英语脑筋急转弯

1、英语脑筋急转弯集锦(1) Q: Where does afternoon come before morning in the world ?A: In the dictionary. Q: Why dont you take the bus home? A: Because my home is not that big. Q: Why is the letter E so important?A: Because its the beginning of everything!Q: Why are the letter G and letter S in gloves close to e

2、ach other? A: Because there is love between them!Q: What letter is an animal?A: Its the letter B!Q: What letter is a question?A: Its the letter Y.Q: How do you feel today? A: With my hands, of course! Q: How can you make a rope shorter without cutting or winding it?A: Take a longer rope and compare

3、with it!Q: What can you tell from Peters record card with extremely poor grades?A: He didnt cheat!Q: What does everybody do at the same time?A: Grow old!Q: What resembles half a pie?A: The other half!英语脑筋急转弯集锦(2)1（Who works only one day in a year butnever gets fired?谁一年只上一天却不会被开除？Santa Claus 圣诞老人）2（

4、Why does the Statue of Lib-erty stand in New York harbou?自由女神为何矗立在纽约港湾？ Because it cant sit doun因为它不能坐下）3（Why doi birds fly south? 鸟为什么往南飞?Its too far to walk 走着去太远了）4（When can you go as fast as aracing car?什么时候你能像跑车一样快？When youre in it当你坐在跑车里时）英语脑筋急转弯(3)Questions: 1. Why are giraffes the cheapest t

5、o feed?为什么养长颈鹿最不花钱？ 2. Why are dogs afraid to sunbathe?狗为什么害怕日光浴？ 3. Why is the pig always eating?猪为什么没完没了地吃？ 4、Why are politicians no longer concerned with snowball fights?政客们为什么不再关注打雪仗了？ 5、Why dont women get bald as soon as men?为什么总是男人比女人先秃头？ 6、What can pierce ones ears without a hole?什么东西不用打洞就可以在

6、耳朵上穿孔？ 7. Whats the longest word in the world?世界上最长的单词是什么？ 8. Why does time fly?时间为何飞逝？ 9. Where can a dog get another tail?狗去哪里可以再弄到一条尾巴？ Keys: 1. 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。 2. They dont want to be hot-dog.因为它们不想成为热狗。 3. Hes making a hog of himself.它想成为一只肉猪。 4、

7、The cold war is over.冷战结束了。 5、Because women wear hire longer.因为女人头发留得长。 6、Noice.噪音。 7. Smiles. Because theres a mile between the letter s.微笑。因为两个字母S中间隔了一里。 8. To get away from all those who are trying to kill it.为的是甩掉所有要谋杀它的人。 9. At a retail store.在零售商店。英语脑筋急转弯拾趣英语国家也有不少类似我们的脑筋急转弯问答题（smart riddles）。

8、这类游戏不仅可以活跃思维，还能丰富语言知识，提高学习英语的兴趣。首先，正如我们中国很多脑筋急转弯题目常在谐和音上做文章一样，英语脑筋急转弯也广泛采用了同音词（homonyms）。例如：（）Who is closer to you， your mom or your dad ? (爸爸和妈妈谁和你更近？）Mom is closer because dad is father.（）What fruit is never found singly ? (什么水果永远不会是单个的？）A pear.（）Why are young men unwilling to date the daughter of

9、 the Fortunes ? (年轻人为什么不愿意和福琼家女儿约会？）Because she is Miss Fortune.（）中“father”（父亲）与“farther”（更远）同音，因此，妈妈更亲；（）中“pear”（梨）音同“pair”（一对），因此，“梨永远不会是单个的”；（）中“MissFortune”音同“misfortune”（不幸），有哪个年轻人会愿意和“不幸”约会呢？其次，英语脑筋急转弯大量运用了双关语（puns）。如：（）Why is an empty matchbox the best thing to have in the world ?(为什么空火柴盒是世界上

10、最好的东西？）Because it is matchless.（）Why did little Tom put his brothers guitar in the refrigerator ?(小汤姆为什么把哥哥的吉他放在冰箱里？）Because he enjoyed cool music.（）What stays hot even if put it in a fridge?(什么东西即使放在冰箱里也热？） Pepper.（）中“matchless”是双关语，既可理解为“没有火柴的”，又可理解为“举世无双的，无可匹敌的”；（）中“cool”可表示“冷的、凉的”，也可指“棒、时髦、美妙的”；

11、（）中“hot”有两个意思：热、辣。即使把辣椒放在冰箱里它也辣。显然，做这类游戏有利于学生熟悉英语一词多义或一语双关，并提高学习兴趣。另外，一类英语脑筋急转弯常与字母读音有关。例如：（）What letter is a vegetable ?(什么字母是一种蔬菜？）P.（）What letter is a question ?(什么字母是一个问题？）Y.（）What starts with T， ends with T， and can be full of T ?(什么开始T，结尾是T，可能装满T？）Teapot.（）的答案“P”音同“pea”（豌豆）；（）的答案“Y”，与“why”（为什么

12、）读音相同；（）中“Teapot”（茶壶）这词以“T”开头，又以“T”结尾，里面当然可能装满“Tea”（茶，音同“T”）。最后，让我们再做几道脑筋急转弯题：（）What kind of table has no legs?A timetable.（）What month do soldiers hate？March.（）Why is a peacock the best story teller?Because it always has a beautiful tail.（）Which runs faster， heat or cold?Heat， because you can catch a cold. （）Why does time fly?Because many people are trying to kill it.（）What eightletter word has only one letter in it?Envelope.（）What word is pronounced wrong， even by the best of sch