今天我們來猜猜下面八道謎語（答案在文章末尾，一定要認真思考再看答案）
1.A man fell off a plane, but he didn’t die, why?
2.Mr. Smith has five sons; each one has a sister. How many children does Mr. Smith have?
3.What letter is a question?
4.Who is closer to you, your Mum or Dad?
5.What letter is a part of the head?
6.What is the end of everything?
7.When a tadpole(蝌蚪)has no tail, it becomes a frog.
What does a monkey become if it has no tail?
8.What belongs only to you, and yet is used more by others than by yourself?
先來看看6則小故事再對答案吧。
story 1 Covering One's Ears While Stealing a Bell
Mr. Wang thinks he is clever, but he always does foolish things.
One day he sees a beautiful bell at the top of a door. 「Oh! How nice! I will take it home.」 He thinks, 「What can I do?」 After a while he has a 「good」 idea. 「Aha! I have an idea now. I can plug my ears. Then I will not hear the ring when I take off the bell.」
Then he does so. But as soon as he takes off the bell, the owner opens the door. 「What ate you doing?」 the owner says angrily.
故事1掩耳盜鈴
王先生總以為自己很聰明，實際上他總幹傻事。
一天，他看見一戶人家的門頭有個很漂亮的鈴鐺。「啊，真漂亮啊！我要把它拿回家去。」他自言自語道：「我該怎麼做呢？」過了一會兒他想到了一個「好」主意。「啊哈！我有辦法了！我把耳朵堵上，拿鈴鐺的時候就聽不見鈴聲了。」
於是他就這樣做了。可是他剛拿下鈴鐺，屋子的主人就打開門，怒氣衝衝地說：「你在幹什麼？」
Story 2 Adding Feet to a Snake
One day, Mr. Lion holds a party. Many animals come and drink a lot of wine. At last there is a pot of wine. Who can drink it? They drink out an idea and decide to have a match-Draw a snake. If you finish first, you can get it.
Soon Mr.Wolf finishes drawing. 「Yeah, I've finished. I'm No.1,」 he says. But he draws again and says, 「Oh, let me add feet and my snake.」 At the time, Mr. Gorilla also finishes. He takes away the pot of wine and drinks, then he says, 「That isn't a snake. Snakes have no feet. I get the wine.」
故事2畫蛇添足
一天， 獅子先生舉行一場聚會，許多動物都來了，他們喝很多酒。最後只剩一壺酒了。讓誰喝呢？它們想了想，有個主意。它們比賽畫蛇，誰最快畫好，誰就喝這壺酒。
不一會，狼先生畫好了。「哈，我畫好了，我是第一個。」它說。可是它又畫了起來，它還說：「再給它加幾隻腳吧。」這時猩猩先生也畫好了。它拿起那酒壺喝起來。一邊喝一邊說：「那不是蛇，蛇是沒有腳的，我贏了這壺酒。
Story 3 Count Tomorrow Morning
It's a right. John is looking at the sky.
Tom is John's younger brother. He asks John 「What are you doing?」
John says, 「I'm counting stars.」
Tom laughs and says, 「It's really dark now. Why not count them tomorrow morning?」
故事3 明天早上數
這是一個晚上。約翰抬頭看著天空。
湯姆是約翰的弟弟。他問約翰：「你在幹什麼？」
約翰說：「我在數星星。」
湯姆笑著說：「現在天空太黑了。你為什麼不等到明天早上再數呢？」
Story 4 Are Flies Yummy?
Tony and his father are eating dinner.
Suddenly Tony asks his father, 「Dad, are flies yummy?」
Dad frowns and says, 「No, I think it's yucky. Why do you ask me this question? It's a silly question.」
But Tony says, 「 There was one fly in your plate.」
故事4 蒼蠅好吃嗎？
託尼正和他爸爸一起吃晚餐。
突然，託尼問他的爸爸：「爸爸，蒼蠅好吃嗎？」
爸爸皺眉說：「我想不好吃。你怎麼會問這個問題？這可是一個愚蠢的問題。」
可是託尼說：「剛才你盤子裡有一隻蒼蠅。」
Story 5 I Don't Want to Walk Home
Tom is a very old man. After dinner, he likes walking in the street. And he goes to bed at seven o'clock.
But tonight, a car stopped at his house. A policeman helps him get out. He tells Tom's wife, 「The old man couldn't find his way in the street. He asked me to take him in the car.」
After the policeman leaves there, his wife asks, 「Tom, you go to the street every night. But tonight you can’t find the way, what’s the matter?」
The old man smiles like a child and says, 「I couldn't find my way? I didn't want to walk home.」
故事5 我不想走回家
湯姆是一位老人，他喜歡在晚飯後到大街上散步，在7點回來睡覺。
但是，今天晚上一輛小汽車停在他家門前，湯姆在一位警察的幫助下走下汽車。警察告訴湯姆的妻子：「這位老人在街上迷路了，他讓我用汽車送他回來。」
警察走後：「湯姆，你每天都到那條街上散步，但是今天你迷路了，你怎麼了？」
這位老人像孩子般的笑道：「我迷路了？我是不想走路回家。」
Story 6 It Must Be Crowded
A teacher is telling his students, 「The moon is very large. Several millions people can live there.」
And a boy laughs and says, 「It must get crowded when it's a crescent moon.」
故事6 一定很擁擠
一位告訴學生：「月亮非常大，上面能住幾百人。」
一個男孩笑著說：「當月亮變成月牙的時候，住在上面的人該多擁擠啊！」
1. Because the plane didn’t take off.
一個男人從飛機上掉下來，為什麼還能活著？因為飛機還沒起飛。
2. Six.
史密斯先生有五個兒子，每一個兒子都有一個姐姐/妹妹。請問他有幾個小孩呢？
3. Y (why)
哪一個字母是一個問題？ 字母Y和疑問詞WHY同音
4. Mum is closer, because Dad is farther(father).
誰和你更親近？ 媽媽，因為爸爸英文單詞的發音和更遠的單詞發音類似。
5. The letter I (eye)
哪個字母是身體的一部分？ 英文中I 和EYE同音
6. letter 「g」
Everything的末尾是什麼？Everything 這個單詞的末尾是字母g
7. It is still a monkey.
蝌蚪沒有尾巴就變成青蛙了。猴子沒有尾巴了會是什麼?
8. My name.
什麼東西屬於你，但是別人用得次數比你多。 名字