英语版脑筋急转弯

英语版脑筋急转弯

　　Questions：
　　1.On the way to the bank， Mr. Green met three of his friends.Each of them had his wife with him and each of the ladies had two babies in her arms.How many people are going to the bank?

　　格林先生在去银行的路上碰到三个好朋友，每人都带了太太，每个太太怀里都抱着两个孩子，请问共有多少人前往银行?

　　2.My mother and my father had a baby.It wasn't my brother nor my sister.Who was it?

　　我父母生有一个孩子，既非我兄弟亦非我姐妹，这个孩子是谁呢?

　　3.Why do birds fly south?

　　鸟为何往南飞?

　　Keys：

　　1.Only Mr. Green. The other people may not be going to the bank.

　　只有格林先生一人，其他的人不一定去银行。

　　2.It was me.

　　是我。

　　3.It's too far to walk.

　　走去太远了。

　　Questions：

　　1.What would you like， 1/2 of an orange or 6/12 of an orange?

　　1/2 个桔子和 6/12 个桔子，你要哪一份?

　　2.Why is doing nothing tiring?

　　为什么无所事事也累?

　　3.A young man drove his father's car all the way from his school in New York to his home in Florida，without knowing his car had a puncture. How could it be?

　　一个年轻人开着父亲的车从纽约他上学的地方一直开到弗罗里达的家中，浑然不知他的车车胎破了。这是怎么回事?

　　Keys：

　　1.I'd like 1/2 of an orange， for 6/12 of an orange would have had much juice lost.

　　我想1/2 个桔子，因为6/12 个肯定失掉了很多果汁。

　　2.Because you can't possibly stop and rest.

　　因为你停不下来，也就没法歇下来。

　　3.It was his father's car that he was driving.

　　他开的是父亲的车。

　　Notes：

　　3.puncture n.刺孔，穿孔(尤指车胎)