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Riddles(2) 1. Q: What roof never keeps out the wet?
A: The roof of the mouth?
roof 屋顶;上颚
2. Q: Does any child like going to school?
A: Every child likes going to school. Most of them just hate staying there before going home.
3. Q: Why is a peacock the best story-teller?
A: Because it always has a beautiful tale.
tale 故事,音似tail(尾巴)
4. Q: Why is a crazy person equal to two ordinary people?
A: Because he is a man beside himself.
beside oneself 真正的意思是:发狂,忘形
5. Q: What coat is always wet when it's put on?
A: A coat of paint.
coat衣服;涂层,一层(漆)
6. Q: Why did the band have a smash hit in the performance?
A: They had the audience glued to their seats.
smash hit 很成功的新剧,电影等
have someone glued to one's seat 真正的意思是:使某人喜欢得不忍离座,直到看完(表演)为止
7. Q: Why is Sunday the strongest day in a week?
A: The rest of the days are weak days.
weak 音似week, weekdays指不包括星期日的那些天
8. Q: Why are giraffes the cheapest to feed?
A: They make a little food go a long way.
因为它们脖子长，一点点食物都要走很长的路才能咽下去。go a long way 维持很长一段时间
9. Q: Why are dogs afraid to sunbathe?
A: They don't want to be hot-dogs.
10. Q: Why are mules helpless in dancing?
A: They have two left legs.
have two left legs（跳舞时）苯手苯脚
11. Q: Why is the pig always eating?
A: He's making a hog of himself.
make a pig of oneself 像猪一样吃得很多（贬义）
hog 肉用肥猪
12. Q: What kind of shoes are made of banana skins?
A: Slippers.
slipper 拖鞋
slip 滑，跌交
13. Q: How do you like your school?
A: Closed.
how do you like your school有两种理解：你觉得你们学校怎么样？/你希望你们学校是什么样子？
14. Q: Why are politicians no longer concerned with snowball fights?
A: The cold war is over.
cold war 冷战
15. Q: Why are watches fragile?
A: Because their hours are numbered.
因为它们有数字标明时间。
fragile 易碎的，易坏的
"Their hours are numbered"源于"One's days are numbered"意思是"某人在世之日屈指可数，寿命不长了".
16. Q: What's put on the table, cut, but never eaten?
A: A deck of cards.
cut the cards 洗牌
17. Q: Why don't women get bald as soon as men?
A: Because women wear hair longer.
wear hair longer 有两个意思：留着更长的头发/头发留得更长久
18. Q: How can you make the door last?
A: Make other things first.
make the door last 另一种理解：最后做门
19. Q: Why shouldn't you lose your temper?
A: No one else wants it.
21. Q: What makes the Tower of Pisa lean?
A: It never eats.
lean 倾斜；瘦的
22. Q: What book has the most stirring chapters?
A: A cook book.
stirring 动人的
stir 搅和，搅拌
23. Q: What's the most difficult train to catch?
A: The 12:50 train, because it's ten to one if you catch it.
ten to one 一点差十分；10比1
24. Q: What trees do fortune tellers like to look at?
A: Palms.
palm 棕榈树；手掌
fortune teller 算命先生
25. Q: How do people feel after taking a ferryboat?
A: They feel vexed, for the ferryboat made them cross.
cross 过去，渡过；暴躁的，易怒的 | 
