riddles英语双关语

• ---- Which runs faster, heat or cold? • —Heat，because you can catch a cold. • ---- What eight-letter word has only one letter in it? • —Envelope. • ---- What kind of table has no legs? • —— A timetable. • ---- What kind of witch(女巫) has no power? • ---- Sandwich.
---- Who is closer to you, your mom or your dad ? (爸爸和妈妈谁和你 更亲近？） —— Mom is closer, because dad is father. “father”（父亲）与“farther”（更远） 同音
• ---- What fruit is never found singly ? (什么 水果永远不会是单个的？） • —— A pear. • “pear”（梨）音同“pair”（一对）
The joy of English
Pun: an amusing use of a word or phrase that has two meanings, or of words that have the same sound but different meanings. e.g. He often broke into song because
he couldn't find the key.
• Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana. • 时光像箭一样飞逝，水果像香蕉一样飞逝??? • Does it make sense?
• 这句话乍一看，好象是说：时光像箭一样飞逝， 水果像香蕉一样飞逝。其实这句话后半部分的 真正意思是：果蝇喜欢吃香蕉，也就是fruit flies/like/a banana。
Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery, Today is a Gift: That's why we call it—— the Present. —— Joan Rivers, American humorist
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