{1}. Q: What can pierce one’s ears without a hole?
A: Noise.
pierce 刺穿,刺破piercing 刺耳的
{2}. Q: If you had 5 dollars and gave away one quarter,and another quarter,and then still another quarter,how much would you have left?
A: 4.25.
quarter 四分之一; 二十五美分
{3}. Q: What bird lifts heavy things?
A: A Crane.
crane 鶴;起重機
{4}. Q: What’s the difference between the North Pole and the South Pole?
A: The whole world.
a world of difference 天壤之別
{5}. Q: What makes naughty boys long to work in a clock factory?
A: People make faces there.
make faces 做鬼臉; 做鐘面
{6}. Q: What can I do to avoid falling hair?
A: Get out of the way where the hair’s falling.
avoid falling hair 有兩種理解:防止頭發脫落;避開(從上面)掉下來的頭發
{7}. Q: What do girls find the easiest to part with?
A: A comb.
part with 放棄(尤指不自愿地); 用……分頭路或發縫
{8}. Q: What do elephants use to communicate with each other?
A: Big words.
big words 真正的含義是:比較正式的大詞
{9}. Q: What makes fish the smartest animal in the world?
A: No one can pull its leg.
pull one’s leg 真正的含義是:使上當受騙
{10}. Q: What makes the little strawberry worried?
A: It’s afraid to be in a jam.
jam 果醬;塞車
{11}. Q: Something went wrong with the second hand of my watch. Where can I have it replaced?
A: In a second?鄄hand store.
second?鄄hand 二手貨的,舊的second hand 秒針
{12}. Q: Why are writers like postmen?
A: They are all men of letters.
men of letters 文人letter 字母
{13}. Q: What’s the best thing to take when you’re run?鄄down?
A: The license number of the car that hit you.
take 吃(藥);記下來be run?鄄down 身體不適
be run down 被撞到
{14}. Q: What stays hot even if put in a refrigerator?
A: Pepper.
hot 熱的;辣的
{15}. Q: What is the best year for a kangaroo?
A: Leap year.
kangaroo 袋鼠leap 跳躍
leap year 閏年
{16}. Q: What surprising things happen everywhere every day?
A: Day breaks without falling; night falls without breaking.
fall 摔下來;降臨break 破碎
daybreak 破曉
編輯/希卡魯