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