1.What bank never has any money?
2.What is the longest rope in the world?
3.What is black when you buy it, Red when you use it and Grey when you throw it away?
4.If everyone bought a white car, what would we have?
5.Why isn't your nose twelve inches long?
6.What can you serve, but never eat?
解答
1. What bank never has any money?
什麼bank(銀行)永遠都沒有錢?
答案是: riverbank (河岸)。
riverbank不是一個銀行,當然永遠沒錢。
2. What is the longest rope in the world?
什麼是世界上最長的rope(繩子)?
答案是:Europe (歐洲)。也可以說Europe是世界上獨一無二的rope。
3. What is black when you buy it, Red when you use it and Grey when you throw it away?
什麼東西買的時候是黑的,用的時候是紅的,用完丟掉時是灰的?
答案是:Charcoal(木炭)如果附註「新北市管制購買的生火用品」就更容易猜到了吧!
4. If everyone bought a white car, what would we have?
如果每個人都買一輛白車,我們會有什麼? 一個白車國家嗎?把白(white)車(car)國家(nation)拼成一個字就變成 white carnation(白色康乃馨)
答案是: A white carnation(一朵白色康乃馨)
5. Why isn't your nose twelve inches long?
你的鼻子為什麼不是十二英吋長? 十二吋等於一英呎(a foot)。 foot除了當英呎,也是腳的意思。所以,如果你的鼻子十二英吋長,就變成腳啦。
無論是「英吋」或是「腳」, foot是單數,feet是複數。
答案是:Because then it would be a foot.
6. What can you serve, but never eat?
什麼東西你可以serve ,但不能吃? serve一般是指「上菜」服務, 網球的發球也是「serve」 。 你可以serve 網球,但不能吃網球。(應該非常不美味吧)
答案是:A tennis ball.(網球)