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Riddles (4) 1.Q: Who is closer to you, your mom or your dad?
A: Mom is closer, because dad is farther.
2.Q: Can you go to the cinema with your watch broken?
A: Of course not, for I don't have the time.
I don't have the time有两种理解：1。我没有时间；2。我没戴表或是我的表坏了，不知道时间。
3.Q: Why is the comet like Micky Mouse?
A: It's a star with a tail.
tail:（动物的）尾巴；彗（星）尾
4.Q: What's the largest room in the world?
A: The room for improvement.
room：房间；空间，余地
5.Q: What's the poorest bank in the world?
A: The river bank.
bank：银行；堤岸
6.Q: When is coffee like the surface of the earth?
A: When it's ground.
ground地面，也是grind磨碎、碾碎的过去分词形式
7.Q: What month do soldiers hate?
A: March.
march:行军
8.Q: When is a person not a person?
A: When he is a little cross.
cross:恼火，烦恼；十字架
9.Q: When is a door not a door?
A: When it's ajar.
ajar门虚掩，音似a jar
10.Q: When are boys not boys?
A: When they are bare-footed.
bear-footed 赤脚，音似bear-footed，脚和熊一样
11.Q: When is a clock dangerous?
A: When it runs down the stairs and strikes one.
strike one 另一个意思是：击中一个人
12.Q: Why is tennis so noisy?
A: Each player raises a racket.
racket （网球等）球拍；喧哗，喧闹
raise a racket大吵大闹
13.Q: If a cabbage and a carrot raced, which one would win?
A: The cabbage, because it's always ahead.
a head of cabbage一颗卷心菜
14.Q: How many feet are there in a yard?
A: It depends on how many people stand in the yard.
feet英尺；脚
yard院子；码
15.Q: When are people like glasses?
A: When they make spectacles of themselves.
make a spectacle of oneself使自己出丑，出洋相
16.Q: What beam is lighter than all the other beams?
A: Lightbeam.
17.Q: What animal eats with its tail?
A: All animals do. No one takes off its tail while eating.
with用……做事；带着，有……
18.Q: How can you make a slow horse fast?
A: Don't give it anything to eat for a while.
fast快的；绝食
19.Q: What is heavier in summer than in winter?
A: Traffic to the beach.
heavy重的；交通量大的，繁忙的
20.Q: What clothing is always sad?
A: Blue jeans.
blue兰色的；伤感的
21.Q: How many legs do horses have?
A: Six legs--forelegs in front and two in back
forelegs前腿，音似four legs
22.Q: When are people smartest?
A: When it's sunny, because everything's brighter then.
bright明亮；聪明
23.Q: I have a tree in my hand. What kind of tree is it?
A: It's a palm.
palm棕榈树；手掌
24.Q: Can you explain what is free speech?
A: Your talking on someone else's phone.
free自由的，免费的
25.Q: If the green house is on the right side of the road, and the ed house is on the left side of the road, where is the white house?
A: In Washington, D.C.
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