1. Wthat fruit is never found singly?

什么水果永远不会是单个的？

2.Why are young men unwilling¹ to date the daughter of the Fortunes?

年轻人为什么不愿意和福琼家女儿约会？

3.Why is an empty matchbox the best thing to have in the world?

为什么空火柴盒是世界上最好的东西？

4.Why did little Tom put his brother's guitar in the refrigerator?

小汤姆为什么把哥哥的吉他放在冰箱里？

5. VVhat stays hot even if you tput itin a fridge?

什么东西即使放在冰箱里也热？

6. What kind of table has no legs?

什么桌子没有腿？

7. Why is a peacock² the best story teller³?

为什么孔雀最会讲故事？

8．Why does time fly?

时间为什么要飞？

9. What eight-letter word has only one letter in it?

哪个单词由8个字母组成，里面能装一封信。

10.What word is pronounced wrong, even by the best of scholars⁴?

有个词，即使是最棒的学者也一定会念错。

11. Where does harvest come before work?

得在什么地方，收获会跑到劳动前面？

1 2.Why is the letter E so important?

字母E为什么这么重要？

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采用了同音词( homonyms)：

1.A pear．（梨）

"pear"（梨）音同"pa矿（一对）

2.Because she is Miss Fortune．(因为她是"不幸"小姐。)

Miss Fortune“音同umisfortune”（不幸）

3．Because it is matchless.（因为举世无双o）

“matchless"既可理解为”没有火柴的¨，又可理解为“举世无 双的，无可匹敌的。

4．Because he enjoyed cool music.（因为他喜欢流行音乐。）

"cool"可表示"冷的、凉的"，也可指“棒、时髦、美妙的”。

5．Pepper⁵.（辣椒。）

“hot”有两个意思：“热”、”辣“。

6．A timetable.

时间表，日程表。

7. Because it always has a beautiful tail.

因为它有漂亮的结尾。tail结尾，尾巴。

8. Because many peopte are trying to killit.

因为许多人都想消磨时光。 kill杀，消磨。

9．Envelope

信封。

10. The word "wrong"．

单词wrong。

11. In a dictionarY.

在字典里。

12. Because it is the beginning of everything.

因为它是万物的开始。