英语的脑筋急转弯常在字形、字音和字意上做文章,就看你能否灵机一动.脑筋急转弯除了可以益智,还能增进对英文的兴趣,不失为一种学英文的方法.英语脑筋急转弯也广泛采用了谐音(homonym)和双关(pun),问此答彼,达到幽默诙谐的喜剧效果.

　　Q: Where does afternoon come before morning in the world ?

　　A: In the dictionary.

　　Q: Why don't you take the bus home?

　　A: Because my home is not that big.

　　Q: Why is the letter E so important?

　　A: Because it's the beginning of everything!

　　Q: Why are the letter G and letter S in "gloves" close to each other?

　　A: Because there is love between them!

　　Q: What letter is an animal?

　　A: It's the letter B!

　　Q: What letter is a question?

　　A: It's the letter Y.

　　Q: How do you feel today?

　　A: With my hands, of course!

　　Q: How can you make a rope shorter without cutting or winding it?

　　A: Take a longer rope and compare with it!

　　Q: What can you tell from Peter's record card with extremely poor grades?

　　A: He didn't cheat!

　　Q: What does everybody do at the same time?

　　A: Grow old!

　　Q: What resembles half a pie?

　　A: The other half!

　　Q: Who works only one day in a year but never gets fired?

　　A: Santa Claus.

　　Q: When do people have two mouths?

　　A: When there's two of them.

　　Q: Why do lions eat raw meat?

　　A: They don't know how to cook.

　　Q: How many sides does a circle have?

　　A: Two. The inside and the outside!

　　Q: What animal can jump as high as a tree?

　　A: All animals, for trees can't jump!

　　Q: How can you be completely sleepless for seven days and still lack no rest?

　　A: Sleep at night!

　　Q: If you throw a hat into the Red Sea, what will it become?

　　A: Wet!

　　Q: The injured dog had some difficulty going home. Every step he took, he slipped back two. However, he still managed to get home. How did he do it?

　　A: He walked in the other direction!

　　Q: What falls often but never gets hurt?

　　A: Snowflakes!

　　Q: How did the pick-pocket spot the plain-clothes cop in his woman's disguise?

　　A: He passed by a cosmetics store without looking in the window!

　　Q: Where did the egg floating down the Mississippi River come from?

　　A: From a hen!

　　Q: A man fell off a 1,000-step stair and was not hurt. Why?

　　A: He fell off the last step!

　　Q: Why do giraffes have long neck?

　　A: Because their heads are far from their bodies!

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