第一篇：英语脑筋急转弯(值得一览)大全
英语脑筋急转弯
Questions：
1.Who is closer to you，your mom or your dad？ 爸爸和妈妈谁和你更亲？ 2.What month do soldiers hate？ 当兵的不喜欢几月份？ 3.How many feet are there in a yard？一码有多少英尺？
4.What is heavier in summer than in winter？什么东西夏天比冬天重？ 5.What clothing is always sad？什么衣服总是伤感的？ 6.How many legs do horses have？马有几条腿？
7.What fruit is never found singly？什么水果永远不会是单个的？ 8.What kind of clothes lasts the longest？什么衣服穿得最久？ 9.Does any child like going to school？有没有小孩子喜欢上学？ 10.Why are giraffes the cheapest to feed？为什么养长颈鹿最不花钱？ 11.How can you make the door last？ 怎样能使门经久耐用？ 12.What’s the most difficult train to catch？赶什么火车最不容易？ 13.Why do people go to bed？ 人们为什么睡觉？
14.What letter do most people fear most？ 大多数人最害怕什么字母？ 15.What two words contain thousands of letters？哪两个单词包含了所有的字母？ 16.Which state in the United States is round at both ends and high in the middle？ 美国哪个州两头圆，中间高？
17.What’s the smallest room in the World？世界上什么房间最小？ 18.What did the big chimney say to the little chimney while working？ 工作时大烟囱对小烟囱说些什么？
19.How long is a shoe，usually？一般鞋有多长？
20.Which can move faster，heat or cold？ 冷和热谁跑得快？ 21.What comes before six？六前面是什么？
22.Who will be your real friend，a poor friend or a rich one？
贫穷的朋友和富贵的朋友，谁会成为你真正的朋友？ 23.What color is the wind？风是什么颜色？ Keys and notes 答案和注释: 1.Mom is closer，because dad is farther． 妈妈更亲，因为爸爸更远。father父亲，音似farther更远 2.March． 三月。
march n．行军
3.It depends on how many people stand in the yard．这要看院子里站了多少人。feet n．英尺；脚（pl．）yard n．院子；码 4.heavy adj．重的；交通量大的，繁忙的
5.Blue Jeans． 蓝色牛仔服。
blue adj．蓝色的；伤感的 6.six legs--forelegs in front and two in back．
有六条腿，前面有前腿，后面有两条腿。forelegs n．前腿，音似four legs（四条腿）
7.A pear．是梨。音似 pair n．一对
8.Underwear，because it’s never worn out． 是内衣，因为它永远不会穿在外面 worn out穿坏，磨损/穿在外面
9.Every child likes going to school． Most of them just hate staying there before going home．
每个孩子都喜欢去学校，大部分的孩子只不过不喜欢在回家之前呆在那儿罢了。go to School有两种理解：①在学校读书，上学；②去学校，上学校 10.They make a little food go a long wag．
因为它们脖子长，一点点食物都要走很长的路才能咽下去。go a long way维持很长一段时间
11.Make other things first． 先做其他的东西。make the door last另一种理解是：最后做门
12.The 12：50 train，because it’s ten to one if you catch it．
是12点50分的火车，因为赶上它只有10比1的概率。
ten to one 1点差10分；10比1
quarter/＇kw&:t/n．四分之一；二十五美分
13.Because the bed won’t come to us．因为床不会走向我们。go to bed另一种理解是：走向床，走到床跟前 14.The letter E，because it’s the end of life．是字母E，因为它是“life”这个单词末尾的字母。“It’s the end of life.”另一种理解是：它是生命的结束。
15.Post Office.邮局。letter n．信件；字母
16.Ohio．俄亥俄州。Ohio两头是O，中间是hi，音似high。17.A mushroom.是蘑菇。
18.“You’re too young to smoke．”“你还年轻，不该抽烟。”smoke v.抽烟；冒烟 19.A little more than a foot long． 一英尺多一点。
foot n．英尺；脚 “A little more than a foot long”实指“比脚长点点”。20.Heat，because you can catch cold．热跑得快，因为你追得上冷。
cold n．冷；感冒 catch cold追上冷；患感冒 21.The milkman． 送牛奶的人。
“What comes before six？” 另一种理解是：什么在六点钟之前来？ 22.A poor friend，because a friend in need is a friend indeed．贫穷的朋友，因为患难之交是真情。a friend in need患难之交 in need需要帮助，需要资助，穷困的 23.The wind blew风在吹
Blue．蓝色。
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Questions：
1.Who works only one day in a year butnever gets fired?
谁一年只上一天却不会被开除？
2.Why does the Statue of Lib-erty stand in New York harbou?
自由女神为何矗立在纽约港湾？ 3 Why doi birds fly south?
鸟为什么往南飞? 4 When can you go as fast as aracing car? 什么时候你能像跑车一样快？ Keys: 1.Santa Claus.圣诞老人.2.Because it can't sit down.因为它不能坐下.3.It's too far to walk.走着去太远了.4.When you're in it.当你坐在跑车里时.Questions：
1.Why are giraffes the cheapest to feed?为什么养长颈鹿最不花钱？ 2.Why are dogs afraid to sunbathe?狗为什么害怕日光浴？ 3.Why is the pig always eating?猪为什么没完没了地吃？
4、Why are politicians no longer concerned with snowball fights? 政客们为什么不再关注打雪仗了？
5、Why dont women get bald as soon as men?为什么总是男人比女人先秃头？
6、What can pierce ones ears without a hole?什么不用打洞就可以在耳朵上穿孔？ 7.Whats the longest word in the world?世界上最长的单词是什么？ 8.Why does time fly?时间为何飞逝？
9.Where can a dog get another tail?狗去哪里可以再弄到一条尾巴？
Keys: 1.They make a little food go a long way.因为它们脖子长，一点点食物都要走很长的路才能咽下去。
2.They dont want to be hot-dog.因为它们不想成为热狗。3.Hes making a hog of himself.它想成为一只肉猪。
4、The cold war is over.冷战结束了。
5、Because women wear hire longer.因为女人头发留得长。
6、Noice.噪音。
7.Smiles.Because theres a mile between the letter s.微笑。因为两个字母S中间隔了一里。
8.To get away from all those who are trying to kill it.为的是甩掉所有要谋杀它的人。9.At a retail store.在零售商店。
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Questions：
1.Will it rain for several days continuously？
会不会连续几天阴雨连绵？ 2.Who can raise things without lifting them？ 什么人不用举就能把东西抬起来？ 3.What did the king cloud say to the rest of the clouds？ 云中之王对芸芸众生说什么？
4.Who is married to the First Lady？
第一夫人嫁给了谁？ Keys：
1.Never，because there're nights in between.永远不会，因为白昼之间有黑夜隔开。2.Farmers.农民。
3.“I'm the one who should rain here.”
“我要在这里降雨。” 4.Adam.是亚当。Notes：
1.day n.一天；一个白昼
continuously adv.连续不断地 2.raise举起，抬起；饲养，种植 3.rain v.下雨，音似reign v.统治
4.the First Lady第一夫人，总统夫人
the first lady第一位女士，指夏娃
Questions：
1.What does the man who just had his face shaved resemble？
刚刚修过胡须的男人像什么？
2.Why did the farmer take his chicken to task？
农夫为什么训斥小鸡？ 3.How do we know the ocean is friendly？
人们如何知道海洋是友好的呢？ Keys：
1.A bear.像熊。
2.Because they use foul language.因为它们说脏话。3.It waves.它总是招手致意。Notes：
1.resemble v.与„相像
bear n.熊，音似bare adj.光秃秃的，无遮盖的
bare-faced面孔干干净净，没有胡须的bear-faced脸和熊一样的 2.foul adj.脏的，音似fowl n.家禽 3.wave v.起波浪；招手致意
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Questions：
1.How did the hangman get married？
绞刑吏是怎么结婚的？ 2.Why did little Tom put his brother's guitar in the refrigerator？
小汤姆为什么把他哥哥的吉他放在冰箱里？
3.Why is the inside of everything so mysterious？为什么说凡事内部都神秘莫测？ Keys：
1.He tied a knot.他打了一个结。
2.Because he enjoyed cool music.因为他爱听美妙的音乐。
3.Because you can never make them out.因为你永远也不能弄懂它们。Notes：
1.hangman n.绞刑吏，刽子手 tie a knot打一个结；缔结良缘
2.refrigerator n.电冰箱（也可写作fridge或者icebox）
cool adj.凉的，冷的；棒的，超级的，美妙的
3.make them out有两层意思：①把它们变到外面来；②弄懂它们，看清它们
mysterious adj.难理解的，神秘的 Questions：
1.Why is a coward like a leaky faucet？
为什么说胆小鬼和漏水的笼头一样？ 2.Why should we never ask balloons for advice？为什么我们绝不向汽球征求意见？
3.What band can't play music？
什么乐队不会演奏音乐？ Keys：
1.They both run.因为它们都会溜走。
2.They are full of hot air.因为它们里面全是热空气。
3.Rubber band.橡皮筋。Notes：
1.coward n.懦夫，胆小鬼
faucet n.水笼头
leaky adj.漏的，有漏洞的 run v.跑，溜走；流动，流（水）
2.hot air热空气；吹牛，胡说
3.band n.乐队，吹奏乐队；带子，绳子
rubber band橡皮筋
Questions：
1.Do audience ever steal anything？
听众会偷东西吗？
2.What will the farmer grow in his garden if he doesn't mind working hard？
假如一个农夫不在乎劳动有多辛苦，他会在园子里种什么？ Keys：
1.Yes，when they take the floor.当他们发言时就会这样做。
2.He will grow tired.他会累的。Notes：
1.audience n.听众，观众
take the floor有两种理解：①词组真正的含义是“发言”；②在答案中可理解为“拿走地板”。
2.grow v.种植；变得„
1.what is the longest word in the world? key:smile.谜语解析：因为两个S隔了一里(mile)2.what letter is an animal? key--B(Bee)哪个字母是一个动物 答案：B 3.What letter stands for the ocean? key:C(sea)哪个字母坐落在海边?答案：C(sea)4.what letter is a question? key:Y 哪个字母是一个问题? 英语谜语答案:Y(why)5.what letter is your eye? key:I 哪个字母是你的眼睛? 答案:I(eye)6.what letter is a vegetable? key:P 哪个字母是一种蔬菜 答案:P(pea)豌豆
7.what stays hot even if put it in a fridge? key：pepper 什么东西即使放到冰箱中也是热的? 答案：pepper(胡椒粉)谜语解析：hot也有辣的意思 8.what fruit is never found singly? key:pear 什么水果永远都不会是单数? 答案:pear(梨)谜语解析:pear和pair(一双)读音相同 9.With which hand do you write? key:neither,i use a pen!你用哪只手写字呢? 谜语答案：都不用，我用笔 10.what man cannot live in a house? 什么人不能住在房子里? 谜语答案：snowman（雪人）
11.What never asks questions but gets a lot of answers? 什么东西永远不问问题但是却能得到很多答案? 谜语答案：dictionary（字典）
12.What question can you never answer “Yes” to? 什么问题你永远也不能回答“是” 谜语答案：Are you dead?（你死了吗?）Are you asleep?(你睡着了吗)13.You have it．You read it．There're some pictures in it? 你拥有它，你可以阅读它，它有些图片在里面，它是什么? 谜语答案：book（书）
14.A mouse has a large pocket． What is it? 一种鼠有一个大袋子，它是什么? 谜语答案：a kangaroo（袋鼠）
15.It has a head，but no neck．It has a body，but no warmth．NO feet，but can travel? 它有头，但没有脖子，有身体，但不温暖，没有脚，却能旅行。
谜语答案：a car（汽车）
16.What gets larger，the more you take away? 什么东西你拿走越多，反而越大？
谜语答案：Ahole.洞
17.What goes on four legs in the morning，on two at noon，and on three in the evening? 什么走路开始用四条腿，后来用两条腿，最后用三条腿？
谜语答案：People.They crawled when they were babies and walked with two legs before they had to rely on a crutch in old age.是人，他们刚生下来的时候用四肢爬行，后来用双腿走路，老年时又不得不依靠拐杖走。18.What do we get if we cross a woodpecker with a homing pigeon？
把一只啄木鸟和一只识途的鸽子融合在一起，会得到什么？
谜语答案：A bird that knocks on the door when delivering messages.将得到一只送信时会敲门的鸟。
19.Where does afternoon come before morning in the world？世界上哪个地方下午比早上先到？
谜语答案：In the dictionary.在字典里。
20.What do you know about the kings of France? 你对法国君主有什么了解？
谜语答案：They are all dead.他们都死了。
21.what must you do before you return a book to the library? key:borrow the book from library 把书换到图书馆之前你必须做什么? 谜语大全及答案：从图书馆借书
22.how many sides does a circle have? key:Two，the inside and the outside 一个圆有几个面?脑筋急转弯答案：两面，里面和外面 23.what tree is always very sad? key:weeping willow 什么书树总是很伤心?答案：垂柳.谜语解析：weeping willow的意思是垂柳，weeping是哭，willow是柳树24.what is full when it's used and empty when it's at rest? key：a shoe 什么东西在使用它的时候是满的，在他休息的时候是空的。脑筋急转弯答案：鞋 25.when can you get water with a net? key:when water is turned into ice 什么时候你可以用用网拿到水呢？ 英语脑筋急转弯答案：当水变成冰的时候
26.why are people tired on April Fool's Day? key:Because they have just had a long March.为什么在四月一日愚人节人们都很累？答案：因为他们刚度过了一个很长的三月(行军).march除了三月以外还有行军的意思。
27.what's the poorest bank in the world? key:the river bank 世界上最贫穷的银行是什么？答案：河岸。bank还有河岸的意思 28.what is heavier in summer than in winter? key：Traffic to the beach 什么东西夏天比冬天重?答案：去海滩的车流 解释：heavy除了重的意思，还有交通量大的，繁忙的意思。
29.what can pierce one's ears without a hole? key:Noise,voice 什么东西能穿透一个人的耳朵而不留下一个洞？答案：噪音，声音。30.what's too much for two and just right for one? key:A secret 什么东西对两个人来说太多，一个人刚刚好? 答案：秘密，因为两个知道就是不是秘密了。
31.what tree letters turn a girl into a woman? key:age 哪三个字母把一个女孩变成了妇女？ 答案：年龄 32.what has two legs but cann't walk? key:compass 什么东西有两条腿却不能走路 答案:圆规
33.what is pronounced like one letter,written with three letters,and belongs to all animals? key:eye 什么东西读起来像是一个字母，写起来是三个字母，并且所有动画都有它呢？ 答案：eye(眼睛)34.what bird lifts heavy things? key:crane 什么鸟可以举起来很重的东西？ 答案：crane(鹤，另外一个意思是举重机)35.what always goes up and never goes down? key:your age 什么东西永远只升不降 答案：你的年龄
36.what will you break once you say it? key:silence 什么东西你说出来就打破了它? 答案：沉默
37.why is the libray the highest building? key:it has the most stories? 为什么图书馆是最高的建筑？ 答案：因为它有所有的楼层(story有两层意思，一个是故事，一个是楼层)38.what do every couple have in common? key: they're married on the same day 每一对夫妻都有的共同点是什么? 答案:他们都在同一天结婚
39.what word is pronounced wrong,even by the best of scholars? key:wrong 哪个单词即使是最好的学者来念都念错? 答案：wrong(错)40.what animal is taller sitting down than standing up? key:A dog 什么动物坐着比站着高? 答案：狗
41.what is black when it's clean and white when it's dirty? key:a blackboard 什么东西干净的时候是黑色的，脏的时候是白色的。答案：黑板 42.what 5-letter word has 6 left when you take 2 letters away? key:sixth 哪个五个字母的单词当你去掉两个单词后还剩6个?答案：sixth，去掉后是six
43.A big Indian and a little Indian are walking down the street ,the little Indian is the son of the big Indian ,but the big Indian is not the father of the little Indian ,how is this possible?
key：the big Indian is the mother of the little Indian 这个英语很简单，就不带翻译了，看不懂的话，英语要再努力了。
44.What has four eyes but cannot see? 什么有四个眼睛，但是看不见？
谜语答案：Mississippi 谜语解析：有4个i，但是因为是地名，所以看不见。
45.What's the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space;the beginning of end, and the end of every place? key:The letter “e” 什么是永恒的开始，是时间的结束，是结局的开始，是每一个地方的结束? 答案：字母e,看这四个单词的结尾就明白了。
45.What can you catch but cannot throw? key ：a cold 什么东西你能抓住但是不能扔掉? 答案：感冒(catch a cold),英文中感冒为catch a cold
46.What is deaf and dumb but always tells the truth? key:mirror 什么是聋哑的，但是却总是告诉我们真相? 答案：镜子 47.What has a tongue but cannot talk? key: a shoe 什么东西有舌头但是却不会说话? 答案：鞋 48.What has teeth but cannot eat? key：corn 什么东西有牙齿却不能吃东西? 答案：玉米
49.What is yours but is used by others more than by yourself? key:your name 什么东西是你的但是别人却用的比你多? 答案：你的名字
50.What goes through a door but never comes in or goes out? key:keyhole 什么东西穿过门，但是从来也没有进去或者出来? 答案：锁眼
英语脑筋急转弯
Part I Homonyms＆Puns 第1 篇谐音及双关类
Questions：
1．Who is closer to you，your mom or your dad？ 爸爸和妈妈谁和你更亲？
2．Can you go to the Cinema With your watch broken？ 你手表坏了，可以去看电影吗？
3．Why is the comet like Micky Mouse？ 为什么说彗星像米老鼠？
Keys：
1．Mom is closer，because dad is farther． 妈妈更亲，因为爸爸更远。
2．Of course not，for I don’t have the time． 当然不行，因为我没有时间。
3．It’s a star with a tail．
因为它是带着一根尾巴的星星。
Notes：
1．father 父亲，音似farther/＇fa：J/更远
2． I don’t have the time 有两种理解：①我没有时 间；②我没戴表或我的表坏了，不知道时间。3．comet/＇k&mit/ n．彗星
Micky Mouse/＇miki maus/米老鼠 tail/teil/ n．（动物的）尾巴；彗（星）尾 Questions：
1．What’s the largest room in the world？
世界上最大的房间是什么房间？
2．What’s the poorest bank in the world？
最没有钱的银行是什么银行？
3．When is coffee like the surface of the earth？
咖啡什么时候像地球表面？
4．What month do soldiers hate？
当兵的不喜欢几月份？
Keys：
1．The room for improvement．..改进的空间。
2．The river bank．..河堤。
3．When it’s ground．..被碾成粉末时。4．March．..三月。
Notes：
1．room·房间；空间，余地 2．bank n．银行；堤岸
3．ground n．地面，它也是grind/grind/v．磨 碎，碾碎的过去分词形式。4．march n．行军 Questions：
1．When is a person not a person？
什么时候人不是人？
2．When is a door not a door？
什么时候门不是门？
3．When are boys not boys？
什么时候男孩不是男孩？
4．When is a clock dangerous？
什么时候时钟是危险的？
Keys：
1．When he is a little cross．..当他有点恼怒时。2．When it’s ajar．..当它虚掩时。
3．When they’re bare-footed．..当他们赤脚时。
4．When it runs down the stairs and strikes one．..当它滚下楼梯敲响一点钟时。
Notes：
1．cross adj．烦恼，恼火； n．十字架 2．ajar/+＇DNα：/adj．（门）虚掩着，露了一条缝的 音似ajar（一只壶）。
3．bare-footed 赤脚，音似bear-footed，脚和熊一 样。
4．strikes one 另一层意思是：击中一个人 Questions：
1．Why is tennis so noisy？
打网球为什么很吵？
2．If a cabbage and a carrot raced，which one would win？
如果卷心菜和胡萝卜赛跑，谁会赢？
3．How many feet are there in a yard？
一码有多少英尺？
Keys：
1．Each player raises a racket．..因为每个运动员都拿着球拍。
2．The cabbage，because it’s always ahead．..卷心菜，因为它总是领先在前。
3．It depends on how many people stand in the yard．
这要看院子里站了多少人。
Notes：
1．racket/＇r$kit/n．（网球等的）球拍；喧哗，喧闹 raise a racket 大吵大闹
2．cabbage/＇k$biDN/n．卷心菜 carrot/＇k#+r+t/n．胡萝卜 a head of cabbage 一颗卷心菜 3．feet n．英尺；脚（pl．）..yard n．院子；码 Questions：
1．When are people like glasses？
什么时候人像眼镜？
2．What beam is lighter than all the other beams？
什么梁最轻？
3．What animal eats with its tail？
什么动物用尾巴吃东西？
Keys：
1．When they make spectacles of themselves．..当他们出洋相的时候。
2．lightbeam.光线。
3．All animals do． No one takes off its tail while eating．..所有的动物，没有任何一种动物在吃东西时要取 下尾巴。
Notes：
1．spectackle/＇spekt+kl/ n．眼镜 make a spectackle of oneself 使自己出丑，出洋相
2．beam/bi：m/ n．梁；光线
3．with prep．用.做事；带着，有.Questions：
1．How can you make a slow horse fast？
怎样能使慢马跑得快？
2．What is heavier in summer than in winter？
什么东西夏天比冬天重？
3．What clothing is always sad？
什么衣服总是伤感的？ Keys：
1．Don’t give it anything to eat for a while．..暂时别给它吃东西。
2．Traffic to the beach．..去海滩的人流。3．Blue Jeans．..蓝色牛仔服。
Notes：
1．fast adj．快的； v．绝食
2．heavy adj．重的；交通量大的，繁忙的 3．jeans/DNi：nz/ n．牛仔衣，牛仔裤 blue adj．蓝色的；伤感的 Questions：
1．How many legs do horses have？
马有几条腿？
2．When are people smartest？
什么时候人最聪明？
3．I have a tree in my hand．What kind of tree is it？
我的手上有棵树，是什么树？
Keys：
1．six legs—— forelegs in front and two in back．..有六条腿，前面有前腿，后面有两条腿。
2．When it’s sunny，beacuse everything’s brighter then．..当天气晴朗的时候，因为这时候万物都更明亮。
3．It’s a palm．..是你的手掌。
Notes：
1．forelegs/＇f&::legz/ n．前腿，音似four legs（四条 腿）
2．bright adj.办明亮；聪明 smart/sma：t/adj．聪明
3． palm/pa：m/ n．棕榈树；手掌 Questions ：
1．Can you explain what is free speech?
你能说说什么是言论自由吗？
2．If the green house is on the right side of the road，and the red house is on the left side of the road，where is the white house？
假设绿房子在马路右边，红房子在马路左边，请 问白房子在哪儿？
3．What fruit is never found singly？
什么水果永远不会是单个的？
Keys：
1．Your talking on someone else’s phone．..用别人的电话打电话。
2．In Washington，D． C．..在华盛顿。3．A pear．..是梨。Notes：
1．free adj．自由的；免费的 2．The White House 白宫
3．pear/p#+/ n．梨，音似 pair/p#+/ n．一对 Questions：
1．Why is the bride unhappy on her wedding day？
新娘新婚为何不开心？
2．What time must it be when the escaped hungry wolf ate the paymaster？..逃跑了的饿狼吃掉出纳员是什么时候？
3．What will you break once you say it？
什么东西说出来就碎了？
Keys：
1．Because she didn’t marry the best man．..因为她没有嫁给最好的人。
2．8p．m．..下午8 点。
3．Silence．..沉默。
Notes：
1．bride/braid/n．新娘
bridegroom/＇braidgrum/n．新郎 best man 男傧相；最好的男人
bridesmaid/＇braidsmeid/ n．女傧相 2．8 P．m．音似ate P．m．，而P．m．是 paymaster 的 缩写。
paymaster n．（发放薪饷的）出纳员 3．break the silence 打破沉默 Questions：
1．What kind of clothes lasts the longest？
什么衣服穿得最久？
2．Why are farmers cruel？
为什么农夫是残酷的？
3．Why are babies like hinges？
为什么说婴儿像门铰链？
Keys：
1．Underwear，because it’s never worn out．..是内衣，因为它永远不会穿在外面。
2．They pull corns by the ears．..因为他们揪着玉米耳朵掰玉米。
3．Because they are things to adore．..因为他们是受宠爱的。Notes：
1． worn out 穿坏，磨损；穿在外面 2．ear 耳朵；一穗（玉米）
pull corns by the ears 另一种理解是“一穗一穗 地掰玉米”。
3．adore/α＇d&::/ v．喜欢，宠爱，音似 a door。hinge /hinDN/ n．门铰链 things to a door 门上的东西 Questions：
1．If a driver drives too fast he’ll get a ticket．..What will happen to a Poet if he writes too fast？..司机如果车开得太快就会被罚款，那么诗人如果 诗写得太快，会怎么样呢？
2．Why is an empty purse always the same？
空钱包为什么总是老样子？
3．Why do little birds in the nest agree with each other？..巢里的小鸟为什么意见总是一致？
Keys：
1．His poetic licence will be taken away．..他的写诗执照就会被没收。
2．There’s no change in it．..因为里面没有零钱。
3．Because they would fall out if they didn’t．..因为如果意见不合，它们就会摔出鸟巢。
Notes：
1．poetic licence 诗的破格（如不遵从语法规则等）2． change n．零钱；变化 3． fall out 摔出去；争吵 Questions：
1．Why is an argument like a pen？
为什么说论据就像一支钢笔？
2．When will the wind improve its image？
风什么时候能改进自己的形象？
3．Why is learning English like a light gentle wind to a smart student？..为什么对聪明的学生来说，学英语就像一阵微 风？
Keys：
1．No good Without a point．..没有笔尖就没有用处。
2．When it turns over a new leaf．..当它把一片刚落的叶子吹翻过来时。3．It’s a breeze to them．..因为对他们来说学英语轻而易举。
Notes：
1．argument/＇%:gjum+nt/ n．论据，说理 point n．尖，顶端；论点，要点
2．turn over a new leaf 真正的涵义是：改过自新 3．breeze/bri：z/ n.微风，和风；轻而易举的事 Questions：
1．What has four Wheels and flies？
什么东西有四个轮子还会飞？
2．What’s even harder to catch if you run faster？
什么东西你跑得越快越难追上，3．What time is it when a man is chased by ten dogs？
什么时候十条狗追一个人？
4．How can you tell a clock is shy？
你怎么知道时钟害羞呢？
Keys：
1．A garbage truck．..垃圾车。
2．Your breath．..你的呼吸。
3．It’s ten after one．..是一点过十分。
4．It has its hands over its face.因为它用手遮着脸蛋。
Notes：
1．what has four wheels and flies？..另一种理解是：什么东西既有四个轮子又有许多 苍蝇？
2．catch one’s breath 恢复正常呼吸（尤指剧烈运 动后）Questions：
1．Why does time fly？
时间为何飞逝。
2．Why does an invisible man tend to go crazy？
隐形人为何容易发疯？
3．Where can a dog get another tail？
狗去哪里可以再弄到一条尾巴？
4．What bow can never be tied？
什么结不能打？
Keys：
1．To get away from all those who are trying to kill it．
为的是甩掉所有要谋杀它的人。2．Out of sight，out of mind．..看不见就变疯了。3．At a retail store．..在零售商店。
4．A rainbow．..彩虹。Notes：
1． kill time 消磨时间
2．Out of sight，out of mind 眼不见为净 3．前缀 re-表示“再一次”，“又.”。Questions：
1．Why do carpenters think there’s no such thing as gold in this world？
木匠为什么不相信世上有金子这种东西？
2．Why do you think doctors are mean？
你为什么认为医生很吝啬？
3．What do you think of the Grand Canyon？
你觉得大峡谷如何？
Keys：
1．They never saw it．..因为他们从未锯过金子。
2．Evenytime they treat me they make me pay for it．..因为他们每次请我吃饭都让我来付帐。
3．Just gorges.不过是峡谷罢了。
Notes：
1．saw n．锯，也是see（看见）的过去式。英文中讲 seeing is believing．（眼见为实）” 2．treat/tri：t/ v．请客；治疗，处理 mean/mi：n/ adj．小气，吝啬
3．gorges 是 gorge（峡谷）的复数形式，音似 gorgeous/＇g&:s/adj．宜人的，好的，美丽的
Just gorgeous！太棒了！太美了！Questions：
1．How do you punctuate the following sentence？ I saw a $ 100 bill on the ground
你看到下面这个句子怎么给它加上标点？ 我看见地上有一张巨元美钞
2．How do you know a photographer is always progressive？..你怎么知道摄影师总是在进步？
3．What roof never keeps out the wet？
什么屋顶不挡雨？ Keys：
1．Make a dash after it.后面加个破折号。
2．They are always developing．..他们总是在冲（胶卷）。3．The roof of the mouth．..上颚。
Notes：
1．make a dash after it 另一种理解是：冲上去拿呀 punctuate v．/＇p)RkCMueit/加标点 2．develop v．发展；冲（胶卷）3．roof n．屋顶；上颚 Questions：
1．Does any child like going to school？
有没有小孩子喜欢上学？
2．Why is a peacock the best story-teller？
为什么说孔雀最擅长讲故事？
3．Why is a crazy person equal to two ordinary people？
为什么说一个疯子抵得上两个正常人？
Keys：
1．Every child likes going to school． Most of them Just hate staying there before going home．..每个孩子都喜欢去学校，大部分的孩子只不过不 喜欢在回家之前呆在那儿罢了。
2．Because it always has a beautiful tale．..因为它总是有一个美丽的故事。
3．Because he is a man beside himself．..因为他在自己的旁边还有一个人。
Notes：
1．go to School 有两种理解： ①在学校读书，上学； ②去学校，上学校
2．tale/teil/ n．故事，音似tail（尾巴）。
3． beside oneself 真正的意思是：发狂，忘形。Questions：
1．What coat is always Wet When it’S put on？
什么衣服穿上的时候总是湿乎乎的？
2．Why did the band have a smash hit in the per formance？
这支乐队何以演出取得巨大成功？
3．Why is Sunday the strongest day in a week？
为什么说星期日是一周里最强壮的一天？
Keys：
1．A coat of paint．..一层油漆。
2．They had the audience glued to their seats．..他们请人把听众粘在椅子上了。
3．The rest of the days are weak days．..因为其余的日子都很弱小。
Notes：
1．coat n．衣服；涂层，一层（漆）2．smash hit 很成功的新剧、电影等
have someone glued to one’s seat 真正的意思
是：使某人喜欢得不忍离座，直到看完（表演）为 止。
3．weak adj．弱的，音似weekweekdays 指不包括星期日的那些天 但是，目前流行的看法是：weekdays 指周一至周 五，而weekends 包括周六和周日。Questions：
1．Why are giraffes the cheapest to feed？
为什么养长颈鹿最不花钱？
2．Why are dogs afraid to sunbathe？
狗为什么害怕日光浴；
3．Why are mules helpless in dancing？
骡子为什么在跳舞方面一塌糊涂？
4．Why is the pig always eating？
猪为什么没完没了地吃？
Keys：
1．They make a little food go a long wag．..因为它们脖子长，一点点食物都要走很长的路才 能咽下去。
2．They don’t want to be hot-dogs.因为它们不想成为热狗。
3．They have two left legs．..因为它们有两条左腿。
4．He’s making a hog of himself．..它想成为一只肉猪。
Notes：
1．go a long way 维持很长一段时间 3．have two left legs（跳舞等）笨手笨脚 4．make a pig of oneself 像猪一样吃得很多（贬义）hog /h&g/n．肉用肥猪 Questions：
1．What kind of shoes are made of banana skins？
什么鞋是用香蕉皮做的？
2．How do you like your school？ 你觉得你们学校怎么样？
3．Why are politicians no longer concerned with snowball fights？
政客们为什么不再关注打雪仗了？
Keys：
1．Slippers．..拖鞋。
2．Closed．..关闭。
3．The cold war is over．..冷战结束了。
Notes：
1．slipper/＇slip+/ n．拖鞋 Slip/Slip/ v．滑，跌交
2．How do you like your school？有两种理解： ①你觉得你们学校怎么样？ ②你希望你们学校是什么样子，3．cold war 冷战 Questions：
1．Why are watches fragile？
手表为什么容易坏？
2． What’s put on the table，cut，but never eaten？ 什么东西摆在桌上，切好以后却不能食用？
3．Why don’t women get bald as soon as men？
为什么总是男人比女人先秃头？
Keys：
1．Because their hours are numbered．..因为它们有数字标明时间。
2．A deck of cards．..一副扑克牌。
3．Because women wear hair longer．..因为女人头发留得长。
Notes：
1．fragile/＇fr$ail/ adj．易碎的，易坏的
“Their hours are numbered”源于“One’s days are numbered”意思是“某人在世之日屈指可数，寿命不长了”。
2．cut the cards 洗牌
3．wear hair longer 有两层意思： ①留着更长的头发； ②头发留得更长久 Questions：
1．How can you make the door last？
怎样能使门经久耐用？
2．Why shouldn’t you lose your temper？
为什么不该发脾气？
3．What makes the Tower of Pisa lean？
比萨塔为什么是斜的？
4．What book has the most stirring chapters？
什么书中有最动人的篇章？
Keys：
1．Make other things first．..先做其他的东西。
2．No one else wants it．..没人愿意要。3．It never eats.因为它从不食人间烟火。
4．A cook book．..烹饪书。Notes：
1．make the door last 另一种理解是：最后做门 3．lean v.倾斜；adj．瘦的 4．striring adj．动人的 Stir v.搅和，搅拌 Questions：
1．What’s the most difficult train to catch？
赶什么火车最不容易？
2．What trees do fortune tellers like to look at？
算命先生喜欢看什么树？ 3．How do people feel after taking a ferryboat？
乘渡船之后人们有什么感觉？
Keys：
1．The 12：50 train，because it’s ten to one if you catch it．..是12 点50 分的火车，因为赶上它只有10 比1 的概 率。
2．Palms．..棕榈树。
3．They feel vexed，for the ferryboat made them cross．..他们觉得烦恼，是因为渡船使然。
Notes：
1．ten to one 1点差10分；10比1 2．palm n．棕榈树；手掌
fortune teller 算命先生，预言将来的人 palmist n．看手相者
3．cross v．过去，渡过，穿过 adj.暴躁的，易怒的 Questions：
1．What can pierce one’s ears without a hole？
什么东西不用打洞就可以在耳朵上穿孔？
2．If you had 5 dollars and gave away one quarter，and another quarter，and then still mother quarter，how much Would you have left？
假设你有5 美元，拿走四分之一，再拿走四分之 一，接着又拿走四分之一，你还剩多少钱？
3．What bird lifts heavy things？
什么鸟可以举起重物？
Keys：
1．Noise.噪音。
2．＄ 4．25．..还有4 美元25 美分。
3．A crane.鹤。Notes：
1．pierce/p!+s/v.刺穿，刺破 piercing/＇p!+siR/adj.刺耳的
2．quarter/＇kw&:t/n．四分之一；二十五美分 3．crane/krein/n．鹤；起重机 Questions：
1．What’s the difference between the North Pole and the South Pole？
北极和南极的区别是什么？
2．What makes naughty boys long to work in a clock factory？
淘气的男孩子为什么盼望到钟表厂工作？
3．What can I do to avoid falling hair？
怎样防止头发脱落？ Keys：
1．The whole world．..整个世界。
2．People make faces there．..因为那儿人们做鬼脸。
3．Get out of the way where the hair’s falling．..别站在头发掉下来的地方就行了。
Notes：
1．A world of difference 天壤之别 2．make faces 做鬼脸；做钟面 3．avoid falling hair 有两种理解： ①防止头发脱落；
②避开（从上面）掉下来的头发 Questions：
1．What do girls find the easiest to part with？
女孩子们发现什么东西最舍得放弃？
2．What king of running means walking？
什么样的跑步意味着走路？
3．What do elephants use to communicate with each other？
大象用什么交谈？
4．What makes fish the smartest animal in the world？
鱼为什么是世界上最聪明的动物？
Keys：
1．A comb．..梳子。
2．Running out of gas．..汽油用完了。3．Big Words．..大个的词。
4．No one can pull its leg．..它没有腿给人拉。
Notes：
1．part with 放弃（尤指不自愿地）；用.分头路或 发缝
2．big words 真正的涵义是：比较正式的大词 4．pull one’s leg 真正的涵义是：使.上当受骗 Questions：
1．What made the little strawberry worried？
什么事让小草莓忧心忡忡？
2．Something went Wrong with the second hand of my watch．Where can I have it replaced？
我手表上的秒针坏了，请问哪儿有换的？
3．Why are Writers like postmen？
为什么作家与邮递员相似？
Keys：
1．It’s afraid to be in a jam．..它害怕被做成果酱。
2．In a second-hand store．..在旧货店里。3．They are all men of letters．..他们都是文人。
Notes：
1．jam/DN$m/ n．果酱；塞车
2．second hand adj．..二手货的，旧的 second hand n．秒针 3．men of letters 文人 letter n．字母；信件 Questions：
1．Why are chickens kept away from children？
为什么孩子们不能和鸡呆在一起？
2．Why do people go to bed？
人们为什么睡觉？
3．Why shouldn’t we have t te-àt te e in the country？..我们为什么不能在乡间密谈？
Keys：
1．Chickens use fowl language．..因为鸡用的是禽语。
2．Because the bed won’t come to us．..因为床不会走向我们。
3．Because the corn have ears．..因为玉米有耳。
Notes：
1．fowl language 音似foul language（脏话）2．go to bed 另一种理解是：走向床，走到床跟前 3．t te-à-t te/＇teit%:＇teit/n.私下密谈
corns have ears 源于 walls have ears 隔墙有耳 ear n.耳朵；一穗（玉米）Questions：
1．What’s the best thing to take when you rundown？..身体不适时吃什么最好？
2．What stays hot even if put in a refrigerator？
什么东西就是放在冰箱里也是热的？
3．What is the best year for a kangaroo？
什么是袋鼠的幸运年？
Keys：
1．The license number of the car that hit you．..要记下撞你的那辆车的车牌号码。
2．Pepper.辣椒。
3．Leap year．..是闰年。
Notes：
1．take v．吃（药等）；记下来
be run-down 身体不适，音似be run down（被.撞倒）
licence/＇lais+ns/ n．执照，特许证 2．pepper/＇pep+/ n．胡椒粉，辣椒 hot adj．热的；辣的
3．kangaroo/k$Rg+＇ru：/n．袋鼠 leap/li：p/跳跃；leap year 闰年 Questions：
1．What surprising things happen everywhere every day？
什么怪事随时随地都发生？
2．What can’t be used unless broken？
什么东西不碎就不能用？
3．Why do People wear watches when they cross the desert？
人们穿越沙漠为什么要戴手表？
Keys：
1．Day breaks without falling； night falls without breaking．..天不摔下来就破晓；夜幕降临却不碎掉。
2．Eggs.是鸡蛋。
3．Because watches have springs in them．..因为手表里面有弹簧。
Notes：
1．fall v.摔下来，跌下来；降临
break 破碎；daybreak n．破晓，拂晓 2．break v.打（鸡蛋）；打碎 3． spring/spriR/ n．泉水；弹簧 Questions：
1．How does the sun affect weight？
太阳如何影响重量？
2．What makes opening piano so hard？
为什么钢琴盖不好打开？
3．What’s the best way to prevent infection caused by biting insects？
什么办法预防咬人昆虫引起的感染最好？
Keys：
1．It makes the daylight．..它带来白昼。
2．All the keys are inside．..所有的琴键都在里面。3．Don’t bite any．..别咬昆虫。
Notes：
1．makes the day light 使白天变轻 2．key n．琴键；钥匙
3．biting insects 咬人的昆虫（biting 用来修饰 insects）；咬昆虫（biting 的宾语为 insects）infection/in＇fekM+n/n．感染
Questions：
1．What two words contain thousands of letters？
哪两个单词包含了所有的字母？
2．What’s the easiest way to catch a fish？
最便捷的钓鱼办法是什么？
3．What kind of dog doesn’t bite or bark？
什么狗不咬人也不叫？
4．What do you get if you cross stereo and fridge？
把音响和冰箱混合在一起可以得到什么？
Keys：
1．Post Office.邮局。
2．Have someone throw it to you．..叫别人扔给你。3．Hot dog．..热狗。
4．Very cool music．..很棒的音乐。
Notes：
1．letter n．信件；字母
4．cool adj．冷的，凉的；棒的，美的 Questions：
1．Is it better to write your homework on a full stomach or on an empty one？
肚子泡的时候写作业好，还是空胜子的时候写作 业好？
2．What goes up every time the rain comes down？
每当雨点落下时什么东西会上去？
3．Which is easier to spell Riddle-de-dee or Riddle-de-dum？..Riddle-de-dee 和Riddle-de-dum 哪一个更好写？
Keys：
1．It’s better to write it on your exercise book．..写在练习本上好。2．An umbrella．..是雨伞。
3．It’s Riddle-de-dee，because it’s spelled with more e’s.是Riddle-de-dee，因为它写出来e 比较多。
Notes：
1．on a full/empty stomach 肚子饱/饿的时候；在 饱饱的/空空的肚子上 2．go up 上升；（伞）撑起来 3．e’s 音似ease（容易）
with more ease 更容易做.Questions：
1．Why is the sweating boy sitting in the sun？
那个男孩子大汗淋漓为什么还坐在太阳下面？
2．Upon leaving the Cafe，one boy paid his bill，..while his friend handed the cashier a slip of pa per with the number 1004180 on it．The Cashier smiled and let him pass without paying． Why？..离开咖啡屋的时候，一个男孩付了帐，他的朋友 却递给收银员一张纸条，上面写着一串数字
1004180，收银员笑了笑，让他不付钱通过了。奥 妙何在？
Keys：
1．For sundry reasons．..有很多不同的原因。
2．1004180 means“I owe nothing； for I ate nothing．”1004180 意思是：“我什么没吃，所以不欠什么。”
Notes：
1．Sundry/＇s)ndri：/adj．各种各样的，形似sundried 晒太阳晒干（身上的汗水）2．cashier/k$>M!+/n．收银员
1004180 读作“I O nothing four I eight nothing”，意思是“I owe nothing for I ate nothing”． Questions：
1．Which state in the United States is round at both ends and high in the middle？..美国哪个州两头圆，中间高？
2．My hen laid a five-pound egg，can you beat it？
我家的母鸡生了一个五镑重的鸡蛋，你比得过
吗？
3．What sense do you lose when you are sick？
生病时会失去哪种感觉，Keys：
1．Ohio．..俄亥俄州。
2．Sure，with an egg-beater．..当然，用打蛋器就行了。
3．Your sense of touch，for you don’t feel well．..触觉，因为你感觉不对头。
Notes：
1．Ohio 两头是O，中间是hi，音似high。2．beat v．胜过，比过；打（蛋）
Can you beat it？另一层意思是“你会打这个蛋吗？”
3．feel well 身体好；触觉良好 Questions：
1．What animals are well-educated？
什么动物受的教育好？
2．What’s the smallest room in the World？
世界上什么房间最小？ 3．Why are young men unwilling to date the daugh ter of the Fortunes？
年轻人为什么都不愿和费群家的小姐约会？
Keys：
1．Fish，because they go around in schools．..是鱼，因为它们总是成群地游来游去。
2．A mushroom.是蘑菇。
3．Because she is Miss Fortune．..因为她是费群小姐。
Notes：
1．school n.一群（鱼）；学校 2．mushroom/＇m)Mrum/n．蘑菇
3．Miss Fortune 音似misfortune/mis>f&:CM+n/ n． 不幸
Questions：
1．What has nothing but a head and a tail？
什么东西只有脑袋和尾巴？
2．As a large horse is getting on in age，why should he always stay in cold and wet？
当一匹马日渐衰老，为什么总呆在又湿又冷的地 方？
3．If you stand with your back to the north and face south，what would be on your left hand？
假设你站着时前面是南，后面是北，那么左手是 什么方向？
Keys：
1．A coin.是硬币。
2．So that he could catch cold and become a little hoarse.这样他就可以着凉，嗓子就可以有些嘶哑。
3．Fingers．..是手指。
Notes：
1．head 头；钱币的正面（指有人头像的一面）tail 尾巴；钱币的反面
2．hoarse/h&:s/adj．嘶哑的，音似horse
a little horse 一匹小马
3．on one’s left hand 可以指左手方向，也可以指在 左手上面 Questions：
1．What kind of water should people drink in or der to be healthy？
为了健康应该喝什么水？
2．Why is 10×10＝1000.like your left eye？
为什么说10×10＝1000 就像你的左眼？
3．What do you still keep after giving it to someone else？
什么东西给了别人自己却还留着？
Keys：
1．Drink well water．..喝井水。
2．It’snot right．..它不是右眼。3．Your word．..你的话。
Notes：
1．well n．井；adj．健康的
2．It’s not right 另一层意思是：它不对 3． give one’s word 允诺，答应 keep one’s word 信守诺言
keep one’s word after giving it 真正的意思是： 答应别人的事一定要做到 Questions：
1．Are cats bigger in the morning or at night？
猫是早晨大还是夜晚大？
2．What did the big chimney say to the little chimney while working？
工作时大烟囱对小烟囱说些什么？
3．What is a sleeping child？
睡觉的孩子是干什么的？
Keys：
1．At night，because they’re let out in night time and taken in in the day time．..夜晚的猫大，因为它们晚上出动，白天收兵。
2．“You’re too young to smoke．”..“你还年轻，不该抽烟。”
3．A kidnapper．..是个绑匪。Notes：
1．let out 放出去；改长，改宽（尤指改衣服）
take in 收回；改短，改小（尤指改衣服）
2．smoke v.抽烟；冒烟
3．kidnapper/＇kidn$p+/n．绑匪 kid/kid/ n．小孩 nap/n$p/v.打瞌睡 Questions：
1．Who is lazier，the tall man or the short man？
高个子和矮个子的人谁更懒惰？
2．When did the driver stop to have lunch？
司机什么时候停下来吃午饭？
3．Take away my first letter，take away my second letter，take away all my letters，and I remain the same． What am I？..拿走我的第一个字母，第二个字母，拿走我所有 的字母，我还是我，请问我是谁？
Keys：
1．The tall one，because he’s longer In bed．..高个子懒，因为他在床上的时间更长。
2．When he came to a fork in the road．..当他开到三叉口的时候。
3．A postman.邮递员。Notes：
1．longer adv.（时间）更长；（距离，身高等）更长 2．fork n.三叉口；叉子 3． letter n．字母；信 Questions： 1．Will it rain for several days continuously？
会不会连续几天阴雨连绵？
2．Who can raise things without lifting them？
什么人不用举就能把东西抬起来？
3．What did the king cloud say to the rest of the clouds？..云中之王对芸芸众生说什么？
4．Who is married to the First Lady？
第一夫人嫁给了谁？
Keys：
1．Never，because there’re nights in between．..永远不会，因为白昼之间有黑夜隔开。
2．Farmers.农民。
3．“I’m the one who should rain here．”..“我要在这里降雨。”
4．Adam.是亚当。
Notes：
1．day n．一天；一个白昼
continuously/k+n>tinju+sli/ adv．连续不断地 2．raise 举起，抬起；饲养，种植 3． rain v.下雨，音似reign/rein/v.统治 4．the First Lady 第一夫人，总统夫人 the first lady 第一位女士，指夏娃 Questions：
1．What does the man who just had his face shaved resemble？
刚刚修过胡须的男人像什么？
2．Why did the farmer take his chicken to task？
农夫为什么训斥小鸡？
3．How do we know the ocean is friendly？
人们如何知道海洋是友好的呢？
Keys：
1．A bear.像熊。
2．Because they use foul language．..因为它们说脏话。3．It waves.它总是招手致意。
Notes：
1．resemble/ri>zembl/ v．与.相像
bear n．熊，音似bare adj．光秃秃的，无遮盖的 bare-faced 面孔干干净净，没有胡须的 bear-faced 脸和熊一样的
2．foul adj．脏的，音似fowl n．家禽 3．wave v．起波浪；招手致意 Questions：
1．How did the hangman get married？
绞刑吏是怎么结婚的？
2．Why did little Tom put his brother’s guitar in the refrigerator？
小汤姆为什么把他哥哥的吉他放在冰箱里？
3．Why is the inside of everything so mysterious？
为什么说凡事内部都神秘莫测？
Keys：
1．He tied a knot．..他打了一个结。
2．Because he enjoyed cool music．..因为他爱听美妙的音乐。
3．Because you can never make them out．..
第二篇：英语脑筋急转弯
Brainteasers stories 1 The Two Presidents The 22nd and 24th presidents of the United States had the same mother and the same father, but were not brothers.How could this be so?(They were the same man.Grover Cleve-land(1837~1908)格罗弗.克利夫兰 served two terms as president of the United States, but the terms were not consecutive.He was president from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897.)
2.What’s Wrong with the Radio?
A young girl was listening to the radio.Suddenly it went off for a minute and then came back on again.There was nothing wrong with the radio or with the program transmission from the radio station转播台.She did not touch the radio controls按钮.Why did it go off and on?(The girl was listening to the radio in her father’s car.The car drove through a tunnel and reception was temporarily interrupted.)
3.The Man in the Bar A man walked into a bar and asked the barman for a glass of water.They had never met before.The barman pulled a gun from under the counter and pointed it at the man.The man said “Thank you” and walked out.Why should that be so?(The man had hiccups打嗝.The barman recognized this from his speech and drew the gun to give the man a shock.It worked and cured the hiccups, so the man was grateful(and no longer needed the water.)
4.The Last Message 遗言
A man was found shot dead in his study.He was slumped over his desk and a gun was in his hand.There was a cassette recorder on his desk.When the police entered the room and pressed the play button on the tape recorder they heard, “I can’t go on.I have nothing to live for毫无牵挂.”Then there was the sound of a gunshot.How did the detective immediately know that the man had been murdered?(The cassette had started at the beginning of the man’s utterance.Who could have rewound it?)
5.Playing Tennis Two men were playing tennis.They played five sets and each man won three sets.How did they do this?(The two men were partners playing doubles.)
6.Growing Younger
Ben was 20 years old in 1980 but only 15 years old in 1985.How come?(Ben was born in the year 2000B.C.So in 1985 B.C.he was 15 and in 1980B.C.he was 20.7.Fishing Rod James ordered a fishing rod, priced at $3.56.Unfortunately, James is an Eskimo who lives in a very remote part of Greenland and the import rules there forbid any package longer than 4 feet to be imported.The fishing rod was 4 feet and 1 inch, just a little too long, so how can the fishing rod
be mailed to James without breaking the rules? Ideally 完美主义者James would like the fishing rod to arrive in one piece!(Insert the fishing rod into a box which measures 4 feet on all sides, the fishing rod will fit within the diagonal 对角线 of the box with room to spare.)
8.Letter and Square位置
Here is a word, it goes like this.The letter M comes before B.E is before R and after B.U is after N.B is in the No.four square before E.Do you know the word?(Number)
9.Days of the Week Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday or Sunday?(Yesterday, today, tomorrow)
10.Invisible apple There are 20 people in an empty square room.Each person has full sight of the entire room and everyone in it without turning his head or body or moving in any way(other than eyes.)Where can you place an apple so that all but one person can see it?(Place the apple on one person’s head.)
11.Ancient Invention There is an ancient invention still used in many parts of the world today that allows people so see through walls.What is it?(window)
12.Look at the Photo A man remembered the question he once pursued, when he looked at the photo and sighed, “Neither brothers nor sisters I have, but the father of this man was the son of my father.” Who was the person in the photo?(The man on the photo was his son.)
13.How Many People
On the way to the bank, Mr.Green met three of his friends.Each of them had his wife with him and each of the ladies had two babies in her arms… How many people are going to the bank?(Only Mr.Green, the other people may not be going to the bank.)
14.How to New York?
It usually takes a man two days to travel from San Francisco to New York by car.But Mr.Black left San Francisco on Friday and arrives on the same Friday.How could he do it?(He took a plane.)Keep from Drowning
Imagine you’re about to take a bath in a sound proof bathroom.There are no windows.There’s only one door, and it locks automatically from outside when shut.You shut the door, turn on the water in the bathtub.Suddenly you discover something wrong with the faucets.(水龙头)You can’t turn off the water!What to do? If you call for help no one will hear you because of the soundproof walls.You can’t get out because the door is locked from the outside.How can you keep from drowning?(Pull out of the stopper of the drain.拔排水孔的塞子)
16.The Blood on the Roof
Tissue dropped in with his friend, Jack, to find him sleeping on the couch with the TV turned on.He saw fresh blood on the ceiling above his head, and checked with Jack(after waking him)to make sure everything was OK.Everything was, indeed, fine.Why was Jack’s blood on the ceiling, but nowhere else?(Jack had swatted a mosquito that had bitten him while he attempted to get some sleep.)
17.A Doctor and a Bus Driver
A doctor and a bus driver are both in love with the same woman, an attractive girl named Sarah.The bus driver had to go on a long bus trip that would last a week.Before he left, he gave Sarah seven apples.Why?(An apple a day keeps the doctor away!)
18.The Dirt in Hole
How much dirt is in a round hole that is 9 feet deep with a diameter of a3 feet?
Hint: You don’t have to do any math to get the answer.Just use your head!(None.You make a hole by digging out the dirt, so the hole is empty.)
19.The Girl in One-way Street A girl who was just learning to drive went down a one-way street in the wrong direction, but didn’t break the law.How come?(She was walking.)
20.Death in a Field A man is lying dead in a field.Next to him is an unopened package.There is no other creature in the field.How did he die?(The man had jumped from a place, but his parachute had failed to open.It was the unopened package by his side.)
21.The Goal, Carrot and Scarf
Five pieces of coal, a carrot, and a scarf are lying on the lawn.Nobody put them on the lawn, but there is a perfectly logical reason for their being there.What is it?(They were used by children who made a snowman.The snow has now melted.)
22.The Magician and Children
A magician was boasting one day at how long he could hold his breath under water.His record was 6 minutes.A kid that was listening said, “That’s nothing, I can stay under water for 10 minutes using no types of equipment or air pockets!” The magician told the kid if he could do that, he’d give him $10000.The kid did it and won the money.Can you figure out how?(The kid filled a glass of water and held it over his head for 10 minutes.)
23Electric Trains
An electric train is traveling northwest at 95 miles per hour, and the wind is blowing southwest at 95 miles per hour.In which direction does the smoke blow?(There isn’t any smoke.It’s an electric train.)
24.A House in Forest Hiking in the mountains, you walk past a large field and camp a few miles farther on, at a stream.It snows in the night, and the next day you find a cabin in the field with two dead bodies inside.What happened? Variant wording: A cabin, on the side of a mountain, locked from the inside, is opened, and 30 people are found dead inside.They had plenty of food and water.What happened?(It’s the cabin of an airplane that crashed there because of the snowstorm.)小屋就是飞机的机舱。
25.The Ball Flies Back
How can you throw a ball as hard as you can and have it come back to you, even if doesn’t hit anything, there is nothing attached to it, and no one else catches or throws it?(Throw the ball straight up in the air.)
26.The Blind Buys Sunglasses
There’s a mute who wants to buy a toothbrush.By imitating the action of brushing one’s teeth, he successfully expresses himself to the shopkeeper and the purchase is done.Now, if there’s a blind man who wishes to buy a pair of sunglasses, how should he express himself?(He opens his mouth and says: “I would like to buy a pair of sunglasses.”)
27.A Coin in Bottle
If you put a coin in an empty bottle and insert and a cork into the neck of the bottle, how could you remove the coin without taking the cork out or breaking the bottle?(Push the cork into the bottle and shake the coin out.)
28.The Fugitive in Theatre 剧场里的通缉犯
A man was on the run from the police.He was relaxing, watching a play in a crowded theatre.Suddenly he noticed that detectives were closing in on him from all directions and were covering
all exits.But finally, he did manage to escape from it.How did he escape?(The fugitive leapt up and shouted, “Fire, fire.” Pandemonium broke out and the audience all rushed for the exits.He easily escaped in the confusion.)
29.A Dog Was Crossing River
Jake was standing on one side of the river, and his dog Scruffy was standing on the other side.“Come on, Scruffy!Come, boy!” shouted Jake.Scruffy crossed the river, ran to Jake, and got a treat for a good dog.The amazing thing was that Scruffy didn’t even get wet!
How did Scruffy do that?
30.Go To the Movies with Friends
If you go to the movies and you’re paying this, is it cheaper to take one friend to the movies twice, or two friends to the movies at the same time?(It’s cheaper to take two friends at the same time.In this case, you would only be buying three tickets, whereas if you take the same friend twice you are buying four tickets.)
31.The Height of Tree
A tree doubled in height each year until it reached its maximum height over the course of ten years.How many years did it take for the tree to reach half its maximum height?(9 years)
32.Weightlifting Bird举重的鸟
What bird can lift the heaviest weight?(crane)
33.The Longest Word in the English What is the longest word in the English language?(Smiles.There is a mile between the first letter and the last letter.)
34.Name 1.What do you call a fish with no eyes? 2.What do you call a deer with no eyes? 3.What do you call a deer with no eyes or legs?(1.fsh
2.No idea.3.Still no diea.35.What word? There is a common English word that in nine letters long.Each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains an English word-----from nine letters right down to single letter.What is the original word and what are the words that it becomes after removing one letter at a time?(The base word is Startling—starting---staring----string---sting---sing----sin----in---I.36.20 and 22 Why is 2 times 10 the same as 2 times 11?(乘以)(Because 2 times 10 is twenty and 2 times 11 is twenty-two.(twenty, too.)
37.A Word of Three Letters I know a word of three letters, add two and fewer there will be?(fewer)
38.Family Sport Three brothers share a family sport: A non-stop marathon.The oldest one is fat the short;And trudges slowly on;The middle brother’s tall and slim;And keeps a steady pace;The youngest runs just like the wind;Speeding through the race.“He’s young in years, we let him run,” The other brothers say, “Cause though he’s surely number one.He’s second, in a way.” Why?(The hands on a clock hour, minute, and second.)
39.Below the Shining Moon 沐浴在月光之下
Down below the shining moon.Around the trees, a sacred gloom, Running with the midnight sky, Knowing the thing that makes you cry, Night is full with my essence, Eternal light betrays my presence, Soaring through my endless task, Shadows are my faithful mask, Who am I ? 我沐浴在月光之下，一种神圣的阴霾的笼罩着树林，我与午夜的天空赛跑，我知道让你哭喊的事物，黑夜中，我无处不在，而永久的光明忽视了我的存在，我在没有尽头的任务中翱翔，影子是我忠实的面具，你能猜到我是什么吗？（darkness）
40.Never Get Me Back I can run swiftly and silently when you want me to stay still, I can move slowly and cautiously and am yours to fill.You look at me often and yet you always forget me, I am the most feared killer, yet you can’t live without me.Sometimes you have me for all to spare, Yet when you need me, I am not there.You can waste me, or cherish me, you choose the track, But once you’re done you can never get me back.Who am I? 当你想要我停留的时候，我静静地飞快流逝； 如果你想把我填满，我走得又很缓慢二谨慎。你经常看见我，却有总是忘记我。
我是最恐怖的杀手，但是你不能没有我。有时你有了我，就省掉一切，但是你需要我的时候，我却不在你的身边。
你可以把我浪费，也可以对我倍加珍惜，这是你的选择。但是你放弃了我，就再也无法把我找回。猜一猜，我究竟是谁呢？（Time）
41.I am Slim and Tall I am slim and tall, Many find me desirable and appealing.很有吸引力
They touch me and I give a false good feeling.虚幻的美妙感觉 Once I shine in splendor，But only once and then no more.For many I am “to die for”.他们会为我献身 What am i?(cigarette)
42.Some Houses There was a green house, Inside the green house there was a white house, Inside the red house there was a red house, Inside the red house there were lots of babies.What am I ?
(A watermelon)
第三篇：英语脑筋急转弯
英语脑筋急转弯：
1.What kind of table has no legs ?
timetable时间表
2.What has two legs but can’t walk ?
圆规compasses 筷子chopsticks 3.What is the worst weather for cats and mice?
When it's raining cats and dogs 下大雨 4.What star is not seen in the sky? Pop stars/popular stars 当红明星 5.What question can never be answered by “Yes”? Are you asleep? 6.What is taken from you before you get it ?
time
7.What is the smallest bridge in the world ? The bridge of a nose.鼻梁 8.What is the best and cheapest light ?
Sunlight 日光 9.What has a neck but no throat?
bottle 10.What letter is a question? Letter Y
1.From what number can you take half and leave nothing? 2.what two words have thousands of letters in them? 3.what 5-letter word has 6 left when you take 2 letters away? 4.what kind of dog never bite? 5.where does afternoon always come before morning? 6what is pronounced like one letter, written with three letters, and belongs to all animals? 7.what number gets bigger when you turn it upside down? 【参考答案】 1,8 2,dictionary 3,sixth 4,hotdog 5,nowhere 6,eye 7,6
2.Why are dogs afraid to sunbathe? 4.Why are politicians no longer concerned with snowball fights? 6.What can pierce one's ears without a hole? 7.What's the longest word in the world? 8.Why does time fly? 9.Where can a dog get another tail? 10.what room has no walls, no doors, no windows and no one to live in? 11.Where does afternoon always come before morning? 【参考答案】
2.They don't want to be hot-dog.4、The cold war is over.6、Noice.7.Smiles.Because there's a mile between the letter 's'.8.To get away from all those who are trying to kill it.9.At a retail store.10.A mushroom 11.In a dictionary
1.What has four eyes but cannot see? 2.What do vampires do at midnight? 4.What can you catch but cannot throw? 5.What is deaf and dumb but always tells the truth? 7.What has a tongue but cannot talk? 10.What is yours but is used by others more than by yourself? 11.What goes through a door but never comes in or goes out? 13.What can go through water but never get wet? 14.What kind of leaves doesn’t fall in Autumn? 15.What kind of house weights least? 16.What kinds of keys are too large for your pocket? 17.Where do ghost like to swim? 18.Why did the ghost go to the astrologer? 19.Was Dracula ever married? 20.Why did the policeman arrest the ghost? 21.Why did the pickle close its eyes? 22.What starts with “e” ends with “e” and contains only one letter 23.If you were pushed down a flight of stairs, what would you fall against? 24.What has eyes but can't see 25.What has fingers but can't type? 26.What has ears but can't hear? 27.What has arms but can't hug? 28.What has a head and a foot but no body? 29.What has a mouth but never smiles? 30.What has a face but no head? 31.What has leaves but isn't a tree? 32.What has eyes but can't see? 33.What has legs but can't walk? 35.Because cigars cannot be entirely smoked, a hobo who collects cigar butts can make a cigar to smoke out of every 5 butts that he finds.Today, he has collected 25 cigar butts.How many cigars will he be able to smoke? 36.If, having only one match, on a freezing winter day, you entered a room that contained a lamp, a kerosene heater, and a wood burning stove, which should you light first? 37.Make a five-letter word from these letters: H, I, J, K, L, M, N AND O
【参考答案】 1.Mississippi 2.Take a coffin break 4.A Cold 5.A mirror 7.A shoe 10.Your name 11.A keyhole 13.Sunlight 14.The leaves of the book 15.The lighthouse 16.Donkeys, monkeys, and turkeys 17.In the death see 18.Because he wants to see his horoscope 19.No, he was a bat-chelor 20.Because the ghost did not have a hunting licence.21.Because it sees the salad dressing.22.An envelope 23.Fall against your will 24.A potato 25.Gloves 26.Corn 27.Chair 28.Bed 29.River 30.Clock 31.Book 32.Potatoes 33.Table 35.6 36.The match of course!37.Water(H2O)
1.Have you heard the saying: what goes up must come down? Well what goes up and never goes down? 2.My thunder comes before my lightning.My lightning comes before my rain.My rain dries up all the land it touches.What am I? 3.You can see it, but you can't touch it.It may disappear, but has never really left you.It grows throughout the day.What is it? 4.What common English verb becomes its own past tense by rearranging its letters? 5.I have holes on the top and bottom.And I have holes in the middle, yet I still hold water.I have holes on my left and on my rig.What am I? 6.A word I know, six letters it contains, Subtract just one, and twelve is what remains.What is the word? 7.What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps? 8.What object has keys that open no locks, space but no room, and you can enter but not go in? 9.Light as a feather, there is nothing in it;the strongest man can't hold it for much more than a minute? 10.What two words have the most letters in it? 【参考答案】 1.your age 2.I'm a Volcano（火山）3.shadow 4.Eat or Ate 5.a sponge（海绵）6.dozens 7.a river 8.a keyboard 9.breath 10.post office
1.Why are girls afraid of the letter C ? 2.Why is the letter E so important? 3.Why are the letter G and letter S in “gloves” close to each other? 4.What letter is an animal ? 5.What letter is a question? 6.Why is U the jolliest letter? 7.How do you feel today? 8.How can you make a rope shorter without cutting or winding it? 9.Why do people wish for something they haven't got? 10.What can you tell from Peter's record card with extremely poor grades? 11.What does everybody do at the same time? 12.What resembles half a pie? 13.Who works only one day in a year but never gets fired? 14.When do people have two mouth? 15.Why do lions eat raw meat? 16.How many sides does a circle have? 17.What animal can jump as high as a tree? 18.How can you be completely sleepless for seven days and still lack no rest? 19.Where was the Declaration of Independence signed? 20.If you throw a stone into the Red Sea,what will it become? 21.If two's company and three's crowd,what's four and five? 22.The farmers in this village used modern methods but harvested no apples this year ,why? 23.The injured dog had some difficulty going home.Every step he took, he slipped back two.However,he still managed to get home.How did he do it?If you throw a stone into the Red Sea,what will it become? 24.What falls often but never gts hurt? 25.How did the pick-pocket spot the plain-clothes cop in his woman's disguise? 26.Which month has 28 days? 27.What is it that everyone wants to have and get rid of too? 28.where did the egg floating down the Mississippi River come from? 29.Lucky Mouse fell off a 1000-step stair and was not hurt.why? 30.Why do giraffes have long neck? 31.How can you make 6 out of three 7's? 32.How can you make 6 out of three 5's? 33.how can you make 1000 out of eight 8's? 34.Can you name the captital of every state in the U.S.in ten seconds? 35.A police officer had a brother ,but the brother had no brother.How could that be? 36.Why does a cat look first to one side and then to the other side when it enters a room? 37.How do you know policemen are strong ? 38.With which hand do you write? 39.What must you do before you return a book to the library?
【参考答案】
1.Because it makes fat fact!2.Because it's the begining of everything!3.Because there is love between them!4.It's the letter B!5.It's the letter Y!6.Because it's in the midst of fun!7.With my hands ,of course!8.Take a longer rope and compare with it!9.What else is there to wish for? You cease to wish for it once you get it!10.He didn't cheat!11.Grow old!12.The other half!13.Santa Claus 圣诞老人
14.When there's two of them 有两个人时!15.They don't know how to cook 他们不知道如何烹饪!16.Two.The inside and the outside!17.All animals,for trees can't jump!18.Sleep at night!19.At the bottom!20.Wet!21.Nine!22.They planted peech trees!23.He walked in the other direction!24.Snowflakes!25.He passed by a cosmetics store without looking in the window!26.Every month has at least 28 days!27.One's appetite!28.From a hen!29.He fell off the last step!30.Because their heads are far from their bodies!31.easy.7-7/7=6!32.easy.5+5/5=6!33.easy.8+8+8+8+88+888=1000!34.Washinton,D.C.!35.The police officer was a lady!36.Because it can't see both sides at once.37.Because they can hold up traffic with just one hand!38.Neither.I use a pen!39.Borrow the book from library.英语单词变换：
要求去掉括号内单词中的一个字母，使其成为一个新的单词完成句子。1.Let's go to school by_______(busy)2.Where are Tom and Tim_____?(know)3.Thank you______much!(every)4.It's time_______breakfast,children.(four)5.May I have a look at your new_______?(open)6.Miss Wang has a lovely black_____(coat)7.______English teacher is from Canada.(hour)8.---Where's my new kite?---It's_______the wall.(one)Answer：
1.Bus 2.Now 3.Very 4.For 5.Pen 6.Cat 7.Our 8.On
填入一个单词，使整首诗意思完整。____ is greater than God.____ is more evil than the Devil.The poor have ____.The rich need ____.If you eat ____, you will die.Yes, the key is “ nothing”.Nothing is greater than God.Nothing is more evil than the Devil.The poor have nothing.The rich need nothing.If you eat nothing, you will die.(1)联合国的英文缩写：
(2)中华人民共和国的英文缩写：(3)英国的英文缩写：(4)美国的英文缩写：
(1)UN(2)PRC(3)UK(4)U.S.A.说出下列类型的单词，看谁说得多： 1.学习用品： 2.颜色： 3.动物： 4.水果： 5.Body: 6.Fruit: 7.Food:
第四篇：英语脑筋急转弯
英语脑筋急转弯
1.What room has no walls, no doors, no windows, and no floors? A mushroom.(蘑菇)2.What is smaller than an insect's mouth? Anything it eats.3.What large instrument do you carry in your ears? Drums, that is eardrums.(鼓膜)4.What's too much for one, just right for two, but nothing at all for three? A secret.5.What person tried to make you smile most of the time? A photographer.6.What animal has a head like a cat, eyes like a cat, a tail like a cat, but isn't a cat? A kitten.(小猫)7.What surprising things happen every 24 hours? Day breaks, but doesn't fall;night falls, but doesn't break.8.What can hear you without ears and can answer you without a mouth? An echo.(回声)9.What do you know about the kings of France? They are all dead.10.What question can you never answer 'yes“ to” Are you asleep? 11.Why do some old people never use glasses? They must prefer bottles to glasses.12.Why is the person wearing two coats while painting the house? Because the instructions on the paint can say “Put on two coats for best results.” 13.What two words have thousands of letters in them? Post office.14.What do workers do in a clock factory? They make faces all day.15.What 5-letter word has 6 left when you take 2 letters away? Sixty.16.When do you go as fast as a racing car? When you are in it.17.How many sides does a house have? Twoinside and outside.18.What never asks any questions but always gets answers? A doorbell.19.Where did Columbus stand when he discovered America? On his feet.20.When the boy fell into the water, what's the first thing he did? He got wet first of all.21.Who isn't your sister and isn't your brother, but is still a child of your mother and father? I myself.22.What has teeth but cannot eat? A comb.23.What kind of man can raise things without lifting them? A farmer.24.Why does time fly?
To get away from all the people who are trying to kill it.25.Name five days of the week without saying: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.The day before yesterday, yesterday, today, tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow.26.What animal eats and drinks with its tail?
All do.No animal takes off its tail when eating and drinking.27.What has a soft bed but never sleeps, a big mouth but never speaks? A river.28.What kind of dog never bite? A hot dog.29.Why does the Statue of Liberty stand in New York Harbor? Because it can't sit down.30.What did one invisible man say to the other invisible man? It's nice not to see you again.31.What wears a cap but has no head? A bottle.32.What rises in the morning and waves all day? A flag.33.What is an astronomer?(天文学家)? A night watchman with a college education.34.How can you tell clocks and watches are shy?
Because they always have their hands in front of their faces.35.What is wind? Air in a hurry.36.What comes after the letter “A”? All the other letters.37.What starts with a T, ends with a T, and is full of T? Teapot.38.What word can you make shorter by adding to it? Short.39.What person does every man take his hat off to? A barber.40.Why does the boy carry a ladder to the school? Because he wants to go to high school.41.What can you swallow that can also swallow you? Water.42.What's the difference between a hill and a pill? A hill is hard to get up and a pill is hard to get down.43.Why is it useless to send a letter to Washington? Because he's dead.44.A doctor and a lawyer loved the same girl.The lawyer went away for a week and gave the girl seven apples before he left.Why? Because an apple a day keeps the doctor away.45.What will you do if a man-eating tiger is running after you? Nothing.Because I'm a woman.46.What always travels on foot? A shoe.47.Where can happiness always be found? In the dictionary.48.What is higher without a head than with a head? A pillow.(枕头)49.Why don't you advertise for your lost dog? He can't read.50.On which side does a bird have the most feathers? The outside.51.What is the best thing to keep in hot weather? Cool!52.What is never used until it's broken? An egg.53.What's a skeleton?(骨架)It's a lot of bones without the person on them!54.What is dark but made by light? A shadow.55.What can you break with only one word? Silence.56.What stays indoors no matter how many times you put it out? The light.57.A policeman saw a truck driver going the wrong way down a one-way street, but didn't give him a ticket.Why? Because the truck driver was walking.58.Where can milk be best stored? In a cow.59.Which can move faster, heat or cold? Heat, because you can catch cold easily.60.What's the hardest thing about learning skating? The ice.61.What has cities with no houses, rivers without water and forests without trees? A map.62.What can be measured but has no length, width or thickness? The temperature.63.What makes the Tower of Pisa lean? It never eats.64.Why is writing called handwriting? If people wrote with their feet, we would have to call it footwriting.65.If there were only thre girls in the world, what do you think they would do? Two of them would get together ans talk about the other one.66.How many great men have been born in London? None.Only babies.67.When can you have an empty pocket and still have something in it? When you have a hole in your pocket.68.The greater it is, the less it can be seen.What is it? Darkness.69.The more you take away, the bigger I become.What am I? A hole.70.Who may marry many a wife and stay single all of his life? A priest.(牧师)
第五篇：幽默英语脑筋急转弯
搞笑英语脑筋急转弯
1.Why are people tired on April Fool's Day?(愚人节人们为什么疲倦?)
答：Because they have just had a long March.(因为他们刚过了长长的三月。March 三月;行军)
2.What weather do mice and rats fear?(老鼠害怕什么天气?)
答：When it's raining cats and dogs.(下大雨。rain cats and dogs 下大雨)
3.When do dogs refuse to follow their masters?(狗什么时候不愿跟随主人?)
答：When their masters go to the flea market.(主人去跳蚤市场时。Flea 跳蚤 flea market 旧货市场)
4.What question can never be answered by “yes”?(哪个问题永远不能回答“是的”?)
答：Are you asleep?(你睡着了吗)
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5.What tree is always very sad?(哪种树总是很伤心?)
答：Weeping willow.(垂柳 weep哭泣 willow柳树)
6.When can you get water with a net?(什么时候可以用网兜装水?)
答：When water is turned into ice.(当水结成冰时)
7.Why is the pig always eating?猪为什么没完没了地吃?
答：He's making a hog of himself.它想成为一只肉猪。
8.What's the longest word in the world?世界上最长的单词是什么?
答：Smiles.Because there's a mile between the letter 's'.微笑。因为两个字母S中间隔了一里。
9.What question is that to which you must always answer “yes”? 什么问题你只能回答“yes”?
答：“What does y-e-s spell?”(当别人问你)“yes”怎么拼?
10.Where were you when the power was cut off? 当停电的时候你在哪? 答：In the darkness.在黑暗中。
1.What will you break once you say it?(什么东西一说出来就打破？)2.Will liars be honest after they die?(骗子死了之后会诚实吗？)3.What always goes up and never goes down?(什么东西只升不降？)4.Why did the boy make his dog sit in the sun?(男孩为什么让他的狗坐在阳光下？)
5.Why can a bride hide nothing?(为什么新娘子什么也藏不住？)6.Why is the library the highest building?(为什么图书馆是最高的建筑物？)7.What is the smallest bridge in the world?(世界上最小的桥梁是什么？)8.What is the difference between the North Pole and the South Pole?(北极与南极的区别是什么？)9.What makes naughty boys long to work in a clock factory?(淘气的男孩为什么想去钟表厂工作？)10.What bird lifts heavy things?(什么鸟能举起重物？)11.A ship can contain only fifty persons.Now there is alreadyforty-nine person in it.At this time,a pregnant woman comes on andboards the ship.The shipsinks.Why?(有一艘船只能容纳50人，现在已有49人。这时一位孕妇上了船，船就沉了。为什么？)12.What's the poorest bank in the world?(世界的最贫穷的银行是什么？)13.What month do soldiers hate?(军人憎恨什么月？)答案Answers: 1.Silence.(沉默)2.No, they won’t.They lie still after they die。(不会，他们依旧撒谎。Lie still 躺着不动，依旧撒谎。)3.Your age.(你的年龄)4.He wants to have a hot dog.(他想要一条热狗。)5.Because someone will give her away.(因为有人会揭发她。Give away 揭发，在婚礼上把新娘交给新郎)6.It has the most stories.(它的楼层最多。Story 故事，楼层)7.The bridge of a nose.(鼻梁)8.A whole world.(整个世界。a world of difference 天壤之别)
9.They want to make faces.(make face 做鬼脸，做钟表面)10.Crane.(鹤。Crane鹤，举重机)11.Because is a pigboat.(那是潜水艇。pigboat，潜水艇)12.The river bank。(河岸。)13.March。(行军。)
1.What will you break once you say it? 什么东西一说出来就打破？ 2.Will liars be honest after they die? 骗子死了之后会诚实吗？
3.What always goes up and never goes down? 什么东西只升不降？
4.Why did the boy make his dog sit in the sun? 男孩为什么让他的狗坐在阳光下？ 5.Why can a bride hide nothing? 为什么新娘子什么也藏不住？ 6.Why is the library the highest building? 为什么图书馆是最高的建筑物？ 7.What is the smallest bridge in the world? 世界上最小的桥梁是什么？
8.What is the difference between the North Pole and the South Pole? 北极与南极的区别是什么？
9.What makes naughty boys long to work in a clock factory? 淘气的男孩为什么想去钟表厂工作？ 10.What bird lifts heavy things? 什么鸟能举起重物？
11.A ship can contain only fifty persons.Now there is already forty-nine persons in it.At this time,a pregnant woman comes on and boards the ship.The ship sinks.Why? 有一艘船只能容纳50人,现在已有49人。这时一位孕妇上了船,船就沉了。为什么? 12.Why is the comet like Micky Mouse? 为什么是彗星像米老鼠？
13.Who is closer to you, your mom or your dad? 谁跟你比较亲密,你的妈妈或你的爸爸? 14.What's the poorest bank in the world?
世界的最贫穷的银行是什么? 15.What month do soldiers hate? 军人憎恨什么月? 16.An old woman has lived in one-story house before.Her body is very short.Afterwards,she moves into a big building and lives in the ninth story.However, when she comes back home each time,she always takes an elevator to the sixth story and gets off,then she walks to the ninth story.Why? 有位老妇人,从前住平房,并且个子非常矮,后来她搬进了一个很高的楼里,住在第九层,但是她每次回家,她总是乘电梯到第六层就下来,然后走到第九层.为什么?
答案： 1.Silence.沉默
2.No, they won't.They lie still after they die.不会，他们依旧撒谎。Lie still 躺着不动，依旧撒谎。3.Your age.你的年龄
4.He wants to have a hot dog.他想要一条热狗。5.Because someone will give her away.因为有人会揭发她。Give away 揭发，在婚礼上把新娘交给新郎 6.It has the most stories.它的楼层最多。Story 故事，楼层 7.The bridge of a nose.鼻梁
8.A whole world.整个世界。a world of difference 天壤之别 9.They want to make faces.make face 做鬼脸，做钟表面
10.Crane.鹤。Crane鹤，举重机
11.Because is a pigboat.那是潜水艇。pigboat,潜水艇 12.Because it is a star with a tail.因为它是有尾巴的星星。13.Mom is closer, because Dad is father（farther）.因为爸爸是父亲 , 所以妈妈比较靠近。14.The river bank.河岸。15.March.行军.16.Because she was too short to press the ninth button.她太矮了不能按到第九层的按钮.Q:What's the difference between a monkey and a flea? A: A monkey can have fleas, but a flea can't have monkeys.猴子会和跳蚤有什么不同呢？你可能会直接的想到它们俩是一大一小。但除此之外呢，那就是猴子身上可以长跳蚤，而跳蚤身上却不能有猴子。这个答案很有意思吧？
Q: How can you most irritate a farmer? A: By treading on his corn?
如果你踩了农夫的玉米或是谷物，他肯定会生气的；而如果你踩了农夫脚底的鸡眼，他会更生气。Corn既可以表示“玉米/谷物”，也有“鸡眼”的意思。
Q: Which is the strongest creature in the world? A: The snail.It carries its house on its back.因为snail（蜗牛）的后背上总是背着一所房子，所以说蜗牛是世界上最强壮的生物是不足为奇的。你说呢？
Q: What do people do in a clock factory? A: They make faces all day.一看到make faces这个短语，你可千万别以为是在钟表厂工作的人整天都做鬼脸呀！因为除了这个意思以外，它还可以从字面上解释为制造钟面。
Q: How do you stop a sleepwalker from walking in his sleep? A: Keep him awake.怎样才能不让梦游者（sleepwalker）梦游（walk in his sleep）呢？最简单的方法就是不让他睡觉。虽然这不是治疗方法，但如果让梦游者醒着呢，他的确就不会去梦游了。
1）----Who is closer to you，your mom or your dad ?(爸爸和妈妈谁和你更近？）
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（2）----What fruit is never found singly ?(什么水果永远不会是单个的？）
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（3）----Why are young men unwilling to date the daughter of the Fortunes ?(年轻人为什么不愿意和福琼家女儿约会？）
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注: 以上脑筋急转弯泛采用了同音词（homonyms）:（1）“father”（父亲）与“farther”（更远）（2）“pear”（梨）音同“pair”（一对），（3）“Miss Fortune”音同“misfortune”（不幸）http://www.xiexiebang.com（4）Why is an empty matchbox the best thing to have in the world ?(为什么空火柴盒是世界上最好的东西？）——
（5）Why did little Tom put his brother's guitar in the refrigerator ?(小汤姆为什么把哥哥的吉他放在冰箱里？）——
（6）What stays hot even if put it in a fridge?(什么东西即使放在冰箱里也热？）——
注: 以上脑筋急转弯大量运用了双关语（puns）：
（4）“matchless”既可理解为“没有火柴的”，又可理解为“举世无双的，无可匹敌的”；
（5）“cool”可表示“冷的、凉的”，也可指“棒、时髦、美妙的”；（6）“hot”有两个意思：“热”、“辣”。
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