手抄报三：元宵节英语灯谜

English Lantern Riddles

英语灯谜

Riddles: What's full of holes but still holds water?

Answer: a sponge

问：什么东西浑身是洞，却能装水？

答：海绵

Riddles: What building has the most stories?

Answer: A library

问：什么建筑楼层最多？

答：图书馆（注：story有楼层和故事两个意思）

Riddles: Which is faster, hot or cold?

Answer: Hot's faster. You can catch a cold.

问：热和冷哪个速度更快？

答：热更快，因为你能抓住冷（catch a cold: 感冒）

Riddles: When is your mind like a rumpled bed?

Answer: When it is not made up.

问：你的脑子什么时候像皱巴巴的床？

答：当它没有叠的时候（make up mind: 下定决心）

Riddles: What is it that everybody does at the same time?

Answer: grow older

问：所有人同时在做的事情是什么？

答：长大

Riddles: What month do soldiers hate?

Answer: March

问：士兵们最恨几月份？

答：三月（注：march也有行军的意思）

Riddles: How many feet are there in a yard?

Answer: It depends on how many people stand in the yard.

问：院子里有多少只脚？

答：这取决于多少人站在院子里（注：yard 码；院子）

Riddles: Why is an empty purse always the same?

Answer: There is no change in it.

问：为什么空钱包永远是一样的？

答：因为没零钱（注：change 变化；零钱）

Riddles: What book has the most stirring chapters?

Answer: A cook book.

问：什么书有最动人的章节？

答：烹饪书（注：stirring 动人的；搅拌的）

Riddles: What kind of dog doesn't bite or bark?

Answer: Hot dog.

问：什么狗不咬人不吠叫？

答：热狗

Riddles: What is the smallest room in the world?

Answer: Mushroom.

问：世界上最小的房间是什么？

答：蘑菇

Riddles: What kind of water should people drink in order to be healthy?

Answer: Drink well water.

问：为了保持健康应该喝什么水？

答：喝井水（注：well 井水；健康的）

Riddles: How do we know the ocean is friendly?

Answer: It waves.

问：我们如何知道海洋是友善的？

答：海有波浪（注：wave 起波浪；招手致意）

Riddles: What man cannot live in a house?

Answer: snowman

问：什么人不能住在房间里？

答：雪人

Riddles: What question can you never answer "Yes" to?

Answer: Are you dead?

问：什么问题你永远不能回答“是”？

答：你死了吗？

Riddles: A mouse has a large pocket. What is it?

Answer: a kangaroo

问：有大口袋的老鼠是什么？

答：袋鼠

Riddles: It has a head, but no neck. It has a body, but no warmth. NO feet, but can travel?

Answer: a car

它有头，但没脖子；有身体，却没温度；没有脚，但是能旅行。它是什么？

答：汽车