.
  是N.V,音似envy(嫉妒)。
  2.U.
  字母 U,音似You(你)。
  3.I——C——U.
  字母 I——C——U,音似I see you(我看见你了)。
  4.Sure. You can get “even”if you remove the first letter from“seven', which is an odd number.

 Questions:
  1.When can you have something 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?
  2.What can run and whistle but can't walk or talk?
  什么东西能跑不能走,会吹哨不会说话?
  3.Why can't the world come to an end?
  世界为何不会末日临头?
  4.Where's the biggest city in the world?
  全世界最大的城市在哪儿?
  Keys:
  1.When there's a hole in it.
  当口袋里有个洞的时候。
  2.A locomotive.
  火车头。
  3.Because it's round.
  因为它是圆的。
  4.On the map.
  在地图上。
  Notes:
  2.locomotive n.火车头
  3.The world is round地球是圆的,因此没有beginning(开始),也没有end(结束)。
  Questions:
  1.“Railroad crossing,Look out for the cars.”Can you spell it without any R's?
  “铁路道口,当心火车。”你能不用“R”把它拼写出来吗?
  2.Can you read“Madam, I'm Adam.” without pronouncing any M'S?
  你能不发“M”的音,把“尊敬的女士,我是亚当。”读出来吗?
  3.Can you say“Richard and Robert had a rabbit.”without pronouncing any R'S?
  你能不发“R”的音,把“理查得和罗伯特有只兔子”说出来吗?
  Keys:
  1.Sure.I-t.
  当然能,I-t.
  2.Of course, I can sure read without pronouncing anything.
  当然,我会默读。
  3.Dick and Bob had a bunny.
  迪克和鲍勃有只兔子。
  Notes:
  1.car n.汽车,火车,缆车
  3.Dick和Bob分别是Richard和Robert的昵称,bunny是rabbit的儿语词,也作bunny rabbit.
  Questions:
  1.Should you say 28 and 37 are 55 or 37 and 28 are 55?
  你说是28加37等于55还是37加28等于55?
  2.What can a baby do that an adult can't do?
  什么事婴儿能做而成人不能做?
  3.Why's giving up smoking such an easy thing for a chain-smoker?
  对于烟瘾君子来说为什么戒烟易如反掌?
  4.Can you tell me something about the great scientists of the 18th century?
  你能告诉我一些18世纪伟大科学家的事吗?
  Keys:
  1.28 and 37 are 65.
  28加37等于 65.
  2.Sleep in a cradle.
  在摇篮里安睡。
  3.He has done it many times.
  他已经做过很多次了。
  4.They're all dead.
  他们都已过世。
  Notes:
  1.cradle/kreidl/ n.婴儿的摇篮
  3.chain-smoke v.一支接一支地抽烟
  Questions:
  1.When a pregnant woman got on a bus no one gave up his seat to her.Why?
  一位孕妇上车后,没有人给她让座,为什么?
  2.Why do fish live in water?
  鱼为什么在水里生活?
  3.Which is right,the white of the eggs are yellow or the whites of the eggs are yellow?
  下面哪种说法正确:鸡蛋的蛋白(单数)是黄的,还是鸡蛋的蛋白(复数)是黄的?
  Keys:
  1.There're vacant seats on the bus.
  车上有空座。
  2.Cats can't swim.
  因为猫不会游泳。
  3.The whites are never yellow.
  蛋白不黄色的。
  Notes:
  1.pregnant adj.怀孕的
  give up one's seat to someone让座给某人
  vacant adj.空着的
  3.white n.蛋白,蛋清
  yolk n.蛋黄
  Questions:
  1.Which will burn longer, the candles in the good old days or the candles of today?
  以前的蜡烛和现在的蜡烛,哪个烧得更长?
  2.Which American has had the largest family?
  哪个美国人拥有最为庞大的家族?
3.A little girl was 6 years old on her last birthday,and will be 8 on her next birthday.How can this be?
  一个小女孩上一个生日才6岁,下一个生日就8岁了,这是怎么回事?
  Keys:
  1.Neither.Candles don't burn longer but burn shorter.
  哪个都烧不长,蜡烛都是越烧越短。
  2.George Washington,“father of the nation.”
  乔治·华盛顿,“美国之父”。
  3.It's her 7th birthday.
  今天她7岁生日。
  Notes:
  1.the good old days过去的好时光

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