高考臨近，以下是一些關(guān)于智慧的英文表達(dá)，希望對(duì)大家有所幫助！
1. —Why is a river rich?
—Because it has two banks.
【提醒】bank有兩個(gè)意思：一是表示“銀行”，二是表示“河岸”。
2. —Why does a man’s hair become grey before his moustaches?
—Because a man’s moustaches come up after his hair.
【提醒】答語(yǔ)句意為：因?yàn)槿藗兿乳L(zhǎng)頭發(fā)后長(zhǎng)胡須。
3. —Why do white sheep eat more than black ones?
—Because there are more of them in the world.
【提醒】答語(yǔ)句意為：因?yàn)槭澜缟习咨木d羊比黑色的綿羊多。
4. —Why is a ship one of the most polite things on earth?
—Because it always advances with a bow
【提醒】bow有兩個(gè)意思是：一是表示“鞠躬”，二是表示“船首”。
5. —Why can’t it rain for two days continually?
—Because there is always a night in between.
【提醒】問(wèn)句意為：為什么連續(xù)下雨two days?答句意為：因?yàn)槠溟g有一個(gè)night。
6. —Why is your nose in the middle of your face?
—Because it is a scenter.
【提醒】動(dòng)詞scent 意為“嗅”，其派生名詞scenter 意為“嗅的東西”，而scenter剛好與 center讀音相同。
7. —Why should fish be well educated?
—Because they are so often found in schools.
【提醒】school 有兩個(gè)意思：一是指“學(xué)校”，二是指“魚群”。
8. —Why is the letter A like a flower?
—Because the B is after it.
【提醒】字母B與bee讀音相同。
9. —Why does the letter T look like an island?
—Because it is in the middle of “water”.
【提醒】答句的字母意思是：因?yàn)樽帜窽在單詞water的中間。既然在“水”的中間，當(dāng)然看起來(lái)像是“島”。
10. —Do you know why birds fly to south in the winter?
—Because it’s too far to walk there.
【提醒】太遠(yuǎn)不能走著去，當(dāng)然要飛著去。
11. —Why don’t we need a compass at the North Pole?
—Because every direction is south.
【提醒】由于身處北極，所以無(wú)論往哪個(gè)方向走都是“南”。
12. —Why is a room full of married couples empty?
—Because there is not a single man in the room.
【提醒】there is not a single man 有兩個(gè)意思：一是指“沒(méi)有一個(gè)單身未婚男人”，二是表示“沒(méi)有一個(gè)人”。
13. —Why did the student take a ladder to school?
—Because he/she was going to high school!
【提醒】由于按傳統(tǒng)思維，人們一般會(huì)將ladder(梯子)與high(高)聯(lián)系在一起。
14. —Why did the man throw the butter out the window?
—He wanted to see the butterfly.
【提醒】butterfly 的意思是“蝴蝶”，但若將butterfly分開，則成了butter(黃油)和fly(飛)。
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