脑筋急转弯是一种人为创作的以问答形式出现的极具娱乐性的思维游戏和语言游戏。
1 what animal has no wings yet will fly?
2 there are 2 ducks in front of 2 other ducks.
there are 2 ducks behind 2 other ducks.
there are 2 ducks beside 2 other ducks.
how many ducks are there?
3 where can a dog get another tail?
4 why the pig is always eating?
5 what is the longest word in the world?
6 why the dogs afaid t sunbath?
7 why are giraffes the cheapest to feed?
8 why does time fly?
答案：
1Caterpillar 毛虫
原因：因为等它变成了一只蝴蝶以后，就会飞了。
2Four两排，每排两个
3At a retail store(在零售商店)
4He's making a hog of himself. 它想成为一只肉猪
5SmilesBecause there's a mile between the letter 's'. 微笑。因为两个字母S中间隔了一里。
6Because dogs do not want to be hot dogs.因为它们不想成为热狗
They make a little food go a long way. 因为它们脖子长，一点点食物都要走很长的路才能咽下去。
8To get away from all those who are trying to kill it.为的是甩掉所有要谋杀它的人
questions：
1.who is closer to you， your mom or your dad?
爸爸和妈妈谁和你更亲？
2.can you go to the cinema with your watch broken?
你手表坏了，可以去看电影吗？
3.why is the comet like mickey mouse?
为什么说彗星像米老鼠？
keys：
1.mom is closer， because dad is farther.
妈妈更亲，因为爸爸更远。
2.of course not，for i don't have the time.
当然不行，因为我没有时间。
3.it's a star with a tail.
因为它是带着一根尾巴的星星。
notes：
1.father父亲，音似farther/'fa：j/更远
2. i don't have the time 有两种理解：①我没有时间；②我没戴表或我的表坏了，不知道时间。
'k&mit/ n.彗星
mickey mouse/ 'miki maus/米老鼠
tail/teil/ n.(动物的)尾巴；彗(星)尾
questions：
1.what's the largest room in the world?
世界上最大的房间是什么房间？
2.what's the poorest bank in the world?
最没有钱的银行是什么银行？
3.when is coffee like the surface of the earth?
咖啡什么时候像地球表面？
4.what month do soldiers hate?
当兵的不喜欢几月份？
keys：
1.the room for improvement.
改进的空间。
2.the river bank.
河堤。
3.when it's ground.
被碾成粉末时。
4.march.
三月。
notes：
1.room·房间；空间，余地
2.bank n.银行；堤岸
3.ground n.地面，它也是grind/grind/v.磨碎，碾碎的过去分词形式。
4.march n.行军
questions：
1.when is a person not a person?
什么时候人不是人？
2.when is a door not a door?
什么时候门不是门？
3.when are boys not boys?
什么时候男孩不是男孩？
4.when is a clock dangerous?
什么时候时钟是危险的？
keys：
1.when he is a little cross.
当他有点恼怒时。
2.when it's ajar.
当它虚掩时。
3.when they're bare-footed.
当他们赤脚时。
4.when it runs down the stairs and strikes one.
当它滚下楼梯敲响一点钟时。
notes：
1.cross adj.烦恼，恼火； n.十字架
2.ajar/+'dnα：/adj.(门)虚掩着，露了一条缝的音似a jar(一只壶)。
3.bare-footed赤脚，音似bear-footed，脚和熊一样。
4.strikes one另一层意思是：击中一个人
questions：
1.why is tennis so noisy?
打网球为什么很吵？
2.if a cabbage and a carrot raced， which one would win?
如果卷心菜和胡萝卜赛跑，谁会赢？
3.how many feet are there in a yard?
一码有多少英尺？
keys：
1.each player raises a racket.
因为每个运动员都拿着球拍。
2.the cabbage，because it's always ahead.
卷心菜，因为它总是领先在前。
3.it depends on how many people stand in the yard.
这要看院子里站了多少人。
notes：
1.racket/'r$kit/n.(网球等的)球拍；喧哗，喧闹
raise a racket大吵大闹
2.cabbage/'k$bidn/n.卷心菜
carrot/'k#+r+t/n.胡萝卜
a head of cabbage一颗卷心菜
3.feet n.英尺；脚(pl.)
yard n.院子；码
questions：
1.when are people like glasses?
什么时候人像眼镜？
2.what beam is lighter than all the other beams?
什么梁最轻？
3.what animal eats with its tail?
什么动物用尾巴吃东西？
keys：
1.when they make spectacles of themselves.
当他们出洋相的时候。
2.lightbeam.
光线。
3.all animals do. no one takes off its tail while eating.
所有的动物，没有任何一种动物在吃东西时要取下尾巴。
notes：
1.spectacle/'spekt+kl/ n.眼镜
make a spectacle of oneself 使自己出丑，出洋相
Brain twists
1. What will you break once you say it? (什么东西一说出来就打破？)
2. Will liars be honest after they die? (骗子死了之后会诚实吗？)
3. What always goes up and never goes down? (什么东西只升不降？)
4. Why did the boy make his dog sit in the sun? (男孩为什么让他的狗坐在阳光下？)
5. Why can a bride hide nothing?(为什么新娘子什么也藏不住？)
6. Why is the library the highest building?(为什么图书馆是最高的建筑物？)
7. What is the smallest bridge in the world? (世界上最小的桥梁是什么？)
8. What is the difference between the North Pole and the South Pole? (北极与南极的区别是什么？)
9. What makes naughty boys long to work in a clock factory? (淘气的男孩为什么想去钟表厂工作？)
10. What bird lifts heavy things? (什么鸟能举起重物？)
11. A ship can contain only fifty persons. Now there is alreadyforty-nine person in it. At this time,a pregnant woman comes on andboards the ship. The shipsinks. Why? (有一艘船只能容纳50人，现在已有49人。这时一位孕妇上了船，船就沉了。为什么？)
12. What's the poorest bank in the world? (世界的最贫穷的银行是什么？)
13. What month do soldiers hate?(军人憎恨什么月？)
Answers:
1. Silence. (沉默)
2. No, they won’t. They lie still after they die。(不会，他们依旧撒谎。Lie still 躺着不动，依旧撒谎。)
3. Your age. (你的年龄)
4. He wants to have a hot dog. (他想要一条热狗。)
5. Because someone will give her away. (因为有人会揭发她。Give away 揭发，在婚礼上把新娘交给新郎)
6. It has the most stories. (它的楼层最多。Story 故事，楼层)
7. The bridge of a nose. (鼻梁)
8. A whole world. (整个世界。 a world of difference 天壤之别)
9. They want to make faces. (make face 做鬼脸，做钟表面)
10. Crane. (鹤。Crane鹤，举重机)
11. Because is a pigboat. (那是潜水艇。pigboat，潜水艇)
12.The river bank。(河岸。)
13.March。(行军。)