英语笑话,绕口令、谜语与英语学习

jayo123 · 05-04-2007, 01:32 AM

　1．拼写： What is the smallest room in the world? 答案是a mushroom。这则谜语帮助我们记住 mushroom（蘑菇）的拼写，因为这单词有一部分是room。

jayo123 · 05-04-2007, 01:32 AM

A: Which seven-lettered word has three "u"s in it?　 B: I don't know. But it must be unusual. B没猜着却说对了。这种戏剧性的幽默会使我们记住unusual的拼写中有三个"u"。

jayo123 · 05-04-2007, 01:33 AM

　2．同音异形词： Peter：Tom，why do you prefer a pear to an apple? Tom: Because it takes tow apples to make a pair(pear).

jayo123 · 05-04-2007, 01:34 AM

3．一词多义： Teacher：Tom, how many states are there in the US? Tom： Fifty. Teacher：Enumerate them. Tom： One, two, three, ... enumerate既有"数、点"的意思，又有"枚举、列举" 的意思。

jayo123 · 05-04-2007, 01:34 AM

4．习惯用法： Teacher: Jim，why can't we lose our heads? Jim: If we lose our heads, we will have nothing to put our hats on. to lose one's head当作成语用时，意思是"失去理智，惊慌失措"，只有了解这一点，才能明白此中幽默所在。

jayo123 · 05-04-2007, 01:34 AM

谜语、幽默说明语法问题的也不乏其例。例如： The Mother： My daughter has been learning piano lessons under you for quite a long time. What do you think of her execution now? The pianist: That could be a nice thing to do.

jayo123 · 05-04-2007, 01:34 AM

　execution既有"演奏",又有"处死刑"的意思，而物主代词和它所限定的表示动作的名词之间既可以是主谓关系，也可以是动宾关系，因此, her execution既可理解为"她的演奏"，也可理解为"处她以死刑"，显然，钢琴家理解的是后一种意思。又如：

jayo123 · 05-04-2007, 01:35 AM

Willy：I thought I told you to come after supper. Milly：That's what I come after. Wiliy的本意是：我想我是让你晚饭后再来的。然而如果我们不把 after supper看作状语，而将come after看作是表示"寻求"的词组，把supper看成这个动词词组的宾语，同样的一句话就会变为"我想我是让你来找晚饭吃"的意思。显然，这里的幽默产生于对于句子结构的不同理解。

owenchen520 · 05-04-2007, 09:02 AM

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xbzfxy · 05-04-2007, 09:13 AM

很有意思，希望以后多一些:p :p :p

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