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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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