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                 1. —Why is a river rich? 
 —Because it has two banks.
 
 【提醒】bank有两个意思:一是表示“银行”,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】答语句意为:因为人们先长头发后长胡须。
 3. —Why do white sheep eat more than black ones?
 
 —Because there are more of them in the world.
 
 【提醒】答语句意为:因为世界上白色的绵羊比黑色的绵羊多。
 4. —Why is a ship one of the most polite things on
 
 earth?
 
 —Because it always advances with a bow.
 
 【提醒】bow有两个意思是: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】问句意为:为什么连续下雨two days?答句意为:因为其间有一个night。
 6. —Why is your nose in the middle of your face?
 
 —Because it is a scenter.
 
 【提醒】动词scent意为“嗅”,其派生名词scenter意为“嗅的东西”,而scenter刚好与center读音相同。
 7. —Why should fish be well educated?
 
 —Because they are so often found in schools.
 
 【提醒】school有两个意思:一是指“学校”,二是指“鱼群”。
 8. —Why is the letter A like a flower?
 
 —Because the B is after it.
 
 【提醒】字母B与bee读音相同。
 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:因为字母T在单词water的中间。既然在“水”的中间,当然看起来像是“岛”。
 10. —Do you know why birds fly to south in the winter?
 
 —Because it’s too far to walk there.
 
 【提醒】太远不能走着去,当然要飞着去。
 11. —Why don’t we need a compass at the North Pole?
 
 —Because every direction is south.
 
 【提醒】由于身处北极,所以无论往哪个方向走都是“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有两个意思:一是指“没有一个单身未婚男人”,二是表示“没有一个人”。
 13. —Why did the student take a ladder to school?
 
 —Because he/she was going to high school!
 
 【提醒】由于按传统思维,人们一般会将ladder(梯子)与high(高)联系在一起。
 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”,但若将butterfly分开,则成了butter(黄油)和fly(飞)。
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