瓢虫
第1楼2006/06/28
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.spectacle/'spekt+kl/ n.眼镜
make a spectacle 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,because 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
瓢虫
第2楼2006/06/28
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 license 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 license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