有趣的英语双关语Puns

Puns

例句：

1.On Sunday they pray for you and on Monday prey on you.

星期天他们为你祈祷，星期一他们却向你榨取。

2.Seven days without water makes one weak (week).

七天不喝水，虚的拉不动腿。

Homonyms ['hɔmənims] ：

Why is an empty purse always the same?

Because there is never any change in it.

钱包为什么老是瘪的？

因为它里面从来就没有零钱。

Polysemy [,pɔli'si:mi, pə'lisəmi, 'pɔlisi:mi]

We eat what we can and what we can’t we can.

我们能吃的就吃，不能吃的就做成罐头。

Asteismus

岐解双关（asteismus) 即后者在回答前者的话时有意（无意）地曲解原意，造成不同理解，进而形成岐解双关。

1.A professor tapped on his desk and shouted: “Gentlemen ,order!”

The entire class yelled “Beer!”

一位教授敲着桌子喊道：“先生们，安静！”

全班同学异口同声地喊“啤酒”。

双关语的语义范围

双关语为世界各国人民所喜爱和使用。在汉语中，双关语的例证比比皆是。

双关语既可用于故事、笑话、谜语、儿歌等，又可以用于正式场合，表达严肃的思想和深邃的感情。

（一）广告

Give your hair a touch of Spring.

给你的头发洒满春色,让你的头发富有弹性。

（二）笑话

What’s the difference between a soldier and a young girl?

One powders the face ,the other faces the powder.

一个士兵和一个年轻姑娘的区别是什么？

一个往脸上抹粉，一个面对火药。

（三）谜语

1.What is black and white and red all over.

这则谜语的谜底是newspaper .black 和white 是表示颜色，而谜语中的red (read)则是read 的过去分词，与红颜色（red)发音相同。巧妙的同音而不同义，构成了谜语。

2.What weather does mice most dislike?

--When it is raining cats and dogs.

"Cats and dogs"是倾盆大雨的意思

Exercises

1. Then there was a man in the restaurant.

“You’re not eating your fish,”the waitress said to him

“Any thing wrong with it?”

“Long time no sea. (see)”the man replied.

这时，饭馆里坐着一位男士。

女招待对他说：“怎么啦？为什么不来一份鱼？”

“鱼不新鲜，”那个人说道。

3.A little boy came up to his mother. “Ma,”he said, “I have some to tell you. My teacher kissed me.”

“Well, were you a good boy and did you kiss her back?”“Of course not!” he denied indignantly, “I kissed her face.”

小男孩来到身边，说：“妈，跟你说件事，老师吻了我。”

“那好啊，乖孩子，你也吻她了吗？”

“当然没有！”他气气冲冲地否认道，“我吻她脸了。”