英语脑筋急转弯以及动物趣味翻译.ppt 29页

part1EnglishBrainstorm 1.Whatwillyoubreakonceyousayit?Silence.2.Willliarsbehonestaftertheydie?No,theywon’t.Theyliestillaftertheydie.3.Whatalwaysgoesupandnevergoesdown?Yourage.4.Whydidtheboymakehisdogsitinthesun?Hewantstohaveahotdog. 5.Whyisthelibrarythehighestbuilding？Ithasthemoststories.6.Whatisthesmallestbridgeintheworld?Thebridgeofanose.7.Whatbirdliftsheavythings?Crane.8.Ashipcancontainonlyfiftypersons.Nowthereisalreadyforty-ninepersonsinit.Atthistime,apregnantwomancomesonandboardstheship.Theshipsinks.Why?Becauseitisapigboat. 9.Whoisclosertoyou,yourmomoryourdad?Momiscloser,becauseDadisfather.10.What"sthepoorestbankintheworld?Theriverbank.11.Whatmonthdosoldiershate?March.12.Anoldwomanhaslivedinone-storyhousebefore.Herbodyisveryshort.Afterwards,shemovesintoabigbuildingandlivesintheninthstory.However,whenshecomesbackhomeeachtime,shealwaystakesanelevatortothesixthstoryandgetsoff,thenshewalkstotheninthstory.Why?becausesheissoshortthatshecannotreachtheninthfloorbutton. Part2:newsreport "Orientalyeti"discoveredinChinaThehairlessbeastwastrappedbyhuntersinSichuanprovinceafterlocalsreportedspottingwhattheythoughtwasabear.HunterLuChinexplained:"Itlooksabitlikeabearbutitdoesn"thaveanyfurandithasataillikeakangaroo’s." "Italsodoesnotsoundlikeabear-ithasavoicemorelikeacatanditiscallingallthetime-perhapsitislookingfortherestofitskindormaybeit"sthelastone?"Therearelocallegendsofabearthatusedtobeamanandsomepeoplethinkthat"swhatwecaught,"headded.LocalanimalexpertsnowplantoshippedthemysterybeasttoscientistsinBeijingwhowillperformDNAtestsonthebeast. Part3guessinggames fatcat是一个俚语，意思是“有权有势的人”、“大亨”oldcat脾气很坏的老太婆Acathasninelives生命力特别强Acatmaylookataking.地位再低微的人也有自己的权利 likeacatonhotbricks.热锅上的蚂蚁letthecatoutofthebag.露出马脚liveacatanddoglife.整天吵架不和 blackdog沮丧yellowdog卑鄙的人dog-tired累坏了的sleepingdog惹不起的人 Dogwillnoteatdog.狗不吃狗；同类不相残；盗亦有道。Dogpacks狗仔队dogdays三伏天Shedoggedmyfootsteps.她紧跟着我。Hewasdoggedbyhismisfortune.不幸的事总是纠缠着他。 nightbird夜猫子jailbird犯人earlybird早起的人oldbird行家老手 I"veseenthefilm.It"sforthebirds.我看过这部电影，无聊透了。forthebirds是一个源自美国的成语，主要用于口语，意为“没有意思或价值”。dollybird女孩downybird机灵鬼 bull-headed牛脑.意思是犟,倔.likeabullatagate大门旁的牛.意思是做事情做得很快.雷厉风行,快刀斩乱麻shootthebull射牛.意思是惬意轻松聊天.瞎聊,随聊hitthebulls-eye击中牛眼.意思是切入主题,单刀直入.打开天窗说亮话. Takethebullbythehorns抓住牛角.意思是遇到困难情形,果断做出决定,当机立断.belikeabullinachinashop瓷器店里的牛.意思是因为动作笨拙,鲁盲,常常摔破或碰坏东西,也可引深为因为鲁盲,得罪人的人.acock-and-bullstory鸡和牛的故事.意思根本站不脚的故事,说法或解释.错漏百出,胡说八道. toteachfishtoswim班门弄斧drinklikeafish牛饮bigfish大亨poorfish愚蠢的人 coldfish无感情的人；dullfish枯燥无味的人shyfish羞怯的人likeafishoutofwater比喻处在陌生的环境中感到不自在haveotherfishtofry比喻有另外重要的事要做 eatlikeahorse食量大如牛Talkhorse.吹牛。adarkhorse黑马、冷门，出人意料的获胜者horselaugh哈哈大笑 horseplay胡闹worklikeahorse老黄牛asstrongasahorse力壮如牛 其他动物 beargarden：嘈杂喧闹的场所Blacksheep.害群之马duck"segg鸭蛋（零分）ridethetiger.骑虎难下 smellarat觉得可疑papertiger貌似强大而实质虚弱的敌人alionintheway。拦路虎seetheelephant大开眼界