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Questions:1. Is there anything that you can’t get over?有没有你无法释怀淡忘的事?2.Why did the hippies remind one Of a coal miner in the old days?.. 嬉皮士为何使人联想起旧时代的矿工?3.DO people fish with a permit in this area?在这个地方钓鱼必须要有特许证吗?Keys:1.Lots of. The sun, the moon, and lots of buildings. 很多。太阳,月球,还有许多高大建筑。2.Because they’re fond of saying:“ I dig.”.. 因为他们喜欢说,“我来挖”。3.NO, We fish with a bait... 不,我们用鱼饵钓鱼。Notes:1.get over 淡忘,痊愈(不愉快的经历、感受等);越过2.“I dig”真实涵义是:我喜欢3.with 持有;用.做某事permit/'p+:mit/n.许可证,执照Questions:1. Why is jaywalking tiring?乱穿马路为什么很累?2.Why are giraffes considered intelligent?人们为什么认为长颈鹿是有智慧的?3.Why are horses considered talented in painting?人们为什么认为马在绘画方面有天赋?Keys:1.Because it may make one have a rundown feeling... 因为它有可能让人觉得身体情况不佳。2.Because it’s the highest form of animal life.因为它是动物的最高形态。3. Because they draw a lot of things... 因为它们拖很多很多东西。Notes:1.run-down adj.身体不好的,音似 run down(被车撞倒)jaywalk/'DNeiw&k/ v.乱穿马路2.high adj.高的the highest form 最高级形态3.draw v.拖,拉;画Questions:1.What job will make people look up to you?干什么工作人们会敬仰你?2.Why is an empty matchbox the thing tohave in the world?为什么说一个空火柴盒是世界上最好的东西?3.Why do smart students refuse to write about theking as their subject?聪明的学生为什么不把国王作为写作的课题?Keys:1.Window-washing on high-rises...

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给高层建筑擦窗户的工作。2.Because it’s matchless... 因为它没有火柴。3.Because the king is not a subject... 因为国王不是臣民。Notes:1.look-up to 向上看,抬头望;敬仰,敬佩2. matchless/'m$CMlis/adj.无可匹敌的,举世无双的-less 后缀,意思是:没有.的,所以matchless 又可理解为:没有火柴的3.subject/'s)bDNikt/n.话题,主题;臣民,国民Questions:1.Why did the banker keep looking up at the sky银行家为什么老是抬头看天?2.When do dogs refuse to follow their owners?什么时候狗不愿跟随主人?3.Do astronauts ever get hungry once they are inouter space?宇航员在太空里会觉得饿吗?Keys:1.To see if there’s any change in the sky... 看看天上有没有变化。2.When their owners go to the flea market... 当他们的主人去跳蚤市场时。3.Never,for they had a big launch... 不会,因为他们经历了火箭发射。Notes:1.change n.变化;零钱2.flea market 跳蚤市场,卖旧物或小东西的市场flea n.跳蚤3.launch/l&:CM/n.发射(尤指火箭),音似lunch/l)nCM/ n.午餐,也作luncheon。Questions:1.Henry was sent by his mother to see how old Mrs. Smith was but was scolded by the old lady,why?.. 亨利听母亲的话去探望史密斯老太太,却被老太太训斥,这是为什么呢?2.Mr.White followed a parking sign but was given a ticket by the policeman.Can you guess what that sign reads?.. 怀特先生按停车指示牌停车,却被警察开票罚款。你猜得出指示牌上的内容吗?Keys:1.Old Mrs. Smith thought it was her privacy how old she was... 因为史密斯太太认为年龄属于个人隐私。2.It reads,“Fine for parking.”.. 上面写着,“可以停车”。Notes:1. how old Mrs. Smith is 有两种理解:①史密斯老太太身体怎么样;②史

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密斯太太有多大年纪2.“Fine for parking”另一种理解是:“停车罚款”。fine adj.好的; n.罚款Questions:1.When is a football team like a scrambled egg?足球队什么时候像炒鸡蛋?2.What’s the difference between a fly and a mosquito?苍蝇与蚊子的区别何在?3.How can you keep your friend’s friendship?怎样保持朋友对你的友情?Keys:1.When it’s beaten... 当它输了球时。2.You can’t sew a zipper on a mosquito... 不可能在蚊子身上缝一根拉链。3.By not returning it... 不要还给朋友就行了。Notes:1.beat v.击败,打输;打(蛋)scramble/'skr$mbl/ v.把蛋白蛋黄搅拌在一起2.fly n.苍蝇;(裤子)前边的开口mosquito/m+s>ki:t+u/ n.蚊子3.keep v,保持;保存,留住Questions:1.What color is the wind?风是什么颜色?2.Why can a bride hide nothing?新娘为何藏不住东西?3.What kind of people are most extravagant about theirclothes?什么人穿衣服最奢侈?4.Why is the library the highest building?为什么说图书馆是最高的建筑?Keys:1.Blue... 蓝色。2.Because some one will give her away... 因为有人会揭发她。3.Those who wear their clothes out the first day... 那些第一天就穿着新衣服出门的人。4.It has the most stories... 因为图书馆里故事最多。Notes:1.The wind blew 风在吹2.give.away 揭发;在婚礼上把新娘交给新郎3.extravagant/ik>str$vig+nt/ adj.奢侈的wear.out 穿到外面;穿破,用坏4.story n.故事;(楼)层Questions:1.When are your eyes not your eyes?什么时候你的眼睛不再是你的眼睛?2.Does this road go to the zoo?这条路是去动物园的路吗?3.Why do people never feel hungry on a beach?为什么在沙滩上的人永远不会觉得饿?4.Why don’t you take the bus

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home?你为什么不乘车回家?Keys:1.When the wind makes them water... 当风沙进去,眼泪汪汪的时候。2.Well,you’11 have to go there yourself... 不,你得自己去(路是不会去的)。3. Because of the sand which is there... 因为那儿有沙子。4.Because my home is not that big... 因为我家不够大。Notes:1.water v.流口水,流眼泪3.the sand which is there 音似 the sandwichesthere(那里有三明治)。4.take the bus home 另一种解是:把车带回家。Questions:1.What kind of cats are good for mice?用什么样的猫对付老鼠好?2.Why is mother so tired?妈妈为什么这么累?3.Why did the skeleton refuse to go the ball?骷髅为什么拒绝参加舞会?4.Two wrongs don’t make a right, but what do two rightsmake?两个错也不算对,那么两个对算什么呢?Keys:1.Cats who don’t eat mice... 不吃老鼠的猫。2.She makes beds every day... 因为她每天都要制床。3.He has no body to dance with... 他没有身体可以跳舞。4.The first airplane... 第一架飞机。Notes:1.be good for mice 对老鼠好;用来对付老鼠好2.make beds 真正的意思是:铺床3.He has nobody to dance with 没有人和他跳舞4.two rights 音似 two Wrights(发明第一架飞机的怀特两兄弟)Questions:1.What do you call a girl who has three boy friends namedwilliam?三个男朋友都叫威廉的女孩叫什么?2.What is lighter than a feather,but you can’t hold itfor even 10 minutes?什么东西比羽毛还轻,但是拿着它你却坚持不了十分钟?3.Mary kissed her aunt good-bye but her aunt didn’t kissher back.Why?玛莉吻了姑姑再见,可是姑姑却没有吻玛莉,为什么?Keys:1.A Bill collector... 收帐单的人。2.Your breath... 你的呼吸。3.Her aunt

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