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Q: How come your nose isn't twelve inches long?
   A: Because then it would be a foot.
  
  foot既有“脚”,又有“英尺”的意思,而一英尺等于十二英寸。所以当句中问道“你的鼻子怎么不是十二英寸长呢?”,回答就是“因为那样的话它就会变成脚了”。

Q: What is the difference between a man parking his car and a man smashing dishes?
   A: One sets the brakes and the other breaks the sets.

  sets the brakes 和breaks the sets,一个是“踩刹车”的意思,一个是“打碎(成套的)盘子”的意思。  

Q:What is the difference between a hungry man and a greedy man?
   A:One longs to eat and the other eats too long.

  第一个long是“渴望”的意思,比如渴望回家就是long to go home;第二个long是“(时间)长”的意思。多么巧妙的回答:一个是渴望吃东西的人,另一个则是总是吃东西的人。
   
                
Q:What is an astronomer?
   A:A night watchman with a college education.

  astronomer本来是指天文学家,这里把他们直白而又诙谐地解释为有着大学文凭的守夜者,真是让人忍俊不禁。 
      
Q:What is heavier in summer than in winter?
   A:Traffic to the beach.

  什么东西夏天比冬天重呢?哈哈,是沿海的交通。没有想到吧,英语中“traffic”是用“heavy”来形容的,所以汉语中常说的“交通拥挤”,在英语中则是“heavy traffic”!

 

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