8. —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。
9. —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”。
10. —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。
11. —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)。 下面有一些例子:
1. He is not a grave (adj.严肃的)man until he is a grave (n.坟墓)man.
2. They pray(祈祷) for you today and prey (捕食)on you tomorrow.
3. He drove his expensive car into a tree and found out how the Mercedes bends.
他违章超速驾驶,结果将昂贵的名车撞到树上,他终于看到他的奔驰车(Mercedes)是怎样撞弯(bends)的。这句话的幽默之处是将Mercedes Benz(奔驰车)中的Benz,故意改写成bends。
4. Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.
这句话乍一看,好象是说:时光像箭一样飞逝,