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40. Which football player wears the biggest helmet?
　　　　哪个美式足球运动员戴的头盔最大？
　　
　　答案：The one with the biggest head. 头最大那个
　　
　　注解：American football is a very aggressive sport. Players must wear helmets to protect their heads, and shoulder pads to prevent injury when they hit other players with their bodies. All the different playing positions, though, wear the same uniform.
　　美式足球是一种非常侵略性的危险运动。所有运动员都必须戴头盔保护头部，和肩垫防御撞击时受伤。但，所有位子的运动员都穿同样的制服。

 

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41. Why does a firefighter wear red suspenders?
　　　　为什么救火员戴红色的吊带装？
　　
　　答案：To keep his pants up. 为了不让他们的裤子掉下来
　　
　　注解：Suspenders are pieces of elastic that men wear over their shoulders and attach to their pants to hold them up. Red is the color usually assoicated with firefighters.
　　Suspenders是有弹性的、穿过肩膀、连在裤子上的吊带，防止裤子掉下来。救火员通常与红色联系在一起。
　　
　　附注：美国胖子很多，肚腩大到如果没有东西撑着的话，裤子都处于掉下来与不掉下来之间的状态。
　　

 

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42. When is it a bad luck to have a black cat follow you?
　　　　什么时候有一只黑猫跟在你后面是一种坏运气？
　　
　　答案：When you are a mouse. 当你是一只老鼠的时候
　　
　　注解：According to superstition, it is abad luck for a black cat to walk across your path. This is particular true if the cat is big enough to eat you.
　　根据迷信，有一只穿过你的途径是一种坏运气；尤其是如果这只猫大到足以吃下你。

 

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43. Why do we dress baby boys in blue and baby girls in pink?
　　　　为什么我们给男婴穿蓝色衣服，女婴穿粉红色衣服？
　　
　　答案：Because they can’t dress themselves. 因为他们自己不会穿。
　　
　　注解：The traditional color for baby boys’ clothing and blankets is pale blue, and for baby girls it is pink. If you don’t know what the sex of the baby will be, you can give gifts of yellow clothing, which is considered appropriate for either boys or girls.
　　传统上，男婴的着装和毯子是浅蓝色，女婴的是粉红色。如果你不知道婴儿的性别，你可以送男女婴儿都合适的黄色。
　　
　　

 

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44. What kind of bushes do rabbits in California sit under when it rains?
　　　　下雨时，加州的兔子们坐在什么灌木丛下？
　　
　　答案：Wet ones. 湿的灌木丛下
　　
　　注解：You don’t need to know anything about botany to answer this riddle.
　　你不需要知道任何植物学的知识来回答这个问题。

 

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45. What time is it when the clock strikes thirteen?
　　　　时钟撞击十三下时是几点？
　　
　　答案：Time to get a new clock. 是该买新时钟的时间了
　　
　　注解：Americans almost never use the 24-hour clock, except in the millitary. We usually specifiy "morning" by using A.M. or in the morning after the time, and "evening" by using P.M. or in the evening or at night. An American may not know what you mean if you say something is happening at "13 o’clock."
　　除了军队，美国人几乎从来不用24时制的时钟。我们通常用A.M.表示早晨，或者说“早晨几点”，用P.M.表示黄昏，或“黄昏几点”或“夜晚几点”。如果你告诉一个美国人13点发生了什么事，他可能根本不知道你在说什么。
　　
　　附注：漏了下午几点。

 

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Section 6: How’s Your Math?
　　 - Riddles that involve numbers
　　第六章：你的数学如何？
　　 - 牵涉数字的题目
　　
　　
　　57. A cowboy had twelve cows. All but nine died. How many cows did he have left?
　　　　一个牛仔有12头母牛。除了九只，都死了。他还有多少母牛？
　　
　　答案：Nine. 九
　　
　　注解：The quantity following the phrase all but or all except will always tell you how many of something are left. Usually, though, all but suggests that what remains is only a small part of the original number or amount.
　　All but 或 all except 之后的数字是剩下来的数字。但是，通常来说，all but 暗示留下来的只是其中的一小部分。
　　

 

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　58. Two men were playing checkers. They played five games. Each man won the same number of games. How is this possible?
　　　　两个人在下棋。他们玩了五局。每个人赢得次数一样。怎么回事？
　　
　　答案：They played different people. 他们跟不同的对手下

 

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59. How many books can you put into an empty school bag?
　　　　一个空书包里能放几本书？
　　
　　答案：None. If you put a book in it, the bag is no longer empty. 零。主要你放一本书进去，它都不是空书包了。
　　
　　

 

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60. A donkey was tied to a rope six feet long. A bale of hay was eighteen feet away, and the donkey wanted to eat the hay. How could he do it?
　　　　一只驴子拴在一根六英尺长的绳子上。一堆草在十八英尺以外。这只驴子要吃草的话要怎么办？
　　
　　答案：Easily, if the other end of the rope wasn’t tied to anythign. 简单。如果绳子的另一端没有拴住东西
　　

 

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　61. It takes twelve one-cent stamps to make a dozen. How many sex-cent stamps does it take to make a dozen?
　　　　需要12张一分钱的邮票才有一打。需要几张六分钱的游戏才能也有一打？
　　
　　答案：Twelve. It takes only twelve of anything to make a dozen. 12张。一打都是12个。
　　

 

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　62. If you have five potatoes and you have to divide them equally among three people, what should you do?
　　　　如果你有五只土豆，要分给三个人，怎么办？
　　
　　答案：Mash them first. 捣碎它们（做土豆泥）
　　

 

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63. If there were six crows sitting on a bench and a hunter shot one of them, how many would be left?
　　　　如果有六只乌鸦在长椅上，一个猎人打死一只，还有几只？
　　
　　答案：None. The noise of the gun would frighten the others away. 没有了，都被枪声吓跑了。
　　

 

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64. A girl was nine on her last birthday, and she will be eleven on her next. How is this possible?
　　　　有个女孩上次生日时9岁，下次生日就11岁了，为什么？
　　
　　答案：Today is her tenth birthday. 今天是她10岁生日

 

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65. If you count twenty horses on your right going into twon, and twenty horses on your left coming home, how many horses have you counted in all?
　　　　你进城时在你的右边数到20匹马，回来时在你的左边数到20匹马，你总共数到多少匹马？
　　
　　答案：Twenty. You counted the same horses coming and going. 20匹。来回数的是同样的马

 

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66. If it takes three minutes to boil an egg, how long will it take to boil three egss?
　　　　如果一只蛋要三分钟才能煮熟，三只蛋需要多久？
　　
　　答案：Three minutes, if they’re in the same pot. 三分钟，如果它们都在同一个锅里
　　
　　注解：There’s an old proverb, "Don’t put all your eggs in one basket" (which means, "Don’t risk everything you have on one solution"). Apparently this doesn’t apply to pots.
　　有一个谚语说“不要把所有的鸡蛋都放在同一个篮子里”，意思是“不要把你所有的东西都堵在一个方法上”。显然地，这个谚语对锅不适用。

 

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67. How do you make seven even?
　　　　你怎么把７变成偶数？
　　
　　答案：Take off the s. 拿掉 s
　　
　　注解：Seven is an odd number; that is, it can’t be divided by two. The opposite of an odd number is an even number.
　　七是一个基数，就是不能被二整除的数。跟基数相反的就是偶数。

 

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funny.

 

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学习了