英语中的神回复

翻译:
  ★、—Why is your nose in the middle of your face?

  —Because it is a scenter.

  【提醒】动词scent 意为“嗅”,其派生名词scenter 意为“嗅的东西”,而scenter刚好与 center读音相同(from www.zkenglish.com)。

  ★、—Why should fish be well educated?

  —Because they are so often found in schools.

  【提醒】school 有两个意思:一是指“学校”,二是指“鱼群”。

  ★、—Why is the letter A like a flower?

  —Because the B is after it.

  【提醒】字母B与bee读音相同。

  ★、—Why does the letter T look like an island?

  —Because it is in the middle of “water”.

  【提醒】答句的字母意思是:因为字母T在单词water的中间。既然在“水”的中间,当然看起来像是“岛”。

  ★、—Do you know why birds fly to south in the winter?

  —Because it’s too far to walk there.

  【提醒】太远不能走着去,当然要飞着去。

  ★、—Why don’t we need a compass at the North Pole?

  —Because every direction is south.

  【提醒】由于身处北极,所以无论往哪个方向走都是“南”。

  ★、—Why did the student take a ladder to school?

  —Because he/she was going to high school!

  【提醒】由于按传统思维,人们一般会将ladder(梯子)与high(高)联系在一起。

  ★、—Why did the man throw the butter out the window?

  —He wanted to see the butterfly. (from www.zkenglish.com)

  【提醒】butterfly 的意思是“蝴蝶”,但若将butterfly分开,则成了butter(黄油)和fly(飞)。 

★、—Why is a river rich?

  —Because it has two banks.

  【提醒】bank有两个意思:一是表示“银行”,二是表示“河岸”。

  ★、—Why does a man’s hair become grey before his moustaches?

  —Because a man’s moustaches come up after his hair.

  【提醒】答语句意为:因为人们先长头发后长胡须。

  ★、—Why do white sheep eat more than black ones?

  —Because there are more of them in the world.

  【提醒】答语句意为:因为世界上白色的绵羊比黑色的绵羊多。

  ★、—Why is a ship one of the most polite things on earth?

  —Because it always advances with a bow.

  【提醒】bow有两个意思是:一是表示“鞠躬”,二是表示“船首”。

  ★、—Why can’t it rain for two days continually?

  —Because there is always a night in between.

  【提醒】问句意为:为什么连续下雨two days?答句意为:因为其间有一个night。

 

  ★、—Why is a room full of married couples empty?

  —Because there is not a single man in the room.

  【提醒】there is not a single man 有两个意思:一是指“没有一个单身未婚男人”,二是表示“没有一个人”。

 

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