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of hide-and-seek with three letters?你能用三个字母结束捉迷藏的游戏吗?4.Can you turn an odd number into even by removing oneletter?你能拿走一个字母,把奇数变成偶数吗?Keys:1.N.V... 是N.V,音似envy(嫉妒)。2.U... 字母 U,音似You(你)。3.I—C—U... 字母 I—C—U,音似I see you(我看见你了)。4.Sure. You can get “even”if you remove the first letter from “seven’, which is an odd number... 当然,从“七”这个奇数单词中拿走第一个字母,就得到了偶数。Notes:4.even/'i:vin/n.偶数Questions:1.Why are girls afraid of the letter C?女孩为什么害怕字母C?2.Why are painters fond of the letter R?油漆工为什么青睐字母R?3.How many peas are there in a pint?一品脱有多少粒豌豆?4.What are the most sensible letters?什么字母最明智?Keys:1.Because it makes fat fact... 因为它使肥胖成为现实。2.Without it, varnish would vanish... 没有它,清漆就会消失。3.One... 一粒。4.The Y’s... 是字母Y。Notes:2.varnish/'va:niM/ n.清漆vanish/'v$niM/v.消失3.pea 音似P。4.Y’s 音似wise(睿智)。Questions:1.If Sally goes to school in Sydney and Sally’s sister has supper in a scenic spot near the sea,how many S’.. s are there in all?.. 假如莎莉在悉尼上学,莎莉的妹妹在海边风景区吃晚饭,请问总共有多少个S 字母出现?2.What occurs once in every minute,twice in every moment,.. but not once in a hundred years?.. 什么事每分钟一次,每片刻两次,可是一百年也不遇?3.What letter do most people fear most?大多数人最害怕什么字母?Keys:1.None. There’s no“s”in“all”... 一个也没有,all 这个单词不用s。2.The letter M... 是字母M。3.The letter E,

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because it’s the end of life... 是字母E,因为它是“life”这个单词末尾的字母。Notes:3.“It’s the end of life.”另一种理解是:它是生命的结束。Questions:1. What letter is a kind of drink?什么字母是一种饮料?2.Why is the letter R absolutely necessary to friendship?为什么说字母R 对于友谊至关重要?3.What are a banker’s favourite vowels?银行家最喜欢的元音是什么?Keys:1.The letter“T”.是字母“T”。2.Without it,a friend will become a fiend... 没有它,朋友就成了恶魔。3.I—O—U... 是三个元音I-O-U。Notes:1.T 音似tea(茶)。2.absolutely/?$bs+>lu:tli/ adv.完全地,绝对地fiend/fi:nd/n.恶魔,魔鬼3.favourite/'feiv+rit/ adj.喜爱的,偏爱的,也可写作 favorite。vowel/vau+l/ n.元音,元音字母I-O-U 音似“I owe you”(我欠了你的)。IOU n.借据,也写作I.O.U。Questions:1.Why is U the jolliest letter?为什么说U 是最开心的字母?2.What is the difference between here and there?这里和那里的区别是什么?3 ... Thirteen different letters are hidden in thisdesign.Please find them.有13 个字母躲藏在此图内,你能找出来吗?Keys:1.Because it’s in the midst of fun... 因为它在开心的当中。2.The letter“T”... 是字母T。3.E,F,H,I,K,L,M,N,T,V,X,Y,Z Notes:1.jolly/'DN&li/ adj.欢乐的,快活的midst/'midst/ n.中间,中部,当中in the midst of fun 有两层意思:①字母u 是单词fun 当中的一个字母;②字母u 在欢乐的当中,当然最开心。Part Ⅲ Miscellaneous第3篇其他类Questions:1.How can you make a rope shorter without cutting or windingit?不能剪也不能卷,怎样使一根绳子变短?2.How can you throw a ball and have it return to you withouthitting

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anything or having anyone throw it back to you?把球扔出去,不能碰任何物体,不能让别人扔回来,怎样使球乖乖地回到你手里?3.Why are you wearing two watches at the same time?你为何同时戴两块表?Keys:1.Take a longer rope and compare with it... 拿一根长点的绳子比一比就行了。2.Just throw it up in the air... 往上抛。3.To see if the other one keeps good time... 互相监督是否走时准确。Notes:1.与更长的绳子相比,原来那根绳子肯定是更短了(shorter)。Questions:1.What is visible only in winter time?什么东西冬天才能看见?2.What do you have that you can’t lend to others?什么东西属于你而且不能借给别人?3.Why don’t boys need to watch out for wormswhen they’re eating apples?男孩子吃苹果时为什么不用当心苹果里的虫?Keys:1.Your breath.你的呼吸。2.Your shaddow... 你的影子。3.The worms have to watch out for themselves... 因为虫子必须自己当心(不被吃掉)。Notes:1.visible/'vizibl/adj.看得见的3. watch out 当心,注意,留神Questions:1.If two swallows are sitting on a twig and you wish toget the twig without disturbing the swallows,what shallyou do?假如两只燕子停在一枝小树枝上,你想弄到那枝小树枝,却不想惊动燕子,怎么办?2.If you find three sparrows on the roof and you shoot one,how many are left?假如你看见屋顶上有三只麻雀,射掉一只,还有几只?3.If a burglar was informed all the exits were guarded,what could he do to escape?假如强盗得知所有的出口都有人站岗,那么他怎么才能逃出去?Keys:1.Wait till the swallows fly away... 等燕子飞走了以后去弄。2.None.The others fly away... 一只不剩,其余都飞走了。3.He could go out of the entrance... 他

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可以从入口出去。Notes:1.swallow/'sw&l+u/n.燕子twig/twig/ n.小枝,细枝2.sparrow/'sp$r+(/ n.麻雀Questions:1.Why do people wish for something they haven’t got?人们为什么总是想得到没有得到的东西呢?2.Why do people always find what they are looking for inthe last place they look?人们找东西时为什么总是在最后一个寻找的地方才找到?3.What does everybody know about the emperors of China?关于中国的皇帝每个人都知道的是什么?Keys:1.What else is there to wish for? You cease to wish for it onceyou get it.除此以外你还想要得到什么?一旦得到,你就用不着想得到了。2.No one would keep looking once they find what they are looking for... 一旦人们找到他们寻找的东西后,没有人还会找下去。3.They’re all dead... 他们都作古了。Notes:1.cease to do something 停止做某事,与cease doing something 意思相同。Questions:1.How to put you left hand where your right hand can’treach it?把你的左手放在哪儿,使你的右手无论如何也够不到?2.How can you tell the weather with a rope?只有一根绳子,如何知道天气?Keys:1.Put your left hand on your right elbow... 把你的左手放在右肘上。2.Take it in the open.If it swings, it’s windy; if it’s wet,.. it’s raining. 拿到室外,如果它摇晃,说明有风;如果它湿了,说明有雨。Notes:1.elbow/>elb+(/ n.肘,肘部2.in the open 在户外,在野外Questions:1.If you take half from a half dollar, how much is left?如果从一个半块美元里拿走半块,还剩多少?2.How long should your legs be?你的腿应该有多长?3.Why is the woolen sweater marked“cotton”?为什么羊毛衫上却标着“棉制品”?4.If your uncle’s sister is not you aunt,

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